The New Dark Age

26 February, 2011 — creative-i.info

Refugees flood into Tunisia
Los Angeles Times
Tunisian and UN officials scramble to avert a refugee crisis as people fleeing the Libyan unrest fill the roads out of the border crossing at Ras Ajdir. Many Tunisians help as volunteers. By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times At first it was dozens of …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-tunisia-tent-city-20110226,0,6945796.story

Refugees flee Libya; Tunisia welcomes them
The Tennessean
TUNISIA: Police in Tunis fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse
thousands of anti-government protesters. Demonstrators massed in front of
the Interior Ministry to call for the ouster of the interim government that
has run Tunisia since strongman …
www.tennessean.com/article/20110226/NEWS08/102260360/Refugees-flee-Libya-Tunisia-welcomes-them

RI evacuates citizens in Libya to Tunisia
Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government began evacuating 260 Indonesians on Friday
evening local time from Libya to Tunisia, following the uprising in the
North African country. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Kusuma Habir said
Friday that the first batch of evacuees …
www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/02/26/ri-evacuates-citizens-libya-tunisia.html

SFA Del Rosario in Tunisia for repatriated OFWs
Manila Bulletin
By GLORIA JANE BAYLON MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — Acting Secretary of
Foreign Affairs (SFA) Albert F. del Rosario has flown to Tunisia in north
Africa, which has granted the Philippines landing rights to its chartered
flights for Filipinos being …
www.mb.com.ph/articles/306383/sfa-del-rosario-tunisia-repatriated-ofws

Tens of thousands march in Arab world
The Australian
Picture: AP Source: The Australian LIBYA’S escalating revolt has emboldened
protesters across the Arab world, with tens of thousands flooding onto the
streets from Tunisia to Yemen to demand better lives and greater freedom.
…
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/tens-of-thousands-march-in-arab-world/story-e6frg6so-1226012478853

Norbert Hirschhorn: Beware the anger of a patient people
Pioneer Press
By Norbert Hirschhorn I’ve been in Beirut for the past two months,
surrounded by news of the incredible uprisings against dictators and kings
in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria and elsewhere in
the region. …
www.twincities.com/ci_17475689?source=most_emailed

Spain Takes Energy-Savings Measures; PM Visits Tunisia
Wall Street Journal
By Jonathan House Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MADRID (Dow Jones)—Spain
announced a series of energy-saving measures as turmoil in North Africa
sends oil prices soaring, while Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
will travel to Tunisia to show his …
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110225-709268.html

A death wish
The Zimbabwean
After all, their record here is far more appalling than that of Zine El
Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia or Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. But to charge people
with treason, effectively threatening them with capital punishment simply
because they were found …
www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37597:a-death-wish-&catid=64&Itemid=33

Words “Jasmine”, “Tunisia”, “Egypt” are blocked in Chinese microblogs
The Voice of Russia
The turnover rate is quite slow, because the Chinese Party monitors the
Internet; as we know the words “Jasmine”, “Tunisia”, “Egypt”
are blocked in Chinese microblogs, they police the worldwide web, they
blocked the access to the sites they considered …
english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/25/46220476.html

On Tunisia’s Border, Preparations Begin for Gadhafi’s Fall, Chaos in Libya
NewsHour
John Ray of Independent Television News reports from inside Tunisia on
preparations there for potential further chaos in neighboring Libya. JIM
LEHRER: It was a day of confrontation and more killing in Tripoli, Libya.
Pro-government militias opened …
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/jan-june11/libya1_02-25.html

Rachid Ghannouchi says he will visit Turkey next month
Today’s Zaman
The head of Tunisia’s largest opposition movement Ennahda, Rachid
Ghannouchi, will visit Turkey next month to meet with Turkish politicians
and ask for their support in coping with problems in post-revolution
Tunisia, he told the Anatolia news agency …
www.todayszaman.com/news-236717-rachid-ghannouchi-says-he-will-visit-turkey-next-month.html

Tunisian central bank governor calls on int’l community for funding
People’s Daily Online
Tunisia’s Central Bank governor Mustapha Nabli said in Washington that in
the next months the country will need funding from the international
community, reported the official press agency TAP on Friday. “It is
possible that our needs for financing may …
english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/7300991.html

Sex, brothels and the REAL tyranny threatening the Arab world: Islamic …
Daily Mail
Uniquely, though, in the Arab world, the tradition in Tunisia endured.
Every one of the country’s historic quarters boasts bordellos; even, most
remarkably, Kairouan, Islam’s fourth holiest city after Mecca, Medina and
Jerusalem. …
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1360799/Sex-brothels-REAL-tyranny-threatening-Arab-world.html

Tunisia- Morocco: ways to boost military co-operation looked at
Zawya
When receiving on Thursday Morocco’s Ambassador in Tunis Nejib Zerouali,
National Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi examined ways to boost fraternal
ties between Tunisia and Morocco by strengthening bilateral co-operation in
different fields, …
www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110226090336/Tunisia-%20Morocco%3A%20ways%20to%20boost%20military%20co-operation%20looked%20at

Team to help Thai workers in Libya arrives in Tunisia
Thai News Agency MCOT
BANGKOK, Feb 25 – A team of officials to help Thai workers departing Libya
arrived in Tunisia and will travel by car to help some 1000 Thai workers
stranded inside Tunisia at the Libyan border before sending them back home
by air, Labour Ministry …
www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/174303.html

Fleeing citizens let down by botched plan
Belfast Telegraph
The upheaval in Libya, in the wake of similar revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt
and elsewhere, is yet another destabilising force across the Middle East,
while the Western powers look on apprehensively. It is scarcely credible
that the repression of major …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/viewpoint/fleeing-citizens-let-down-by-botched-plan-15097006.html

Spanish PM to visit Tunisia, Qatar, UAE
People’s Daily Online
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will begin a three-day
visit on Sunday to Tunisia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to boost
ties with these countries, a government official said on Friday. The visit
to Tunisia was mainly to see …
english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/7301366.html

How Mideast turmoil affects oil prices. Six questions answered
Christian Science Monitor
From the first spark of Middle East unrest in Tunisia in December until the
violent suppression of protests in Libya in late February, the price of a
barrel of crude oil rose from $88 a barrel to more than $100. But rising
demand – from oil-hungry …
www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0225/How-Mideast-turmoil-affects-oil-prices.-Six-questions-answered/How-much-oil-does-the-US-get-from-Tunisia-Egypt-Bahrain-Libya-and-other-Arab-nations-that-have-seen-unrest-this-year

The coming refugee crisis
National Post
In 2004, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco signed at Agadir an agreement
to create a Free Trade Area with the EU. Those four countries now send more
than half their exports to the EU. Yet the exports first have to be
created, and that is the problem …
www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/coming+refugee+crisis/4351369/story.html

Don’t Forget Tunisia
The Atlantic
J. Scott Carpenter says it is “going to need help from the international
community – and a lot of it”: If Tunisia doesn’t succeed, no other country
in the region can. Tunisia’s 10 million inhabitants do not suffer the
ethnic and sectarian divisions …
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/02/dont-forget-tunisia.html

Africa is rewriting the ‘end of history’
Mail & Guardian Online
But as recent developments in Côte d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Egypt, Zimbabwe and
elsewhere make clear, Africa has come up with forms of government that
Fukuyama didn’t factor into his theories. One-party democracy. A system of
government in which only the …
web1.mg.co.za/article/2011-02-11-africa-is-rewriting-the-end-of-history/

Thousands flee into Tunisia to escape Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi
Mirror.co.uk
They are then taken the six miles from the R’as Jedir crossing to a camp
set up by the Tunisian army. The refugees, nearly all male migrant workers,
are processed in a tent. Most of them are smiling, happy to be safe after a
week of terror. …
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/02/26/thousands-flee-into-tunisia-to-escape-libyan-dictator-colonel-gaddafi-115875-22950109/

ICRC launches emergency appeal as humanitarian situation deteriorates in Libya
Xinhua
The initial appeal is intended to ensure adequate surgical and medical care
for the wounded and emergency aid for people who have fled from Libya into
neighboring Tunisia and Egypt, the agency said. “The reports we’re getting
indicate that the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/26/c_13750912.htm

“Middle East” turmoil?
Toronto Star Blogs (blog)
But my map shows Tunisia, Egypt and Libya to be in North Africa. Indeed,
the most common short-hand descriptive for Egypt is “most populous country
in Africa.” Regime change, recent or pending, has been limited to the North
African countries of Tunisia …
thestar.blogs.com/davidolive/2011/02/middle-east-turmoil.html

Zimbabwe Professor Arrested, Tortured For ‘Treason’ For Watching News Videos …
Techdirt
… was arrested, charged with treason and tortured for having the audacity
to gather the regular group of about 45 people who discuss these things,
and showing them some BBC and Al Jazeera news clips about the uprising in
Egypt and Tunisia. …
www.techdirt.com/articles/20110225/14434913262/zimbabwe-professor-arrested-tortured-treason-watching-news-videos-about-egypt-tunisia.shtml

Forget About 1979
Iranian
With the story not yet over in Egypt or Tunisia, rumors swirled earlier
this week that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi was contemplating a trip to
Venezuela, soon denied in bizarre fashion by Qaddafi himself. The events
unfolding in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, …
www.iranian.com/main/2011/feb/forget-about-1979

Mideast turmoil and Western media hypocrisy
Ha’aretz
Photo by: AP With the explosion of media coverage of Tunisia, Egypt,
Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan and now Libya, it would be easy to be misled into
thinking that news organizations have always given the time of day to the
topics of repressive governance and …
www.haaretz.com/opinion/mideast-turmoil-and-western-media-hypocrisy-1.345742

Tunisia: protesters call for the ouster of PM – World News – IBNLive
By IBNLive.com editor@ibnonline.com
Tunisians want resignation of PM Mohamed Ghannouchi, a former ally of the
ousted president.
ibnlive.in.com/news/tunisia-protesters-call-for-the-ouster-of-pm/144444-2.html

Discontent in Tunisia – Blog – The Arabist
By Issandr El Amrani
A good AJE report on social discontment in Tunisia. A very good example of
why it’s enough to change the leaders, the very model of economic
distribution has to be changed. Too many Arab countries basically adopted a
economic model …
www.arabist.net/blog/2011/2/25/discontent-in-tunisia.html

Tunisia advances elections to July as protests continue
Tunisia advances elections to July as pr…According to BBC, police cleared
the demonstrators…It was the biggest rally since Ben Ali fled to
Sau…Around 100000 protesters marched down Tunis’ main…A cabinet
statement Friday said the …
www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a204728.html

Tunisia: Health Ministry reinforces presence on borders with Libya
By Tunisiaonlinenews.com
Tunisia: Health Ministry reinforces presence on borders with Libya.
TUNISIAONLINENEWS- On Friday, the public Health Ministry dispatched new
medical equipments to the Dhéhiba hospital and to other health
establishments in the Tataouine …
www.tunisiaonlinenews.com/tunisia-health-ministry-reinforces-presence-on-borders-with-libya/

Tunisia to hold elections by mid-July as protests flare | NOWG.net …
By Tag: World Politics – ABC News (Australian…
Tunisia’s interim government says it will hold elections in mid-July as
tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding the
resignation of it…
www.nowg.net/2011/02/25/tunisia-to-hold-elections-by-mid-july-as-protests-flare/

Tunisia to hold elections by mid-July as protests continue …
By Hugh O’Connell
The announcement comes as protesters continue to demonstrate, demanding
that the country’s prime minister resign.
www.thejournal.ie/tunisia-to-hold-elections-by-mid-july-as-protests-continue-2011-02/

Tunisia Daily “ Refugees flood into Tunisia – Los Angeles Times
By tunisia – Google News
Refugees flood into Tunisia Los Angeles Times Tunisian and UN officials
scramble to avert a refugee crisis as people fleeing the Libyan unrest fill
the roads out of the border crossing at Ras Ajdir. Many Tunisians help as
volunteers. …
www.tunisiadaily.com/2011/02/25/refugees-flood-into-tunisia-los-angeles-times.html

Poverty News Blog: Video: Post-uprising Tunisia still struggling
By noreply@blogger.com (Kale)
Video: Post-uprising Tunisia still struggling. From Al Jazeera, a video
about how Tunisians have seen little change one month after President Zine
El Abidine Ben Ali was forced out of office. …
povertynewsblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/video-post-uprising-tunisia-still.html
Poverty News Blog
povertynewsblog.blogspot.com/

ART AND PROTEST — TUNISIA TO MADISON | atctower.net
By atctower
From Tunisia to Cairo to Madison, Wisconsin, the protests spreading across
the world have illuminated the power of people, technology and organizing.
They are also highlighting the important and energizing role that art and
artists have …
www.atctower.net/art-and-protest-tunisia-to-madison/

UN Lays Out Path for Transition to Democracy in Tunisia
The experts, who were dispatched by High Commissioner Navi Pillay after
president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country amid mass protests over
rising prices of essential commodities, lack of jobs, corruption and curbs
on fundamental …
newsblaze.com/story/20110225095403zzzz.nb/topstory.html

Video: Post-uprising Tunisia still struggling
By UpdatedFrequently
From Al Jazeera, a video about how Tunisians have seen little change one
month after President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced out of office.
updatedfrequently.com/video-post-uprising-tunisia-still-struggling

TUNISIA PROTESTS: Tunisians rally in tens of thousands against …
By Editor
17 and tasked with leading Tunisia to elections, has faced regular protests
demanding it root out vestiges of the old regime. Ghannouchi, prime
minister under Ben Ali from 1999, bowed to the pressure and removed some of
the …
australiansforpalestine.com/39908

The Qureshi Report “ Views from Tunisia, as the Kasbah rocks
By Murad
In Tunisia, it was heartening to see people lose their fear of the police
state that controlled their life’s for far to long. All of course triggered
by the self-immolation of Muhammad Bonazizi in Siddi Bouzi, in response to
being …
blog.muradqureshi.com/views-from-tunisia-as-the-kasbah-rocks/

Revolution in Tunisia, rumblings in Kashmir – Rediff.com News
Kashmiris are watching with great interest the ‘Tunisami’ that began in
Tunisia and is spreading through the virtual and real world. | Revolution
in Tunisia …
www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-echoes-of-tunisia-on-kashmir-social-media/20110225.htm

The Tunisia Effect | Common Dreams
None of the world-shaking protests of recent weeks — in Tunisia and
Egypt, in Libya, Bahrain, Iran, in Wisconsin and around the U.S. —
ostensibly have …
www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/24-0