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While bond markets are up in arms about the contingent liabilities of Greek, Irish and Portuguese sovereigns, high-risk Bulgaria appears to have slipped off their radar.

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It began with the confiscation of a vegetable stall in Sidibouzid, Tunisia. Now it has spread throughout the Middle East. A region where political change had seemed unthinkable is approaching a defining moment. Andrew Mortimer reports.