The growing unrest in the middle east.

Egypt(again), Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Syria, Iran and Iraq are all seeing major protests and in some cases major change.

Lets start with Egypt first: Everybody thought Egypt was all happy and finished with their protests but apparently a lot of them still aren't happy. 1000's of people protested in Cairo's central Tahrir Square on Friday and Saturday. The military responded by shooting and killing at least 2 people. Sure does seem to be nice and calm over there.(sarcasm)

Libya: I'm sure most people already know about all the U.N air strikes and the back and forth fighting between the Libyan rebels and the forces still loyal to Gadhafi, so I wont talk about that. Recent news has been saying Gadhafi has agreed to stop the fighting and try to keep the peace, but it doesn't say that he will be stepping down at all which is the main reason why the rebels even started fighting. Considering Gadhafi has reigned over Libya for over 40 years and survived multiple coups and assassination attempts, I don't think he will be giving up power anytime soon.

Bahrain, Yemen, and Jordan: Most of the protests in these 3 countries have been relatively peaceful but have seen little change in the government. Maybe they will have better luck getting more people to join their cause once Libya cools down some. Never know.

Ivory Coast: The U.N and France have been having some fun with air strikes here too. They have been bombarding Gbagbo's artillery so they can't use it on civilians. After staying holed up in his house/bunker, Gbagbo's house was finally stormed and he was captured on Monday.

Iran and Iraq: The reason for these protests is because Pastor Terry Jones posted pictures of his church burning a Qur'an. I think the Qur'an burning wasn't what started the fire(pun intended) but it was the straw that broke the camels back. Seems like the Iraq and Iran people have been itching for an excuse to protest the U.S occupation in their country and this is the perfect opportunity to do it.

Syria: Next to Libya and Ivory coast, Syria has been the 3rd most deadly of the recent protests. The Syrian government has tried to calm the people down by closing a casino that had enraged the muslims there. They also said the teachers they had fired back in 2010 would be allowed back to work, neither of these things worked.