BBC News with Jerry Smit

The Portuguese government has unveiled thecountry's toughest budget in years, combining state tax rises with spendingcuts to tackle its large deficit. The opposition socialist party called it afiscal atomic bomb. Hundreds of protesters who gathered outside the Portugueseparliament called on the government to resign. Alison Robert reports.

After weeks of mixed messages and tensionswithin the right-center coalition,

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's finance minister finallysubmitted next-year's state budget to Parliament. An hour later he outlined keydetails of a document that foresees spending cuts and tax increases totalingsome five billion Euros, almost $6.5bn. Most of that is in higher income tax,taking away the equivalent of a month salary for any workers. Austerity isalready weighing heavily on

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’seconomy with unemployment hitting a new record high in September.

The Egyptian Football Association hasdecided to suspend the country's Primer League indefinitely on securitygrounds. It was initially suspended in February after at least 70 supportersfrom the Cairo al-Ahly side were killed by rivalfans in a stadium in Port Said.Jon Leyne is our correspondent in Cairo.

Members of the al-Ahly supporters clubknown as the ultras have been particularly vocal in pressing for justice fortheir fellow football fans. While a number of senior football and securityofficials have been sacked, it's still not clear that anyone has been heldaccountable for the tragedy. It happened when al-Ahly fans were attacked to theend of the game in Port Said.Many Egyptian suspect that this is more than just a football stadium disaster,they believe someone wanted to take revenge on the al-Ahly fans, because theirpolitical role in confronting the police during the revolution last year.