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27 February, 2011 — creative-i.info

OMAN: Ruler reshuffles Cabinet, announces reforms as deadly protests rock …
Los Angeles Times
Oman’s longtime ruler, Sultan Kaboos ibn Said, reshuffled his Cabinet over the weekend, changing six ministers, and ordered some social reforms amid rare deadly protests and growing unrest in the small Persian Gulf nation. The decree, published on the …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/02/oman-king-reshuffles-cabinet-offers-stipends-to-students-amid-deadly-protests.html

Tunisia’s prime minister resigns; Omani police fire on protesters
Globe and Mail
Omani police fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing demonstrators demanding
political reform on Sunday, killing two people, and protesters set
government buildings and cars ablaze, witnesses said. The trouble in the
industrial town of Sohar was a rare …
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/tunisias-prime-minister-resigns-omani-police-fire-on-protesters/article1922581/

Libyan regime crumbles; violence in Oman
Sydney Morning Herald
The wave of protests sweeping the Arab world has spread to the once placid
Gulf sultanate of Oman, with police shooting dead two demonstrators, as
Muammar Gaddafi’s hold on Libya slips further. The UN Security Council has
imposed a travel and assets …
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/libyan-regime-crumbles-violence-in-oman-20110228-1ba6k.html

Gearing for battle…Clashes in Oman…Governors’ plea
9&10 News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Clashes in Oman today mark a
significant escalation in two days of protests to demand political reforms.
Police say Omani security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at
protesters, killing at least one person. …
www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=283093&cID=3

Mideast unrest roils regional stock markets; Saudi exchange down 5 per cent
The Canadian Press
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia’s benchmark stock index dropped 5 per cent on Sunday
to its lowest point in months, and other regional indices also dipped, as
violence in Libya and protests in Gulf nation of Oman weighed heavily on
investor confidence. …
www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iXo9RvUwygSoZlYBaDrM_D7dLbmw?docId=6084187

‘Indian school board election is farce’, said Indian parents in Oman
DailyIndia.com
Muscat, Feb.27: Social workers and parents have criticized the first
elections of the Indian school board in Oman, calling it a farce. “The
whole process, right from the composition of the board to the procedure of
the election is a farce and the …
www.dailyindia.com/show/427027.php

Oman: The People Want an End to Corrpution · Global Voices
By Amira Al Hussaini
Last week’s similar – but smaller protests in Sohar and Muscat – have
brought about a cabinet reshuffle today, where Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin
Said changed six ministers. The announcement was made today but that didn’t
seem to stop the …
globalvoicesonline.org/2011/02/26/oman-the-people-want-an-end-to-corrpution/

Protesters clash with police in Oman; 1 killed | Home Other …
Omani security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters
demanding political reforms on Sunday, killing at least one person in the
strategic Gulf country, police officials said.
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=661690&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Protesters clash with police in Oman; 1 killed | The Daily Blitz …
By admin_blitz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Witnesses say police fired tear gas and rubber
bullets at protesters Sunday in Sohar, about 120 miles (200 kilometers)
northwest of.
www.thedaily-blitz.com/home/protesters-clash-with-police-in-oman-1-killed-957109/

Two dead in Oman clashes with protesters – Yahoo! News
Omani police fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing demonstrators demanding
political reform on Sunday, killing two people, and protesters set
government …
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110227/ts_nm/us_oman_protests

Oman police fire at protesters, two dead – World news – Mideast/N …
Omani police fired rubber bullets on stone-throwing protesters demanding
political reform in an industrial town on Sunday, killing two people, …
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41808208/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/