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2011 Revolt in the Middle East 2011/01

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2011 Revolt in the Middle East 2011/01

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  1. TUNISIA The long road to democracy

  2. REVOLT in the Middle East What started in Tunisia has spread like wildfire to other Arab states with less than free regimes. The people are rising up against their governments. A lack of work and rising food prices have turned a bad situation into a desperate situation for many in countries such as Egypt, Algeria, Libya and even Yemen. It’s only a matter of time before Kuwait and Saudi Arabia ignite right? It seems Facebook and Twitter play their part in organising the protests. These protests go to show that if you want to change something you need to change it from the inside and not go barging in as a foreign power. The issues in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Egypt differ, but yesterday anger boiled over in all three countries as grievances were brought to the streets. In Tunisia, where protests have already overthrown President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, continued demonstrations sought to depose his allies still in their positions. Meanwhile Tunisia's interim government has issued an international arrest warrant for the former president and members of his family. In Lebanon, Sunni supporters of ousted Prime Minister Saad Hariri took to the streets in a "day of rage", burning tires and blockading roads in Tripoli and Sidon. It was in Egypt where the most dramatic events unfolded as the largest protests in a generation rocked Cairo. Demonstrators, many inspired by events in Tunisia, called for an end to nearly 30 years of rule by President Hosni Mubarak. Collected here are photographs from all three countries.

  3. A crowd of demonstrators walks through Cairo, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011, in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo)

  4. Egyptian demonstrators clash with Egyptian police in central Cairo during a protest to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. The protesters, carrying flags and chanting slogans against the government, rallied in a protest inspired by the uprising in Tunisia which led to the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. (Photo credit MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

  5. Egyptian demonstrators pray in central Cairo during a protest to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and call for reforms January 25, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

  6.  MOHAMMED ABED / AFP - Getty ImagesEgyptian demonstrators protest near Egyptian police (R) to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on Jan. 25. The protesters, carrying flags and chanting slogans against the government, rallied in a protest inspired by the uprising in Tunisia which led to the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. 

  7. MOHAMMED ABED / AFP - Getty ImagesTear gas smoke fired by Egyptian police is seen as demonstrators gather in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on Jan. 25. The protesters, carrying flags and chanting slogans against the government, rallied in a protest inspired by the uprising in Tunisia which led to the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

  8. Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

  9. A wounded riot policeman is led away by colleagues as Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

  10. Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

  11. A riot policeman fires tear gas as Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

  12. Egyptian anti-riot police block the way leading to a journalist syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday, Jan.26, 2011. A small gathering of Egyptian anti-government activists tried to stage a second day of protests in Cairo Wednesday in defiance of a ban on any gatherings, but police quickly moved in and used force to disperse the group. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

  13. Egyptian anti-riot police block the way leading to a journalist syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

  14. Egyptian anti-riot police confront Egyptian activist outside a journalist syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

  15. Protesters are confronted by riot police as they demonstrate in downtown Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched in the Egyptian capital chanting against President Hosni Mubarak and calling for an end to poverty. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

  16. Anti-government protesters demonstrate in downtown Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

  17. A wounded protester is helped away after clashes with riot police at a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police Tuesday in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand an end to nearly 30 years of power by Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

  18. A protester kicks a tear gas canister at a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

  19. Police face demonstrators in Cairo, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011, in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. The demonstration, the largest Egypt has seen for years, began peacefully, with police showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy by the government to avoid further sullying the image of the nation's security apparatus. (AP Photo)

  20. A demonstrator confronts riot police in Cairo on Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011, during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo)

  21. A riot policeman fires tear gas as Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

  22. An injured demonstrator is helped in Cairo on Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011, during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo)

  23. A man holds up a placard in Cairo, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011, during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo)

  24. Demonstrators deface a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria Egypt, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of protesters marched in Alexandria on Tuesday in what was dubbed a "Day of Rage" against Mubarak and lack of political freedoms under his rule. (AP Photo)

  25. Egyptian police move towards anti-government demonstrators in downtown Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

  26.  A protester carrying an Egyptian flag runs through clouds of tear gas at a demonstration in Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

  27. Demonstrators surround a water-canon truck used by police to disperse a protest in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and call for reforms January 25, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

  28. Demonstrators clash with police in central Cairo during a protest January 25, 2011 . (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

  29. Anti-government protesters clash with police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters gathered in the centre of the capital, part of a countrywide demonstration against President Hosni Mubarak and his government. Police earlier used a water cannon in the same location in a main Cairo square. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

  30. A riot policeman jumps over the rear of a car near anti-government protesters in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters gathered in the centre of the capital, part of a countrywide demonstration against President Hosni Mubarak and his government. Police earlier used a water cannon in the same location in a main Cairo square. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

  31. People help an injured anti-government protester during clashes with police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany

  32. Anti-government protesters clash with police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

  33. Anti-government protesters clash with police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany

  34. Anti-government protesters clash with police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

  35. An anti-government protester defaces a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, 230 km (140 miles) north of Cairo, January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president. REUTERS/Stringer

  36. Anti-government protesters demonstrate near riot police at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

  37. Protesters clash with riot police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse Egyptian protesters in Cairo in the early hours of Wednesday after a long day of unprecedented protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30 year rule. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih 

  38. Protesters clash with riot police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse Egyptian protesters in Cairo in the early hours of Wednesday after a long day of unprecedented protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30 year rule. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

  39. A protester scuffles with a riot policeman during demonstrations in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

  40. An anti-government protester waves Egyptian flags during clashes with police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

  41. Demonstrators move away from a cloud of teargas in Cairo January 25, 2011. (AP Photo)

  42. Anti-government protesters clash with police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany)

  43. Anti-government protesters clash with police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany)

  44. A boy runs from a column of riot policeman during anti-government protests in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters gathered in the city center, and earlier used a water cannon in the same location. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

  45. Protesters shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse Egyptian protesters in Cairo in the early hours of Wednesday after a long day of unprecedented protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30 year rule. The sign (L) reads, Leave Mubarak. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

  46. Protesters clash with riot police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse Egyptian protesters in Cairo in the early hours of Wednesday after a long day of unprecedented protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30 year rule. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

  47. Getty Images - Egyptian demonstrators tear down posters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubaraks son Gamal Mubarak, in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria on January 25, 2011 while thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo, facing a massive police presence, to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in a protest inspired by Tunisia's popular uprising.)

  48. Getty Images -  Egyptian demonstrators hold up placards during a protest in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. The protesters, carrying flags and chanting slogans against the government, rallied in a protest inspired by the uprising in Tunisia which led to the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

  49. Getty Images - Egyptian demonstrators protest in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo, facing a massive police presence, to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in a protest inspired by Tunisia's popular uprising.

  50. Reuters Pictures - Anti-government protesters demonstrate near riot police at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president.

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