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Tunisia
African Leaders, Stay Off Facebook: Number of Fans Correlated With Regime Instability
In a wacky little study, Ethan Zuckerman of Harvard University’s Beckman Center for Internet and Society found having more followers on Facebook was directly proportional to regime instability for leaders on the African continent.
Literary Victory: Banned Books Returning to Egypt and Tunisia
Among the citizens’ newfound freedoms is the ability to read what they want – a far cry from the information void that appeared in Egypt during the Jan. 25 revolution.
Weekend Wrap-Up: A Trio of Floods, Tunisia Unrest, Jets Triumph
Happy Monday, NewsFeeders! We hope most of you are still home in your pajamas enjoying a three-day weekend in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Trouble in Tunisia: Unrest Reaches Capital City
Soldiers and military vehicles have been deployed to central Tunis after unrest spread overnight to Tunisia’s capital city. Police reportedly fired into the air to disperse protesters in Ettadamen, which is just outside the city center.