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Tech Stories 2011 Adventure &
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2011 –
From-riots-to-royal-weddings
Toppling of dictatorships... A 9.1 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami that
swept away towns… Fairy-tale weddings...financial melt-downs…and more. 2011
was an exceptional year of news. From Tunisia and Egypt to the U.S., U.K.,
and more recently in Russia too — protesters toppled leaders and challenged
institutions. The year began with the Arab Spring and its domino effect of
toppling governments. One by one, like a pack of cards, dictatorships fell
in the Arab world. And it all began in the small town of Sidi Bouzid,
200 km (125 miles)
south-west of the Tunisian capital, where Mohamed Bouazizi, a young fruit
and vegetable vendor set fire to himself in protest after police confiscated
the products he was selling from a street stall. Hundreds of youths, angered
by the incident, gathered in the city centre and clashed with the police.
They were rebelling against authoritarian dynasties, food prices,
corruption, and lack of job opportunities. Bouazizi’s death on 4 January set
in motion the events we now know as the Arab spring. After a month of
violent protests the Tunisian government was overthrown and President Ben
Ali fled to Saudi Arabia after 23 years in power.
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