(Euronews: 0143 PST, March 30, 2011) Dummies substituted for politicians in Belgium on the day the country ties Iraq for the record time without a new government: 289 days. Many of them throwing shoes at the dummies, some 10,000 Belgians were protesting a failure by their federal government and the regional government of Flanders to agree on rights for health care workers.

One protester said: "It's high time they do something about this. We want a salary increase and more staff, otherwise we can't work properly."

(Channel 4 News: 1230 PST, February 4, 2011) The situation in Egypt reaches a stalemate: President Mubarak will not step down and the protesters say they won't leave until he does, as Jonathan Rugman reports.

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