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Mideast youth need 46 million jobs by 2020

May 12

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In a May 11 glance about Mideast economic figures, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the regional gross domestic product is nearly $2.7 billion. The GDP is nearly $2.7 trillion, according to the World Bank.

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Vendor’s suicide reflects despair of Mideast youth

May 11

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Issam Khedri, 29, eldest brother of cigarette vendor Adel Khedri, stands outside his room in the Mellassine slum of the Tunisian capital, Tunis, on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Adel set himself on fire on March 12, 2013 outside the Municipal Theater in the heart of the capital. One of his last words to a doctor at the burn center was "faddit" - slang for "fed up." The self-immolation comes more than two years after another Tunisian high school dropout-turned-street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire and launched mass protests that eventually toppled dictators in four Arab countries. (AP Photo/Ons Abid)

SOUK AL-JUMMA, Tunisia (AP) — On the day he chose to die, Adel Khedri woke up at 6:30 a.m., took his black backpack and headed down to the busy boulevard where he worked as a cigarette peddler.

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