A Call for Calm in Tunis - NYTimes.com: "After days of antigovernment protests, dozens of Tunisians marched in the capital on Tuesday to demonstrate their patience with the interim government that replaced the ousted dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, pleading with their fellow citizens to give the temporary leadership time to hold elections.But the pro-government demonstrators remained vastly outnumbered by more than a thousand others who were demanding the dissolution of the government, angry at its continued domination by former members of Mr. Ben Ali’s ruling party. The two groups scuffled briefly. The state news agency also reported that another Tunisian had attempted to set himself on fire in the impoverished interior city of Gefsa. It was the first instance of an attempt at self-immolation since a peddler burned himself to death, setting off the country’s revolt. More than a dozen people in North Africa and the Middle East have set themselves on fire since the Tunisian revolution started"
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