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Tunisia lifts curfew in, near capital

Sun May 15, 2011 9:29 AM EDT
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TUNIS — Tunisia's government is lifting an overnight curfew instituted in and around the capital amid a resurgence of violence in street protests earlier this month.

The defense and interior ministries say the security situation has improved since the May 7 order for a curfew following three straight days of protests over fears that Tunisia's efforts at democracy were in jeopardy.

The ministries said in a joint statement Wednesday that a state of emergency that was ordered in the waning days of the 23-year regime of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will remain.

Ben Ali's flight to Saudi Arabia in January amid massive street protests sparked similar upheaval across the Arab world.

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worldcurmudgeon

These thugs are spreading their tentacles in every direction there are civilian communities. The continued hunting and executing of these villeins is imperative to calming down the murder of innocent people all across the planet. We just cannot wait ten plus years to do it.

    Reply#1 - Sun May 15, 2011 10:15 AM EDT
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