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MSNBCBy Kari Huus, msnbc.com senior reporter
Reuters and regional press are reporting that two more countries in the Middle East and North Africa--Kuwait and Djibouti--have been hit by large protests, as well as Syria, where only a small flurry of dissent had been seen during the current wave of demonstrations.
In oil-rich Kuwait, a nation sandwiched between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, more than 1,000 stateless people protested, demanding citizenship on Friday, according to Reuters, and dozens were arrested by police, witnesses said.
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Also new on the turmoil map was Djibouti -- a tiny country on the Horn of Africa -- where protesters were calling for their president to step down.
Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based news network reports that thousands of opposition supporters, mainly students, were gathered to demand the resignation of President Ismael Omar Guelleh.
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http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/18/6079998-kuwait-and-djibouti-in-the-mix-as-list-of-protest-hit-countries-grows
This guy's act of protest really did set off a geopolitical earthquake which is still rumbling:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4736968">Tunis renames square after man who sparked protests (by setting himself on fire on December 17 2010)