Monday, January 17, 2011

Youth suicides in Arab world spark concern

By AHMED EL AMIN

Young men resorting to self-immolation on the issue of unemployment in Algeria after a young man’s action led to street protests leading to the overthrow of Tunisian strongman Zine Al Abedin is a new and dangerous phenomenon that is worrying many in the Arab world.

While most people in Doha this newspaper spoke to yesterday were happy with the turn of events in Tunisia, the copycat acts worried them.

A jobless man who set himself on fire in a northeast Algerian town bordering strife-torn Tunisia to protest the mayor's refusal to meet him over jobs and housing died of his injuries yesterday, his family said. It was the one of four attempted public suicides in Algeria this past week. Read more...

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