Frustrations linger in Tunisia

SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia - About 100 people gathered in front of a local government office in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on Jan. 12, 2012. An unemployed man burned himself to death in December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, touching off nationwide protests.

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