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Arab autocracy: Thank you and goodbye

by SR Editor July 17, 2010

For good or ill, change is coming to Egypt and Saudi Arabia soon THE fate of the Arab world’s two most important states lies in the hands of ageing autocrats. Hosni Mubarak, an 82-year-old air-force general who has ruled Egypt since 1981, is widely reported to be grievously ill. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who [...]

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