Sunday, January 16, 2011

Unrest And Revolution In Tunisia -- News Updates January 16, 2011 (Evening Edition)



Gun Battles In Tunisia: Chaos Threatens The Revolution -- Time Magazine

Tunisia appeared to tip towards all-out chaos on Sunday evening as fierce gun battles exploded in the heart of the capital, with the military attempting to root out thousands of well-armed militia loyal to the ousted dictator Zine Abidine Ben Ali. Two days after Ben Ali abandoned his 23-year rule and fled the country, forced out by an extraordinary month-long popular revolt, the street battles topped a tautly tense weekend, in which the country seemed perched between armed conflict and near-normality.

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More News On The Unrest In Tunisia

In shell-shocked Tunisia, armed groups now patrol the streets
-- Christian Science Monitor
Gunfire reported in Tunisia cities -- Al Jazeera
Tunisia forces fight presidential guards near palace -- Vancouver Sun/Reuters
Gunbattles, food shortages temper Tunisians' joy -- San Francisco Chronicle/AP
Sporadic Fighting Continues as Tunisia Tries to Form a New Cabinet -- Voice of America
Battles in Tunis as new government takes shape -- AFP
Firefights rock tense Tunisian capital -- Deutsche Welle
Tunisian army fight running street battles with gunmen loyal to the ousted president -- The Telegraph
Looting and disorder engulf Tunisia -- Press Association

Former Tunisia government figures arrested, new Cabinet to be named -- L.A. Times
Tunisia to Announce Unity Government -- Wall Street Journal
Tunisia to Announce Accord on National Unity Government, Al Jazeera Says -- Bloomberg
US 'encouraged' by Tunis vows on inclusive gov't -- AFP

Looters strip homes of Ben Ali relatives -- Financial Times
Presidential Villas Become Target of Tunisian Anger -- Wall Street Journal
Greed of the Tunisian president's wife that drove a nation onto the streets to start a revolution -- The Daily Mail
Ben Ali's Son-in-Law Says Some of Tunisian Ex-Leader's Aides Were Corrupt -- Bloomberg

How a fruit seller caused revolution in Tunisia -- CNN
Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution might not install a democracy -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
In pictures: Tunisia tensions -- BBC

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