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Egypt was the elephant in the mayor's meeting room (Photo: Valentina Pop)

Middle East mayors unimpressed by EU reaction to uprisings

The EU's response to the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt has been timid and unimpressive, with more democracy movements likely to pop up, said Middle Eastern mayors gathering in Morocco for a meeting with EU counterparts from across the Mediterranean.

On the sunny streets of Agadir, a south-western Moroccan port on the shores of the Atlantic, the prospect of a revolution seems distant. A young king in an Armani suits is smiling from pictures on lamp posts and public buildings. "P...

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Egypt was the elephant in the mayor's meeting room (Photo: Valentina Pop)

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