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The Wave of Revolt: Yemen, Bahrain, Libya

Agencies Published February 25, 2011
A Yemeni girl wearing a headband that reads in Arabic, ? Leave?, during a demonstration by anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Yemen's president said he had ordered his security services to protect protesters, stop all clashes and prevent direct confrontation between government supporters and opponents. ? AP
A Yemeni girl wearing a headband that reads in Arabic, ? Leave?, during a demonstration by anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Yemen's president said he had ordered his security services to protect protesters, stop all clashes and prevent direct confrontation between government supporters and opponents. ? AP
A Yemeni woman takes a picture as anti-government protesters demonstrate against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa on February 24, 2011. The Yemeni president ordered his forces to offer ?full protection? to anti-regime protesters and loyalists alike, after 15 people died in an uprising against his rule. ? AFP
A Yemeni woman takes a picture as anti-government protesters demonstrate against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa on February 24, 2011. The Yemeni president ordered his forces to offer ?full protection? to anti-regime protesters and loyalists alike, after 15 people died in an uprising against his rule. ? AFP
Female anti-government protestors attend a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. ? AP
Female anti-government protestors attend a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. ? AP
Protesters shout slogans during an anti-government rally outside Sanaa University February 24, 2011. ? Reuters
Protesters shout slogans during an anti-government rally outside Sanaa University February 24, 2011. ? Reuters
Protesters gesture during a speech on the stage at Pearl Square in Manama February 24, 2011. ? Reuters
Protesters gesture during a speech on the stage at Pearl Square in Manama February 24, 2011. ? Reuters
Bahraini anti-government protesters chant slogans against the regime during a rally from Pearl Square to Manama's old city on February 24, 2011. Hundreds of protesters carried seven symbolic coffins in remembrance of the seven people who were killed in police crackdowns since the demonstrations began on February 14. ? AFP
Bahraini anti-government protesters chant slogans against the regime during a rally from Pearl Square to Manama's old city on February 24, 2011. Hundreds of protesters carried seven symbolic coffins in remembrance of the seven people who were killed in police crackdowns since the demonstrations began on February 14. ? AFP
A demonstration is reflected in a traffic mirror in Manama February 24, 2011. Protesters took to the streets last week to demand a constitutional monarchy and an elected government, emboldened by a surge of popular unrest across the Arab world. ? Reuters
A demonstration is reflected in a traffic mirror in Manama February 24, 2011. Protesters took to the streets last week to demand a constitutional monarchy and an elected government, emboldened by a surge of popular unrest across the Arab world. ? Reuters
Bahraini mourners walk in a protest march in memory of Abdel Redha Buhameed in his hometown, the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Buhameed died of injuries sustained last week when the army opened fire on protesters. ? AP
Bahraini mourners walk in a protest march in memory of Abdel Redha Buhameed in his hometown, the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Buhameed died of injuries sustained last week when the army opened fire on protesters. ? AP
Libyan children march towards the Libyan embassy along with other protestors during a noisy demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on February 25, 2011. Demonstrators holding placards and banners shouted slogans against the Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and condemned the bloody crackdown on the protestors. ? AFP
Libyan children march towards the Libyan embassy along with other protestors during a noisy demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on February 25, 2011. Demonstrators holding placards and banners shouted slogans against the Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and condemned the bloody crackdown on the protestors. ? AFP
A girl has her hair painted with Libyan national colors during a protest against Moamer Kadhafi's regime in front of a building housing Libyan embassy in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2011. US called on the UN Human Rights Council to dump Libya and consulted key allies on imposing sanctions, accelerating the international drive to halt Moamer Kadhafi's brutal protest crackdown. Meanwhile, Moamer Kadhafi blamed al-Qaeda on February 24 for an insurrection wracking Libya as he addressed his divided nation for the se
A girl has her hair painted with Libyan national colors during a protest against Moamer Kadhafi's regime in front of a building housing Libyan embassy in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2011. US called on the UN Human Rights Council to dump Libya and consulted key allies on imposing sanctions, accelerating the international drive to halt Moamer Kadhafi's brutal protest crackdown. Meanwhile, Moamer Kadhafi blamed al-Qaeda on February 24 for an insurrection wracking Libya as he addressed his divided nation for the se
A Libyan man waves his old national flag as many celebrate outside the court house in the eastern dissident-held city of Tobruk on February 24, 2011 amid political turmoil and an insurrection against Moamer Kadhafi's regime. ? AFP
A Libyan man waves his old national flag as many celebrate outside the court house in the eastern dissident-held city of Tobruk on February 24, 2011 amid political turmoil and an insurrection against Moamer Kadhafi's regime. ? AFP

The mass revolt that started in Tunisia, followed by Egypt continues to sweep the Middle East and North Africa. Saudi Arabia on Wednesday nearly doubled a development fund that helps citizens buy homes, get married and start businesses, and it set up unemployment assistance for the first time as the oil-rich nation warily watches the unrest spreading around the Middle East.

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syed abdul hafeez no
Mar 01, 2011 08:04pm
this is not revolt but revolution
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