Egyptian sets himself on fire

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From AFP news agency:

Man Sets Fire To Himself Outside Egypt’s Parliament – Source

Monday, Jan 17, 2011

CAIRO –A man set himself on fire outside parliament in Cairo Monday, a parliament source said, in an apparent replay of the self-immolation of a Tunisian graduate which sparked a popular revolt.

The man “stood outside the People’s Assembly, poured fuel on himself and set himself on fire,” the source said.

From Reuters:

A Interior Ministry source said the man was a small restaurant owner protesting about his poor living standards.

See also here.

A Mauritanian man set himself on fire in front of the West African state’s presidential palace on Monday, police officials said, in an echo of the suicide that triggered an uprising in Tunisia: here.

Sudan: Opposition Plans Street Protests, Government Threatens Clampdown: here.

The Tunisian uprising in pictures: here.

Note on Tunisia’s military: here.

The Rise and Fall of Tunisia’s Ceauşescu: here.