Sunday, May 27, 2012

Middle East - Voice of America: Could Jordan's Peaceful Uprising Go From a Simmer to Full Boil?

Middle East - Voice of America
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Could Jordan's Peaceful Uprising Go From a Simmer to Full Boil?
May 27th 2012, 11:59

Every Friday since late 2010, small groups of protesters have been gathering across Jordan to air complaints about basic things like rising prices and high unemployment in the kingdom. Fearing a full-scale uprising similar to the one that has gripped neighboring Syria, King Abdullah II early on began promising fundamental reforms. But the protests have begun to escalate, and some analysts fear that if the king doesn't deliver soon, Jordan's "peaceful" Arab Spring could go from a simmer to full ...

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