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Police detain a protester during a pro-reform rally in Casablanca March 13, 2011. Around 100 people joined the rally called by the Islamist movement "Justiceand Charity" but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Morocco's King Mohamed announced a planned constitutional reform early this week and appointed a committee to work with political parties, trade unions and civil society groups to draw up proposals by June. Reuters/Macao

Protesters hold a sign calling for democracy and freedom during a pro-reform rally in Casablanca March 13, 2011. Around 100 people joined the rally calledby the Islamist movement "Justice and Charity" but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Morocco's King Mohamed announced a planned constitutional reform early this week and appointed a committee to work with political parties, trade unions and civil society groups to draw up proposals by June. Reuters/Macao

Egyptian Coptic Christians demonstrate outside the state radio and television building in central Cairo on March 8, 2011, to protest the burning of a churchlast week after deadly clashes between Christians and Muslims in Sol in Atfeeh, a city south of the capital. Egypt's army will begin rebuilding the church, a senior officer has said. (AFP/File)

A niqab-wearing Egyptian woman, whose relative is in jail, attends a demonstration to ask for the release of prisoners, in front of the prime minister'soffice in Cairo March 12, 2011. Egypt's military rulers, who took over control of the country when Hosni Mubarak resigned on February 11 following a wave of protests, have started releasing political prisoners. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Anti-government protesters from Yemen stand outside the Arab League headquarters in Cairo March 12, 2011, during an emergency meeting of the League'sforeign ministers to discuss Libya. The placard reads, "Yemeni revolution after Egyptian revolution". Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Anti-government protesters from Yemen shout slogans against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside the Arab League headquarters in Cairo March 12,2011, during an emergency meeting of the League's foreign ministers to discuss Libya. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A riot police officer tries to help an injured protester during a demonstration in Algiers March 12, 2011. About 50 people shouted anti-government slogans in a square in Algeria's capital on Saturday but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Reuters/Louafi Larbi

protester chants slogans in front of policemen during a demonstration in Algiers March 12, 2011. About 50 people shouted anti-government slogans in a square in Algeria's capital on Saturday but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Reuters/Louafi Larbi

Riot police push back against a anti-government protester during a demonstration in Algiers March 12, 2011. About 50 people shouted anti-government slogans in a square in Algeria's capital on Saturday but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Reuters/Louafi Larbi

People shout slogans as they protest outside the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 12, 2011, to urge Arab foreign ministers meeting Saturday to approve a no-fly zone over Libya to protect the civilian population from Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's fighter jets. The Arab League's member states are divided over how to deal with the Libyan crisis, signaling it would be a tough debate. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Riot police push back anti-government protesters during a demonstration in Algiers March 12, 2011. About 50 people shouted anti-government slogans in a square in Algeria's capital on Saturday but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Reuters/Louafi Larbi

A protester chants slogans in front of a police officer during a demonstration in Algiers March 12, 2011. About 50 people shouted anti-government slogans in a square in Algeria's capital on Saturday but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Reuters/Louafi Larbi

Egyptian Christians carry crosses as they demonstrate in front of the Egyptian television building in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 12, 2011, to protest against the burning last week of a church in Soul, a village just south of Cairo. Clashes this week between Muslims and Christians in Egypt that killed 13 and wounded 140 have deepened a sense of chaos as the police and ruling military struggle to maintain order barely a month after a popular uprising ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Grace Kassab

Egyptian Christians carry crosses as they demonstrate in front of the Egyptian television building in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 12, 2011, to protest against the burning last week of a church in Soul, a village just south of Cairo. Clashes this week between Muslims and Christians in Egypt that killed 13 and wounded 140 have deepened a sense of chaos as the police and ruling military struggle to maintain order barely a month after a popular uprising ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. The Arabic on banner reads:' I'm bringing my coffin with me and i want to die if my church won't be rebuilt.' (AP Photo/Grace Kassab)

Egyptian Christian women carry crosses as they demonstrate in front of the Egyptian television building in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 12, 2011, to protest against the burning last week of a church in Soul, a village just south of Cairo. Clashes this week between Muslims and Christians in Egypt that killed 13 and wounded 140 have deepened a sense of chaos as the police and ruling military struggle to maintain order barely a month after a popular uprising ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Grace Kassab)

Plainclothes policemen detain a protester during a demonstration in Algiers March 12, 2011. About 50 people shouted anti-government slogans in a square in Algeria's capital on Saturday but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Reuters/Louafi Larbi

Riot policemen detain a protester during a demonstration in Algiers March 12, 2011. Some 50 people shouted anti-government slogans in a square in Algeria's capital on Saturday but were encircled by hundreds of police determined to stamp out any attempt to stage an Egypt-style revolt. Reuters/Louafi Larbi

Protesters wave Egyptian flags at Cairo's Tahrir Square. A month after president Hosni Mubarak was forced to quit in the face of an unprecedented popular uprising, Egypt's new rulers are grappling with the political and economic aftermath as tensions still run high on the streets.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Jordanian protesters shout slogans during a protest following Friday prayers in Amman, Jordan, March, 11, 2011. About 150 students, independents and leftists marched defying an edict by the country's religious leaders not to demonstrate. The 10th straight week of protests saw far few numbers Friday. The demonstrators are calling for the popular election of the prime minister and other reforms inspired by the Tunisia and Egypt uprisings. The banner in Arabic reads:' the court decides about their innocence,' listing the names of officials allegedly involved in corruption. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)

Protesters use their mobile phones to photograph a banner depicting Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, left, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Tunisia's Ben Ali, right, with text in Arabic that reads 'these are the people who eat the flesh of the Arabs,' during a rally to support Muslims and Christians in national unity at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian January 25 uprising, in Cairo, Egypt Friday, March 11, 2011.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Men put up a banner that reads: "Amendment to the constitution means the continuation of Mubarak's regime. Announcement of a new constitution means the success of the revolution" to protest against the referendum planned for March 19 during a rally to demonstrate the unity between Muslims and Christians at Tahrir Square in Cairo March 11, 2011. The rally is taking place after recent sectarian clashes that killed thirteen people. . Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Iraqi riot policemen stand guard in Baghdad as people protest against high unemployment and inadequate public services. Iraq's government has been shaken by a string of rallies across the country since the beginning of February, inspired by uprisings that forced out the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)

Egyptians flash a banner showing former President Hosni Mubarak carrying loads of money with Arabic writing saying ' Money of the Nation' during a protest at Tahrir Square, Cairo the focal point of the January Egyptian uprising, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

The Arab Revolution of 2011