Tunisia Under State of Emergency After Government Falls

Tunisia Under State of Emergency After Government Falls
Dan Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor: "A wave of street protests, unlike anything the Arab world has seen since Lebanon's Cedar Revolution in 2005, has caused Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to dismiss his government today. In a bid to quell a growing rebellion, President Ben Ali promised fair elections but the country was also placed under a nationwide state of emergency."
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