The prime minister said crucial to that strategy is building up Afghan local and national government institutions and practices to make sure Afghan President Hamid Karzai is able to tackle some major issues.

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Hundreds of Workers in a quarry in the province of Kafr el-Sheikh, some 50 miles north of Cairo, stormed the local government building forcing its staff to evacuate.

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In separate footage the pro-rebel television station Orient said it filmed March 4, the same two officials were shown with Islamist rebel commanders inside the local government building justifying their negotiated surrender.

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And because of that, I think, pressures are building up in local government finances.

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