Desperate Tunisian vendor sets self ablaze

Published March 12, 2013 10:40am ET



TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A street vendor has set himself on fire in Tunisia’s capital, reviving memories of the self-immolation that helped spark the Arab Spring uprisings. A witness says the man said he was jobless and desperate.

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