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If more and more Arabs breach the wall of fear that has prevented them for decades from demanding their rights, expressing their rage at the corruption and repression of their governments and at regime impotence in the face of Israel’s arrogance of power, there’s one question above all others America’s policy makers will have to ask themselves.Who do we need most …

• Mubarak: 'If I resign today there will be chaos' • 10 dead and hundreds injured in fresh crackdown • Protesters have dubbed today 'departure Friday' Protesters carry away an injured companion in Tahrir square in Cairo. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA The Obama administration is working on a plan in which the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, would stand down immediately in spite …

Opec secretary general expresses concern with tension throughout region and armed guards at Suez canal Protesters in the town of Suez. Photograph: Abu Salahuddien/AP  Fears that the turmoil in Egypt could disrupt oil shipments passing through the Suez canal and engulf the Middle East drove the price of Brent crude oil through the $100 barrier for the first time in over two years. The price of …

  Providence, R.I. — More than 20 years ago, many Americans decided they could no longer watch as racial segregation divided South Africa. Compelled by an injustice thousands of miles away, they demanded that their communities, their colleges, their municipalities, and their government take a stand. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” …

Protesters gather across the country, demanding the prime minister step down.   Thousands took to the street across Jordan demanding the prime minister step down[Reuters] Thousands of people in Jordan have taken to the streets in protests, demanding the country's prime minister step down, and the government curb rising prices, inflation and unemployment. In the third consecutive Friday of protests, about …

  Buildings and vehicles set alight across the country as anti-government protests continue. Anti-government protesters continue to demand for an end to Mubarak's 30-year rule [Reuters] A nighttime curfew has begun in the Egyptian cities of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, after a day where thousands of protesters took the streets, demanding an end to Husni Mubarak's 30-year presidency. The curfew was implemented on …