Middle East riots
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http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id…
As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what's happening in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and beyond -- at this powerful moment when people realized they could step out of their houses and ask for change.
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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Arti…
CAIRO: Egypt’s ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi paid a surprise visit to Cairo’s Tahrir Square Sunday, the epicenter of protests against him last month, after it was re-opened to traffic, state media reported.
Tantawi’s visit was “to make sure that traffic was running smoothly in the square,” where protesters gathered to force Hosni Mubarak from power in February, the state-owned Al-Ahram paper reported on its website.
Last month, protesters had again occupied the iconic square in central Cairo to demand the ouster of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces headed by Tantawi.
Fierce clashes between police and protesters on the outskirts of the square left 45 people dead.
Sunday’s trip to Tahrir was only the second public appearance by Tantawi.
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Traffic is more important than democracy.
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- I'm sure most of the urban population of Iran want a progressive, secular government, but they'll just bus in the uneducated country bumpkin radical_niko
- ...islamists and start massacring everyone just like Erdogan did in Turkey._niko
- just like Trump is doing in America too I guess_niko
- Apparently over 5000 killed, most of them youth. Insane.NBQ00