21.   The surprise cutback in rice came only one month after the government doubled the ration.

22.   They said the Iraqi government was doubling the fee for exit permits and reducing their validity from one year to one month.

23.   They have also demanded that the government double their retirement bonus and create a special unemployment fund for sailors.

24.   Street protests erupted in the southern city of Aden when the government doubled the price of oil and services in the first dose of austerity handed out in March.

25.   The government has doubled the number of its poll assessors and lifted traffic restrictions in the centre of Athens to help ensure the vote goes off smoothly.

26.   The new government has doubled the price of petrol and this is expected to result in inflationary pressures throughout the economy in the first quarter of this year.