Demonstrators are continuing to take to the streets in Tunisia, including in the town of Sidi Bouzid, the home of Mohamed Bouazizi, the fruit vendor who set himself on fire after he was humiliated by the authorities.

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Family mourn Tunisian martyr

A man has set himself on fire in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in an apparent copy of a student’s protest in Tunisia which led to the government collapsing.

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Man sets himself on fire in Cairo