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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Egypt Erupts: a democracy is on the rise?

The world anxiously and curiously awaits as first Tunisia and then Egypt erupt in a political chaos against the two autocratic rulers, Ben Ali and Mubarrak. The outcome in those countries is too early to predict. As I write this Aljazeera just reported that 19 private jets had landed in Dubai from Egypt. Is this the end of the Mubarrak rule? Egypt particularly is a strategic player in the Middle East peace process. The chaos there puts the process in jeopardy. As the events unfold in Egypt, the world community intriguingly awaits for a true democratic reform in a country where a ruler so far have had a stronghold of the political process without an effective opposition. But this is about to change.


Click on the link below to read more about Egypt.
Article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12311889

Pictures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12293706

Courtesy: BBC World News

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