Tunisian police unleash tear gas as government arrests TV boss | World | Deutsche Welle | 24.01.2011: "Police in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, fired tear gas at anti-government protesters on Monday, as the country's interim government struggled to restore order in the city.
Hundreds of demonstrators defied an overnight curfew and camped out in front of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi's office to force the government to resign. Some threw stones and broke windows in the nearby Finance Ministry.
'We will stay here until the government resigns and runs away like [ousted President Zine El Abidine] Ben Ali,' said 22-year-old student Othmene.
Many protesters came from the town of Sidi Bouzid, where the self-immolation of a fruit vendor triggered unrest that led Ben Ali to flee the country to Saudi Arabia on January 14. Protestors held up pictures of people killed during the former president's authoritarian rule.
The ongoing violence compelled former colonial power France to offer emergency aid to the embattled Tunisian government on Monday, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy commenting the measures should 'be put into place as quickly as possible.'"
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