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A protester looks on as a fire burns near the entrance to Bank underground station in London ahead of the G-20 summit.
The violence at the recent G-20 summit in London is nothing new for many countries around the world where citizens have erupted in protest over economic malaise brought on by the global financial crisis. Which countries have the greatest chances of being the next stories of failure? We looked at some areas that are currently facing the kind of severe economic disruption that endangers standards of living and attractiveness to foreign investors, as has already been seen in Iceland, the Seychelles, Ecuador, and elsewhere.
