Protest by Tunisian Vendor Rattles Arab World
By KAREEM FAHIM
SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — Mohamed Bouazizi, the fruit vendor who died after setting himself on fire, has become a symbol of defiance in Tunisia.
SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — Mohamed Bouazizi, the fruit vendor who died after setting himself on fire, has become a symbol of defiance in Tunisia.
Burning oneself as political protest is not new. Perhaps what is new about the latest self-immolations is their effectiveness.
KABUL — The United Nations released a strong statement late Friday expressing “deep concern and surprise” at President Hamid Karzai’s decision to delay seating a new Parliament on Sunday.
KIEV, Ukraine — Aleksei Plutser-Sarno, who belongs to the radical Russian art collective Voina, has been on the run since Russian law enforcement tried to shut the group down.
SAN FRANCISCO — Larry Page’s move to chief executive will test his skills at handling the daily grind of running a business.
PARIS — French officials said a new message attributed to Osama bin Laden, which threatened the lives of French hostages, would not deter their efforts in Afghanistan.
The market for yachts is still depressed long after the recession has ended, discouraging would-be buyers and leaving owners unable to sell.
SEOUL — South Korea said it freed the crew of a freighter hijacked in the Arabian Sea, killing eight of the Somali pirates who seized the ship last week.
PARIS — Lawmakers adopted a bill that would exempt “artistic or cultural works” from a 1991 law that prevents the presence of tobacco in advertisements for goods of any kind.
GAZA — Palestinians attacked Michele Alliot-Marie’s motorcade in Gaza on Friday, assailing her for a comment about Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier being held captive, that was falsely attributed to her.
TUNIS — The powerful Tunisian trade union squared off against the interim government on Friday in the biggest protests since the ones that pushed out the country’s dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — President René Préval of Haiti faced increasing pressure on Friday to drop his preferred candidate from a coming presidential runoff election.
TUCSON — The parents of Jared L. Loughner are being approached by the kin of those who have also gone on killing sprees.
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