More self-immolations as anniversary of Tunisian dictator’s overthrow nears

Four people have set themselves on fire in Tunisia over the past week, most of whom are protesting continued joblessness a year after the revolution. 

According to AP: 

A middle-aged woman died Wednesday after setting herself on fire in a Tunisian industrial city, said a local official. 

Her suicide followed that of a father of three who set himself on fire in Gafsa Thursday and died five days later. Two others, in the towns of Bizerte and Siliana, survived.

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Jan. 14, 2012 marks the one-year anniversary of the toppling of Tunisian dictator, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. His ouster inspired uprisings across the Arab world last year. 

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