But every ceasefire called in Tahrir over the past five days has been followed by a Ha! Gotcha! crackdown from police and Central Security Forces (CSF).

The Russian thought the Georgian had become too big for his boots. He waited for Saakashvili to go a step too far, and then came down on him and his poor country like a ton of bricks.

Language has long been a contested issue in France, where the onslaught of anglicisms and the rise of English as the preeminent international language have caused concern in some quarters.

The IMF warns about Dutch disease problems, when an influx of foreign exchange drives up the local currency s exchange rate, making it difficult to create jobs in the export sector or to protect jobs against an onslaught of cheaper foreign imports.