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26 January, 2011 — creative-i.info

Tunisia to Shake Up Cabinet as Protesters Clash
Voice of America
Photo: AP Tunisia’s interim leaders say they will reshuffle the country’s new government on Wednesday, as protesters demanding a purge of former loyalists …
www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Tunisian-Protesters-Continue-Anti-Government-Rally-114542529.html

Tunisia readies shake-up as protests spread to Egypt
AFP
TUNIS — Tunisia braced for a critical cabinet shake-up Wednesday amid calls for a break with the old regime as President Barack Obama hailed the “will of …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g-LwuYrv8kNfnY_cE6P_9SnMC9Qg?docId=CNG.189a3a1fe5c8bba71806f5a7de2822bc.671

Egyptians tests Tunisia’s Twitter revolution
Windsor Star
It was a measure of the local uncertainty about the domino potential of the
Tunisian revolution that Egypt’s main opposition group, the outlawed
radical …
www.windsorstar.com/Egyptians+tests+Tunisia+Twitter+revolution/4168694/story.html

Kadhafi backs Tunisia revolt, slams foreign interference
AFP
TUNIS — Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi voiced support for Tunisia’s
revolution Tuesday but denounced foreign interference in an interview with
Tunisian …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gTHtik_bPzCHXDcvlhBvXbI43LkA?docId=CNG.148a6c382024ebbebe64021de441dac9.bf1

Tunisian govt shuffle to be announced Wednesday-min
Reuters
TUNIS Jan 25 (Reuters) – A new cabinet lineup will be announced in Tunisia
on Wednesday, two cabinet ministers said, following days of protests
against an …
www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE70O2DU20110125

Tunisia’s Crisis A Wake Up Call For Indonesia
Bernama
JAKARTA, Jan 26 (Bernama) — Years ago nobody in Tunisia would believe that
ordinary people could trigger massive rallies which ended up by the
toppling of …
www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=559366

Tunisia political turmoil inspires Jordan protesters
BBC News
The former generals and colonels were worried even before the popular
uprising that drove the Tunisian president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9373285.stm

Bourgeois roots of Tunisia’s revolution
Korea Times
By Michel Rocard PARIS ― Tunisia, one of the Arab League’s 22
members, is in the throes of a severe and profound crisis, albeit possibly
one with a …
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/01/137_80365.html

Ousted Tunisian leader’s brother-in-law in Montreal
Globe and Mail
A billionaire patriarch known for leading the business side of the clan
that ran Tunisia for decades has landed in Montreal, The Globe and Mail has
learned. …
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ousted-tunisian-leaders-brother-in-law-in-montreal/article1882848/

Yemen releases jailed activists in the face of Tunisia-inspired protesters
MinnPost.com
The protests may be a sign of how Tunisia’s uprising is sending
reverberations throughout the Arab world, with Yemenis claiming far broader
grounds for …
www.minnpost.com/worldcsm/2011/01/25/25171/yemen_releases_jailed_activists_in_the_face_of_tunisia-inspired_protesters

Tech Giants Get Their Privacy On, From Do-Not-Track to Tunisia
Forbes (blog)
On Monday came reports of the massive steps taken by Facebook in Tunisia to
protect users, after the government used keylogging software to gain access
to …
blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/?p=6282

Tunisian PM under pressure to quit
Botswana Gazette
Tunisian protesters have been stepping up calls for Prime Minister Mohamed
Ghannouchi and his cabinet to resign. Protests in Tunis and other cities
have …
www.gazettebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8567:tunisian-pm-under-pressure-to-quit&catid=17:world-news&Itemid=2

Dubai Financial Regulator Says Watch Tunisia, Algeria Outflows
Bloomberg
In Tunisia protests continued today with demonstrators demanding that
former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s party be excluded from any
successor …
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-25/dubai-financial-regulator-says-watch-tunisia-algeria-outflows.html

Lens: Photographer Attacked by Police in Tunisia
New York Times (blog)
By DAVID W. DUNLAP Moises Saman, a Magnum photographer on assignment to The
New York Times, was mildly injured at dusk on Tuesday when he was assaulted
by a …
feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=792b81d993692aed20eee12c6326b6e2

Could the ‘Palestine Papers’ spark a Tunisia-style uprising?
The Week Magazine
There’s a good chance they’ll “have the same emotive impact among
Palestinians that the suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi had in Tunisia,”
similarly convincing …
theweek.com/article/index/211395/could-the-palestine-papers-spark-a-tunisia-style-uprising

Tunisia: FTH reaffirms independence from ”all parties and political trends”
African Manager
The National Board of the FTH (Tunisian Hotel Trade Federation) expresses
in a statement, its “strong support to the Revolution of January 14 which
was …
www.africanmanager.com/site_eng/detail_article.php?art_id=16208

Tunisian rising gives heart to Iranian human rights activists
Irish Times
THE UPRISING in Tunisia which resulted in the ousting of President Zine
al-Abidine Ben Ali has been observed with great interest in Iran, giving
activists …
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0126/1224288328680.html

Remember local man who died in Tunisia in WWII
Kennebec Journal
Tunisia is now in the headlines with no reference to the role it played in
American history. I doubt that either the media or the general public know
much …
www.kjonline.com/opinion/letters/Remember-local-man-who-died-in-Tunisia-in-WWII-.html

Tumult in Tunisia: Labor Propels Protest
Huffington Post (blog)
Read the news reports coming out of Tunisia and you’ll see a chaotic
outpouring of populist fervor, a generation of pent-up unrest suddenly
unleashed …
www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-chen/tumult-in-tunisia-labor-p_b_812530.html

Let’s not go the Tunisian way
Times LIVE
Tunisia is everything that Saudi Arabia isn’t. And it’s a democracy. Or so
we thought, until the other day when the Tunisians, thousands and thousands
of …
www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/columnists/article873167.ece/Lets-not-go-the-Tunisian-way

In Tunisia, history repeats (sort of)
Baltimore Sun
Tunisia was a western European colony until 1956. Romania was dominated by
Russia until 1989. Tunisia’s people are predominately Sunni Muslim. …
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-tunisia-20110125,0,3251562.story

Human Rights in Retreat Again in the Mideast, But Tunisia Holds Out Hope
The Media Line
Human rights in the Middle East were in retreat again last year, but the
mass protests in Tunisia that brought down the government of President Zine
El …
www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=31206

Tunisian security forces join demonstrations
Zawya
By Iheb Ettounsi for Magharebia in Tunis Tunisian police took to the
streets on Saturday (January 22nd) to demand better working conditions and
profess …
www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110126062018

Foreign Affairs Minister receives European countries’ ambassadors in Tunisia
Tunisia Online News
When receiving on Tuesday the European countries’ ambassadors accredited in
Tunisia, with attendance of the two State Secretaries to Foreign Affairs
Ahmed …
www.tunisiaonlinenews.com/foreign-affairs-minister-receives-european-countries%E2%80%99-ambassadors-in-tunisia/

Tunisia Still Smoldering
The Atlantic
1555 GMT: Lest we forget, given all the excitement in Egypt, there is still
a volatile situation in Tunisia… Hundreds of protesters in Tunisia
continued …
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/tunisia-still-smoldering.html

Thousands Protest Across Egypt, Inspired By Tunisia
NPR
This is the kind of thing that people watch very closely in the Arab world
in the wake of a revolution in Tunisia. NPR’s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is in
Cairo, …
www.npr.org/2011/01/25/133208321/thousands-protest-across-egypt-inspired-by-tunisia

Uprisings in Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt — America Is Paying the Price for …
AlterNet
Meanwhile, the regime in Tunisia, one of the autocratic and repressive
states Washington has been supporting for years even as it prattles on
about …
www.alternet.org/story/149672/uprisings_in_tunisia,_yemen,_egypt_—_america_is_paying_the_price_for_supporting_corrupt_dictatorships_in_the_muslim_world_/

As Obama Speech Jumps from South Sudan to Tunisia, Skipping Darfur, Asia Ceded
Inner City Press
When Obama jumped from South Sudan to Tunisia, without even a mention of
Darfur, a message was being sent. After November’s election, Team Obama
wants wins. …
www.innercitypress.com/obama1sotu012511.html

Risk Management in MENA and Tunisia’s ‘Wake-up Call’
Knowledge@Wharton
Fast forward to the start of the new year, when the region witnessed the
ousting of Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who fled his country
after …
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/arabic/article.cfm?articleId=2605

Why the Tunisian Revolution Cannot Be Replicated in Eritrea
Asmarino Independent
By Yosief Ghebrehiwet [The main part of this article – that is, except
for the first part (”Introduction”) and the third part (”Why the

Tunisia now, Tun-isia next?
Malaysia Kini
The Tunisian people’s ousting of the hated Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali regime
reminds all us opponents of criminal governments that it’s high time to rid
…
www.malaysiakini.com/columns/154497

Photographer Attacked by Police in Tunisia: Moises Saman Is Mildly …
By By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Moises Saman, a Magnum photographer on assignment for The Times, was mildly
injured in Tunis when police officers attacked him.
lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/photographer-attacked-by-police-in-tunisia/

Tunisia-Like Riots Are Breaking Out In Egypt
By Gus Lubin
The crowd turned violent and the police fired tear gas.
www.businessinsider.com/egyptian-riot-photos-2011-1

Tunisia Has Ingredients for Democracy | World | Epoch Times
By By Marco ‘t Hoen/Epoch Times Staff
While democracy may be a rare sight in the Arab world, it is not
impossible, and Tunisia could lead the way there, experts say.
www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/49983/

Tunisia goes viral: Massive anti-government protests erupt in …
By Allahpundit
The protesters, mobilized largely on the Internet and energized by recent
events in Tunisia, occupied one of the city’s most famous squares for
hours, beating back attempts to dislodge them by police officers wielding
tear gas and water …
hotair.com/archives/2011/01/25/tunisia-goes-viral-massive-anti-government-protests-erupt-in-egypt/

Tunisia and the Arab Street As protests spread to Egypt, democrats …
By Anwar Ibrahim
Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution began last month with the lonely demonstration
of a frustrated vendor immolating himself on the street. Could Tunisia’s
demonstration now spread elsewhere in an Arab world dominated by autocrats?
…
anwaribrahimblog.com/2011/01/26/tunisia-and-the-arab-street-as-protests-spread-to-egypt-democrats-need-american-support/

Tunisia, or democracy’s future in jasmine | openDemocracy
By Goran Fejic
Now, as the Tunisian insurrection has just been labelled the “jasmine
revolution “, the semantics of the flower may be further enriched to
designate a popular uprising with the following key characteristics: *
genuinely homegrown …
www.opendemocracy.net/goran-fejic/tunisia-or-democracy%E2%80%99s-future-in-jasmine

Egypt Protests: The Tunisia Effect – The Daily Beast
By Babak Dehghanpisheh & Mandi Fahmy
With echoes of Tunisia’s recent uprising, today’s riots against Cairo’s
30-year regime have already left three dead. Newsweek’s Babak Dehghanpisheh
and Mandi Fahmy report from the scene.
www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-01-25/egypt-protests-the-tunisia-effect/

Egypt: Protests inspired by Tunisia and fanned by social media …
By Xeni Jardin
The rallies had been promoted online by groups saying they speak for young
Egyptians frustrated by the kind of poverty and oppression which triggered
the overthrow of Tunisia’s president. Egyptian blogger Hossam El Hamalawy
said …
www.boingboing.net/2011/01/25/egypt-protests-inspi.html

dotCommonweal “ Blog Archive “ Tunisia, Arabs, and Israel
By Joseph A. Komonchak
Today’s Spiegel-online has a piece on the revolution in Tunisia and its
possible consequences for other Arab countries and even for Israel, whose
Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom is quoted as fearing that “Tunisia
might ‘set a …
www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=11888

Egypt Revolt post Tunisia: Is a Dam breaking? What happens next?
By DK Matai
Beyond this point of massive street protests, Tunisia’s established ruler
fell in 48 hours. . Is the Egyptian protest moving too fast for existing
systems to respond quickly enough to contain the situation? …
www.businessinsider.com/egypt-revolt-post-tunisia-is-a-dam-breaking-what-happens-next-2011-1

Will Tunisia’s ‘Internet revolution’ endure? – Internet …
By Danny O’Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator
There has been a great deal written online about how much of a positive
role the Internet played in recent events in Tunisia (if you’d like to
catch up, Alex Howard’s link round-up provides a good summary of the many
sides, …
cpj.org/internet/2011/01/will-tunisias-internet-revolution-endure.php

Tunisia’s government mulls Cabinet changes | The Daily Caller …
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s new interim government worked Tuesday to
replace ministers who quit and weighed possible deeper changes to the
Cabinet as.
dailycaller.com/2011/01/25/tunisias-government-mulls-cabinet-changes/

Will Tunisia Be the First Domino?
By Super Admin
It would be foolhardy for governments in the region to regard Tunisia as an
isolated case. The economic and political grievances that spawned the
revolution are not unique to that country. One need only walk the streets
of Cairo and …
malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/guest-columnists/37701-will-tunisia-be-the-first-domino-

The Desert Lamp “ The Bureau Abroad “ Turmoil in Tunisia: Too many …
By Connor Mendenhall
There are lots of just-so stories circulating about last week’s implosion
in Tunisia, where a popular revolt forced out autocrat president Zine
el-Abidine Ben Ali, putting an abrupt end to one of many quiet, oppressive
Arab regimes. …
www.desertlamp.com/?p=9020

Pakistan bombings; Tunisia protests; Egyptians protest Mubarak …
In today’s pictures, an Afghan refugee girl clutches her doll, crops are
fumigated in Indonesia, Shiite Muslims protest against the U.S. and Israel
and more.
blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2011/01/25/photos-of-the-day-jan-25/

Egypt | Cairo | Tunisia Protests | Arab World | Facebook
By News Desk
In Cairo, protesters inspired by events in Tunisia and calling for economic
and political reforms in Egypt broke through police barriers.
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/110125/cairo-protest-egypt-hosni-mubarak-tunisia

Egyptian Protestors Taking Cues From Tunisia | UN Dispatch
By Daniel J Gerstle
Protestors have now come out in thousands in the Egyptian capitol, Cairo,
inspired by protestors’ apparent recent success in bringing an end to the
nearby regime of Tunisian President Ben Ali. In Egypt, protestors are
calling for a …
www.undispatch.com/egypt-protests

Tunisia
After weeks of unrest in Tunisia seen only through videos uploaded on
Facebook, it seems as our psychological apprehension to rely on social. …
www.huffingtonpost.com/news/tunisia

Al-Ahram Weekly | Front Page | What next for Tunisia?
The riots that have shaken Tunisia and spread to Algeria over recent weeks
have sent shock waves across the Arab world.
weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1031/fr2.htm