"Tunisian Flu" spreads: Jordan's King Abdullah sacks cabinet in wake of street protests

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From Jordan's King Abdullah sacks cabinet in wake of street protests:

King Abdullah appoints new PM after thousands of Jordanians take to the streets protesting rise in fuel, food prices, slowed political reforms.

Jordan's King Abdullah has sacked his government in the wake of street protests and has asked his former ex-military adviser Marouf Bakhit to form a new cabinet, an official said.

King Abdullah's move comes after thousands of Jordanians took to the streets - inspired by the regime ouster in Tunisia and the turmoil in Egypt - and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Samir Rifai who is blamed for a rise in fuel and food prices and slowed political reforms.

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"I wouldn't see it as a sign of liberalization. With his previous premiership, he talked the talk of reform but little actually happened," she said.

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Protests have spread across Jordan in the last few weeks, with demonstrators blaming corruption spawned by free-market reforms for the plight of the country's poor.

Well, it is like the flu, isn't it? Anyway, the best commentary I could hope to come up with is actually an editorial cartoon posted yesterday by N2Doc. It took me a bit to "get" it, initially, but I'd say it goes perfectly with this article:



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