Tunis renames square after man who sparked protests (by setting himself on fire, December 17 2010)

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Source: Reuters

Tunisian authorities renamed the main square in the capital Tunis after a vegetable seller whose suicide sparked the protests that toppled the regime.

The newly named Mohammad Bouazizi Square had previously been November 7 Square, marking the date in 1987 when former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali took power.

Bouazizi set himself on fire in December when police confiscated his goods and scales -- a desperate act that launched a wave of protests that led Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia in January and inspired the uprising in Egypt that led President Hosni Mubarak to step down.

The renaming was announced on Thursday by Tunis municipality.

Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/tunisiaNews/idAFLDE71G25A20110217

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