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Egypt planning through Facebook Tunisian style "day of revolt against torture, poverty, corruption and unemployment".
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[quote:Smilin' Irish Eyes:MV8xMzM3MzY3XzIxOTg2NzY4X0YyMjA5NzEw] So what had really started the unrest in Tunisia? Here is an article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12157599 ...A desperate act by a young unemployed man on 17 December triggered a much wider series of protests and clashes with the police. Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself when officials in his town prevented him from selling vegetables on the streets of Sidi Bouzid without permission. This set off protests about jobs in the town, which has an agriculture-based economy in one of the poorest regions of the country.... [/quote]
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It seems the peoples of the world are finally getting tired of gov't corruption. Iceland last year, Greece with their riots, then Tunisia toppling their gov't, now Egypt...who will be next
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..."It is the end of silence, acquiescence and submission to what is happening in our country. It will be the start of a new page in Egypt's history - one of activism and demanding our rights."
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says the event is a direct response to the campaign that ousted President Ben Ali of Tunisia, in which the internet also played an important part. ...
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