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Burden of Subsidies in the Middle East

  • A Jordanian protester chants slogans demanding the ouster of Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour because of the new price hikes on bread, fuel and clothes, during a protest by Jordanian youth movements in Amman, Jordan.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    A Jordanian protester chants slogans demanding the ouster of Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour because of the new price hikes on bread, fuel and clothes, during a protest by Jordanian youth movements in Amman, Jordan.
    AP Photo
  • Sudanese men look at damage to of a police check point office after protesters burnt it, amid a wave of unrest over the lifting of fuel subsidies by the Sudanese government, in Kadro, 15 miles north of downtown Khartoum. Prices for bread, cooking gas, bus fare and other bare necessities have soared since Sudan's heavily indebted government cut fuel subsidies last week, and some of those who scraped by before said they don't how they'll manage in the future.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    Sudanese men look at damage to of a police check point office after protesters burnt it, amid a wave of unrest over the lifting of fuel subsidies by the Sudanese government, in Kadro, 15 miles north of downtown Khartoum. Prices for bread, cooking gas, bus fare and other bare necessities have soared since Sudan's heavily indebted government cut fuel subsidies last week, and some of those who scraped by before said they don't how they'll manage in the future.
    AP Photo
  • A farmer holds grains of wheat in his hands on a field in Fayoum, 60 miles south of Cairo, Egypt.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    A farmer holds grains of wheat in his hands on a field in Fayoum, 60 miles south of Cairo, Egypt.
    AP Photo
  • A Sudanese man covers his mouth from heavy smoke after protesters burnt tires to close the highway to northern cities amid a wave of unrest over the lifting of fuel subsidies by the Sudanese government, in Kadro, 15 miles north of downtown Khartoum.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    A Sudanese man covers his mouth from heavy smoke after protesters burnt tires to close the highway to northern cities amid a wave of unrest over the lifting of fuel subsidies by the Sudanese government, in Kadro, 15 miles north of downtown Khartoum.
    AP Photo
  • Aa Jordanian activist wearing a Guy Fawkes mask chants slogans demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, because of new prices hikes on bread, fuel and clothes, during a protest by Jordanian youth movements in downtown Amman, Jordan. The placard reads in Arabic, "from all over again, in the name of the nation, bread, freedom and social justice."
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    Aa Jordanian activist wearing a Guy Fawkes mask chants slogans demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, because of new prices hikes on bread, fuel and clothes, during a protest by Jordanian youth movements in downtown Amman, Jordan. The placard reads in Arabic, "from all over again, in the name of the nation, bread, freedom and social justice."
    AP Photo
  • Hassan, a 65 year-old farmer harvests wheat on field in Fayoum, Egypt.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    Hassan, a 65 year-old farmer harvests wheat on field in Fayoum, Egypt.
    AP Photo
  • Egyptian men transport goats on a motorcycle in Cairo, Egypt.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    Egyptian men transport goats on a motorcycle in Cairo, Egypt.
    AP Photo
  • Sudanese boys walk amid burned vehicles after rioters torched a fuel station in Khartoum, Sudan, where authorities deployed troops around vital installations and gas stations in Khartoum following days of deadly rioting over gas price hikes. Prices for bread, cooking gas, bus fare and other bare necessities have soared since Sudan's heavily indebted government cut fuel subsidies last week, and some of those who scraped by before said they don't how they'll manage in the future.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    Sudanese boys walk amid burned vehicles after rioters torched a fuel station in Khartoum, Sudan, where authorities deployed troops around vital installations and gas stations in Khartoum following days of deadly rioting over gas price hikes. Prices for bread, cooking gas, bus fare and other bare necessities have soared since Sudan's heavily indebted government cut fuel subsidies last week, and some of those who scraped by before said they don't how they'll manage in the future.
    AP Photo
  • Egyptians work at a bakery in the al-Azhar quarter in Cairo, Egypt.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    Egyptians work at a bakery in the al-Azhar quarter in Cairo, Egypt.
    AP Photo
  • Rida Ibrahim, a 62-year-old Egyptian farmer, harvests wheat on his farm, in Qalubiyah, North Cairo, Egypt.
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    Burden of Subsidies in Middle East

    Rida Ibrahim, a 62-year-old Egyptian farmer, harvests wheat on his farm, in Qalubiyah, North Cairo, Egypt.
    AP Photo
A Jordanian protester chants slogans demanding the ouster of Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour because of the new price hikes on bread, fuel and clothes, during a protest by Jordanian youth movements in Amman, Jordan.
Sudanese men look at damage to of a police check point office after protesters burnt it, amid a wave of unrest over the lifting of fuel subsidies by the Sudanese government, in Kadro, 15 miles north of downtown Khartoum. Prices for bread, cooking gas, bus fare and other bare necessities have soared since Sudan's heavily indebted government cut fuel subsidies last week, and some of those who scraped by before said they don't how they'll manage in the future.
A farmer holds grains of wheat in his hands on a field in Fayoum, 60 miles south of Cairo, Egypt.
A Sudanese man covers his mouth from heavy smoke after protesters burnt tires to close the highway to northern cities amid a wave of unrest over the lifting of fuel subsidies by the Sudanese government, in Kadro, 15 miles north of downtown Khartoum.
Aa Jordanian activist wearing a Guy Fawkes mask chants slogans demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, because of new prices hikes on bread, fuel and clothes, during a protest by Jordanian youth movements in downtown Amman, Jordan. The placard reads in Arabic, "from all over again, in the name of the nation, bread, freedom and social justice."
Hassan, a 65 year-old farmer harvests wheat on field in Fayoum, Egypt.
Egyptian men transport goats on a motorcycle in Cairo, Egypt.
Sudanese boys walk amid burned vehicles after rioters torched a fuel station in Khartoum, Sudan, where authorities deployed troops around vital installations and gas stations in Khartoum following days of deadly rioting over gas price hikes. Prices for bread, cooking gas, bus fare and other bare necessities have soared since Sudan's heavily indebted government cut fuel subsidies last week, and some of those who scraped by before said they don't how they'll manage in the future.
Egyptians work at a bakery in the al-Azhar quarter in Cairo, Egypt.
Rida Ibrahim, a 62-year-old Egyptian farmer, harvests wheat on his farm, in Qalubiyah, North Cairo, Egypt.
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Increasingly unaffordable subsidy programs pose a growing challenge across the Middle East and North Africa, with governments caught between demands by international lenders to scale back economically toxic handouts and fears of a popular backlash.