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Tuesday, December 21, 2010     FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

Tunisian youths go on anti-government rampage

CAIRO — Tunisia has again been struck by riots in the south.

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Hundreds of young Tunisians rampaged through the southern city of Sidi Bouzid in the latest anti-government protests against the regime of President Zein Abedin Bin Ali. The riots were sparked by the protest suicide of a university student in the city, about 210 kilometers southwest of Tunis.

"There is a large security force in the town and clashes continue intermittently," a Tunisian source said.


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Opposition sources said more than 400 protesters clashed with Tunisian security forces since Dec. 18. They said rioters smashed cars and stores after authorities confiscated the the wares of a street fruit vendor.

This marked the second major bout of rioting in southern Tunisia in 2010. In August, Tunisians employed in neighboring Libya rampaged through another town and blocked a major highway in protest of travel restrictions.

The sources said Sidi Bouzid had been undergoing increased tension amid rising unemployment. They said the jobless rate in the region has reached 14 percent.



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