Saturday, January 15, 2011

President of Tunisia steps down.

Zine El Aldine Ben Ali has stepped down as the President of Tunisia and has fled to Saudi Arabia. Fouad Mebazaa is the interim president until elections are held in 60 days. There was rioting and looting in the cities of Tunisia friday night. The people of Tunisia have been calling for President Ben Ali to step down for some time now ,and Ben Ali declared a state of emergency after dissolving the government of Tunisia. The Prime minister informed the media and the people that there is no way for President Ben Ali to return to Tunisia and assume power again.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/15/tunisia.protests/index.html

Brian Campbell

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