Jordan protesters reject govt plans to hike prices
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Demonstrators marked Jordan's 1949 independence from British rule on Friday by demanding reform and rejecting government plans to hike commodity prices and taxes to offset a $3 billion (2.4 billion euro) budget deficit.
"No independence without reform. Do not set the country on fire by raising prices," more than 1,000 people, including opposition Islamists, trade unionists and youth groups, chanted as they marched in central Amman. (AFP)
