Tunisia Protests
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Play Image 1 of 14: People holding a Tunisian flag during a protest in Tunis.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A member of the Tunisian security forces takes aim towards a Tunisian demonstrator who prepares to throw a rock towards them during clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Regueb, near Sidi Bouzid.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A man lies injuried during a demonstration.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A Tunisian demonstrator prepares to throw a tear-gas canister during clashes with security forces.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A woman cries in front of the prefecture as she waits with other people to meet the governor. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali described weekend rioting as "terrorist acts" and blamed "gangs of thugs" for the explosion of violence.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A 2,55 million CAD mansion bought in 2008 by Nesrine Ben Ali, daughter of Tunisia president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and her spouse, the tycoon Sakher El Materi, is seen in Montreal.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A fire at a residence said to be owned by a member of Tunisian President Ben Ali's inner circle on the sideline of anti-government protests at the chic Mediterranean resort.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A Tunisian family watches TV as Tunisian President Ben Ali gives his speech. Police opened fire on demonstrators in the centre of the Tunisian capital Thursday, killing at least one person, witnesses said.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: Smoke rises from fire left after clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Tunis after Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's address to the nation.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: Men burn a picture of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as they demonstrate against Ben Ali in Paris.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A Tunisian employee of the Prime ministry removes a portrait of former Tunisian president Ben Ali.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: Residents run to take goods from a destroyed store. There were scenes of looting overnight in the suburbs of Tunis.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: Tunisian presidential bodyguards stand guard by the president's office.
Pause Play Image 1 of 14: A Tunisian soldier shakes hands with Tunisian people in la Kasbah of Tunis.
Weeks of violent protests fueled by corruption, widespread unemployment and a lack of liberty toppled one of the Arab world's most entrenched leaders, who fled this North African country Friday after 23 years of rule.
President Zine el Abidine ben Ali handed power to his prime minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi. Authorities established a curfew across the nation of 10 million people, and the prime minister promised broad consultations starting Saturday on political and economic reforms.
Ben Ali's departure was a major milestone in the Arab world, where longstanding authoritarian rulers exercise tight control. The Tunisian uprising, launched after a street vendor who was being hassled by security forces set himself on fire, may be the first time in recent history in which an Arab public rather than a political rival or foreign invader has managed to oust a dictator.
The development, broadcast virtually nonstop across the region by satellite television channels, mesmerized the Arab world.
