The Middle East market has been significantly impacted by the political unrest throughout the region.
Egypt's economy continues to struggle, with widespread poverty, high unemployment and its vaunted tourism sector still sagging on the heels of the political unrest.
Moved by the political unrest in Bahrain and Yemen, Saudi regime opponents including Saudi's Shiite minority have stepped up their acts of political opposition.
To be fair and blunt the political unrest in the Middle East will have more to do with pushing oil prices higher than monetary policy for the time being.
For five years from 1983, he worked on the weekly radio documentary programme File on 4, winning numerous awards and commendations including the Sony Award for best current affairs programme for his coverage of the political unrest in South Africa.
But, it does show that wealthy investors were not put off by the growing political unrest in North Africa and the Middle East or the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Meanwhile, Britain's Foreign Office says it temporarily withdrew some staff from its embassy in Tripoli in light of the recent political unrest.
In the Middle East, the Egyptian political unrest continues to simmer.
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Nadejda Popova, senior travel and tourism analyst at market research company Euromonitor International, acknowledged that the ongoing political unrest -- as well as Europe's economic downturn -- had affected Egyptian tourism.
Most parts of China are unlikely to see the kind of political unrest that occurred in the build-up to the Mexico Olympics in 1968 and the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
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Commenting on the unprecedented wave of political unrest that has swept throughout the North Africa and the Middle East, Mr Alexander said the region faced a moment of "great possibility, but also great peril".
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The Maldives has seen political unrest in recent years in protest at the 29-year rule of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
Not only do high food prices weigh heavily on the incomes of the poor, they lead to more political unrest around the world.
There is also the possibility of political unrest spreading into other Middle East countries.
To be sure, high unemployment, fragmentation in virtually all sectors of the economy and the constant threat of political unrest are serious risks for anyone seeking to do business in South Africa or elsewhere on the continent.
The Thai government has approved a compensation fund for victims of political unrest in the country.
Almost since the birth of photography, political unrest and conflict have drawn photographers to capture the drama of the moment, and in some cases to offer comment through their work.
It was the first political assassination in Tunisia since the popular unrest in 2011 forced the country's autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali from power and also inspired the so-called "Arab Spring" uprisings across the region.
Jordan has so far avoided the large-scale unrest and political upheaval that rocked much of the Arab world last year and led to changes of leadership in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Tunisia.
That could only add more fuel to the political fire and social unrest in the streets, analysts say.
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You must protect yourself against the unleashing of political and social unrest through oil producing regions, Libya, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates.
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Anxiety about the decision had stirred political unrest in Turkey.
While Algeria escaped the kind of widespread political unrest that halted exports from Libya for months, they have faced a run-over effect from more unstable areas in the region.
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Jordan has so far avoided the unrest and political upheaval that rocked much of the Arab world last year and led to changes of leadership in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Tunisia.
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Second, China will do anything to grow its economy, as the alternatives will lead to political unrest.
If there is any political unrest, the trucks will be parked for days.
The agency said that most countries in the Middle East that saw political unrest got a rating of four or below.
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Political unrest in the Middle East as well as the earthquake in Japan and the continuing concerns about the damaged nuclear power plant are also expected to squeeze air traffic growth.
There are a lot of things going on that have happened before energy prices going up, food inflation, spontaneous riots, troubles with the unions, violence, political unrest all of these things have happened before.
Economic growth, though interrupted at points by political unrest in the Middle East and by a natural disaster in Japan, should not be lower this year though, matching the near 4% rate that it measured in 2010.
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