Political turbulence continues in ME

NEW YORK, Mar 21: Political turbulence persists in several countries in the Middle East. In Syria thousands of pro-democracy protesters chanted slogan against country's emergency laws that are in vogue for more past 48 years. Thousands of protesters torched the office of Baath Party. The government leaders here have promised to create new employment opportunities for educated un-employed youths. Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh sacked his cabinet as his government faces public outrage of the killing of more than 40 pro-demoracy activists. Yemen's ambassador to the United Nations (UN) has resigned expressing solidarity with pro-democracy movement. President Obama strongly condemned the violence. The Egyptian people have endorsed the electoral reforms aimed at unfurling of a democratic government by the army. Millions of Egyptian turned out to cast their vote. Thousands of people took to the streets across Morocco yesterday demanding civil rights, and end to endemic corruption. King Mohammad has promised to shake up judiciary, provide more power to parliament and political parties and enhance the power and role of the local governments. The global economic scenario also appears to be gloomy and bleak. Uncertainty hangs like a cloud over the future of the global and American economy. Only weeks ago economists foresaw a quickening of the recovery. Now tsunamis, radioactive plumes, Middle-East revolutions, a new round of European debt crisis have the potents that could derail a tenuous bounceback in the United States, Europe and Japan, the NYT said in a report today.