Time: While the demonstrators that have mobbed the streets of Amman for two weeks now are demanding the overthrown of King Abdullah -- a criminal offense in Jordan -- it`s not the demand for democracy that sparked their protests. Instead, thousands of Jordanians have been spurred to act by a more basic issue: the rising price of gas after the government withdrew its subsidies. Jordanians are hardly alone in their anger. Governments across the world are attempting to wean their citizens off subsidized...
URL: http://world.time.com/2012/11/28/why-global-fuel-prices-will-spark-the-next-revolutions/
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