Anti-govt protesters rally in Tunis
TUNIS – Hundreds of protesters marched down a main boulevard of Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, yesterday, demanding that allies of the ousted president stop clinging to power.
Big quake shakes PakistanQUETTA – A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan yesterday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as New Delhi and Dubai, but doing little damage in the sparsely populated region.Seventh Algerian sets herself on fireALGIERS – Two people in Algeria set themselves on fire yesterday, bringing the country’s total number of attempted public suicides to seven in a week, in replica of a protest that sparked a popular revolution in neighbouring Tunisia.Chechnyan marriages rest on HIV statusGROZNY – The spiritual leaders of Muslim Chechnya have ordered that all couples who plan to marry prove they are HIV negative, sparking outrage from activists and residents who say it violates Russian law.Police nab 4th suspect in Irish tourist murderPORT LOUIS – Police in Mauritius said yesterday they had arrested a fourth suspect in the murder of an Irish beauty queen while she was on honeymoon in the Indian Ocean island.
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