Tunisia police fire teargas to clear protesters ("The youths ... are calling for a new revolution")

[Turborama]

Source: Reuters Africa

Sat May 7, 2011 3:01pm GMT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police used teargas on Saturday to disperse protesters demanding the departure of the government and angry at a heavy handed response to demonstrations this week.

Scores of protesters scattered from the centre of Tunis as riot police fired teargas to clear them. Some youths with covered faces threw stones as they fled.

"The youths are still angry. They are calling for a new revolution," said cafe owner Hassan Ali. "Things are far from returning to normal".

Tension has risen in the North African country, whose "Jasmine Revolution" inspired uprisings across the Arab world, after a former minister warned of a possible coup by loyalists of the ousted government if Islamists win elections.

Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE74608W20110507

[Citizen Worker]

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question applies to Egypt.

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Same as the old boss.

[Turborama]

3. BBC: Tunisia imposes overnight capital curfews

May 8 2011 Last updated at 02:57 GMT

Authorities in Tunisia have imposed an overnight curfew in and around the capital, Tunis, after days of unrest.

The curfew will run every evening until 0500 local time (0600 GMT), the country's defence and interior ministries said in a joint statement.

Some of the protests were organised by supporters of former Interior Minister Farhat Rajhi, who has become a vocal figure in the pro-democracy movement.

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There were also unconfirmed report of unrest in the southern city of Gabes and in Sidi Bouzid, in the centre of Tunisia, where the uprising originally began in December last year.

full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13325452

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