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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/optimism-but-no-deal-at-trade-talks.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Police fire rubber bullets at protesters outside the meeting hall of the World Economic Forum in Davos (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-optimism-but-no-deal-at-trade-talks.jpg" alt="Police fire rubber bullets at protesters outside the meeting hall of the World Economic Forum in Davos (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Global trade chiefs meeting in Switzerland have spoken of their optimism that a new deal to liberalise international commerce can be finalised, but offered little in the way of concrete progress to indicate they can reach agreement before the end of the year.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, about 60 protesters marched down the street behind the Congress Centre in Davos where the World Economic Forum&#8217;s annual meeting was winding down and the event was peaceful until a brief skirmish near a railway station close to the venue.</p>
<p>Police fired rubber bullets and a fire hose at the protesters, some of whom were carrying a banner that read &#8220;Tunisia equals Cairo equals Davos.&#8221;</p>
<p>It was a nod to the claims by critics that the five-day meeting serves as nothing more than a fancy get-together for the world&#8217;s business and political elite without regard to common citizens.</p>
<p>But inside, concern over the protests in Egypt was palpable, with many calling on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to ensure protesters were guaranteed freedom of expression and speech.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think that we have to see how things move today and, obviously, the key here is for President Mubarak to respond to the needs of his people in a way that is more directly connected to their frustrations, much more so than apparently yesterday&#8217;s speech succeeded in doing,&#8221; US Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the Associated Press on the sidelines of the forum&#8217;s annual meeting.</p>
<p>Mr Kerry&#8217;s comments came just minutes after Egyptian state television reported that the Cabinet of Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif had resigned on Mr Mubarak&#8217;s orders.</p>
<p>Salil Shetty, the head of Amnesty International, told AP that Mr Mubarak&#8217;s decision to fire his Cabinet would not quell the anti-government protests that have shaken the country for five days.</p>
<p>&#8220;The idea of changing your cabinet is a bit of a joke. People are very clearly saying they want very fundamental change, constitutional change,&#8221; he said.</p>
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