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The military received a critical endorsement from youth protest leaders on the issue of strikes. They said that strikes were an important right for workers in Egypt, but were unhelpful now because Tiffany Watches on sale the country's weakened economy.Companies including brewer Heineken, consumer-goods giant Unilever, chemicals company Akzo Nobel and industrial giant Siemens said they had resumed near-normal operations in Egypt.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas instructed his prime minister to form a new cabinet, a step to prepare for elections Discount Elsa Peretti in response to democratic uprisings in the Arab world.Hundreds of Yemenis--regime supporters and antigovernment protesters--faced off violently in the country's capital of San'a.

In Iraq, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Baghdad, but their demands centered on day-to-day issues such as power cuts and poor housing, rather than any attempt to topple the government.Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini travelled to Tunis for talks with Tunisia's interim government after the North African country rebuffed Italy's offer to deploy para- Discount Frank Gehry police along Tunisian coastlines to stem the flow of migrants towards Italy.***OECD ReportThe think tank said its leading indicator of economic activity for Germany, Japan and the U.S. point to relatively robust expansion relative to trend, while those for Canada, France and the U.K. point to continued moderate expansion.***Europe