North Africa: Arab Regimes Fear Bread Intifadah

18 January 2011

Cairo — "Break my heart but don't come near my bread," goes an old Arabic proverb. Failure to observe it has often come at a high political price.

Just ask Tunisian president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who has now fled.

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