Monday, January 10, 2011

Jan. 10 updates from Tunisia




Engineering students spelling out 'don't kill' on Monday.





Here are today's updates, ranked by confidence in the information:

100% certain:
Ben Ali gave a live TV address (no word if his phone was ringing this time!) in which he called the protesters 'masked terrorists.'  
• There was a general strike today in the city of Thala.
• Universities across the nation have been ordered closed Tuesday in the wake of Monday's violence.
• More violence in Kasserine today.
• Protests reported at universities in several locations across the nation, including Tunis.
• Protests reported in GafsaNabeul, Monastir, and Kairouan.
• Active-duty army units are now engaged in suppression, laying siege to at least one village.

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