Saudi Arabia unlikely to catch revolt contagion
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WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia, ahead of planned protests, seems unlikely to catch the contagion of Arab revolutions, US experts said as they stressed the enormous impact unrest there would have on the world economy.
Even if the world’s largest oil producer is eager to show it is different from the other Arab countries, it also has points in common with them, they said.
Like Egypt or Tunisia, Saudi Arabia has many young people. Thirty-eight percent of Saudis are 14 years old, or younger, according to figures from the US Central Intelligence Agency.
Like their peers in other Arab countries, Saudi young people are turning increasingly to social networking sites like Facebook, which they used to organize protests last week in the eastern part of the desert kingdom..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110311com3.html
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