Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Unrest And Revolution In Tunisia -- News Updates January 18, 2011



Three Ministers Quit Tunisia Coalition -- Yahoo News/Reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) – Three opposition ministers quit Tunisia's new coalition government on Tuesday in protest at the presence of members of the party of ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi brought opposition leaders into the coalition on Monday after the president fled to Saudi Arabia following weeks of violent street protests. But key 'old guard' figures kept their jobs, angering many.

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More News On The Unrest In Tunisia

Tunisia's new leadership braces for protests -- Yahoo News/AFP
Officials: 4 ministers quit new Tunisia government -- Yahoo News/AP
Ministers quit new Tunisian govt -- Al Jazeera
Official: 4 ministers quit new Tunisia government -- AP
Tunisia Taps Interim Rulers, Lauds Army -- Wall Street Journal
Tunisia government unveils new freedoms -- The Telegraph
Interim PM tries to fill vacuum with unity regime -- Sydney Morning Herald
Tunisia forms national unity government amid unrest -- BBC
Tunisia Announces New Unity Government -- Voice of America

Reactions in Tunisia to interim government -- BBC
Tunisian public protests new interim government -- Deutsche Welle
Tunisian police fire teargas at protesters -- The Guardian
Tunisian Police Use Tear Gas To Disperse Protesters -- Radio Free Europe

The Tunisian job: How president's wife 'fled with $60m in gold bullion' -- The Independent
Fleeing first lady said to have taken central bank gold -- Sydney Morning Herald
Swiss examine calls to freeze alleged Ben Ali assets -- Reuters

Tunisia Upheaval Sparks Anxiety Across Arab World — in Some Leaders More Than Others -- FOX News
Tunisia Unrest Stirs Passions Across North African Region -- New York Times
Tunisia: No Domino Effect, but a U.S. Dilemma over Arab Democracy -- Time Magazine
Tunisian events likely to spark wider Arab reforms, but not revolutions -- Christian Science Monitor
Foreign Policy: What Went Wrong In Tunisia -- Christopher Alexander, NPR
Tunisia's lost generation -- Spengler, Asia Times

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