TUNISIA
• Ghannouchi forms another new government. This time, he's the only old RCD hand in the mix - all of the new ministers are people who never held RCD membership. There is considerable disagreement as to whether or not the UGTT is supporting the new government or not, both among international media and among our friends..
• Tucked into the end of this AJE article: UGTT wants a council of 'wise men' to advise the government. So, what ARE Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar up to these days?
• Score! The Canadian government revokes Belhassan Trabelsi's citizenship. Let's see if Sakhr el-Marti's next.
• Justice Minister announces formal charges again Ben Ali, et. al.
• In the least surprising news ever, Amnesty International says Ben Ali's security forces acted brutally.
• In related news, UNHR's team arrived this week.
• Our people say that disbursements of money are now going out to families of the 'martyrs' of the revolution.
YEMEN
• Of all the Arab nations, Yemen might be the last in which you'd expect to see street protests against the government. And yet... here we go again.
• Ghannouchi forms another new government. This time, he's the only old RCD hand in the mix - all of the new ministers are people who never held RCD membership. There is considerable disagreement as to whether or not the UGTT is supporting the new government or not, both among international media and among our friends..
• Tucked into the end of this AJE article: UGTT wants a council of 'wise men' to advise the government. So, what ARE Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar up to these days?
• Score! The Canadian government revokes Belhassan Trabelsi's citizenship. Let's see if Sakhr el-Marti's next.
• Justice Minister announces formal charges again Ben Ali, et. al.
• In the least surprising news ever, Amnesty International says Ben Ali's security forces acted brutally.
• In related news, UNHR's team arrived this week.
• Our people say that disbursements of money are now going out to families of the 'martyrs' of the revolution.
YEMEN
• Of all the Arab nations, Yemen might be the last in which you'd expect to see street protests against the government. And yet... here we go again.
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