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| Oman protests expand to country's oil region |
| 2011-03-06 |
| [Arab News] Government officials say protests demanding economic reforms by Oman's ruler have reached a key oil region in this Arabian Peninsula country. The officials say workers staged a sit-in Saturday at a main oil field in Haima, about 300 miles (500 kilometers) southwest of the capital Muscat, demanding more state investments in the area. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Demonstrations flared last week in tightly ruled Oman by protesters seeking jobs and a greater political voice. One demonstrator was killed. Oman's ruler, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, ordered 50,000 new civil service jobs. But the measure failed to halt sit-ins in Muscat and the northern industrial city of Sohar, where the unrest began. |
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