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July 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Thousands of Jordanians took to the streets in the second largest city of Irbid on Friday to protest against the increase in prices of electricity, fuel and other commodities to tackle the country’s huge budget deficit while there has been no raise in salaries and wages.
The demonstrators urged the government to return the prices to what they were before and find other ways to tackle the budget deficit instead of putting the entire burden on the nation. Jordan’s budget deficit is expected to reach about USD 3 billion by the end of 2012.
The demonstrators also demanded sweeping reforms and an end to corruption.
Jordanians have been holding street protests demanding political reforms, including the election of the prime minister by popular vote, and an end to corruption since January 2011.
Anti-government protests have intensified in recent weeks after the government increased commodity prices to offset a $3 billion (2.4 billion euro) deficit in this year’s USD 9.6 billion budget.
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