I't was considered a corner of the Arab world least likely to catch the backwash of anger swilling around the region. But even Oman has been splashed. An outburst of anger expressed mainly by jobless pr ill-paid youths in the port of Sohar left at least one person dead; some reports put the toll as high as six. Few Omanis think Sultan Qaboos, who recently celebrated 40 years on the throne, is wobbling. Still, even he will have to heed the more disgruntled of his subjects. And calls for giving more power to his majlts al-shura, a partially elected advisory council, may well grow louder.
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