kilometers south of the capital tunsi, it was here exactly one year ago that a young educated man, mohammed bouazizifire to himself to protest against local corruption and the lack of jobs aspects -- prospects. that happened on december 17, 2010, it triggered the jazzman revolution and the pro-democracy movements of the arab spring. -- richard the jasmin revolution. he still offered at this market to help support his family. but the traders here suffered constant police harassment. therefore it was confiscated and only released in exchange for bribes. when that happened to mohammed a year ago, it was the last straw for the young man. >> they confiscated his fruit. he went to the town hall and asked tuesday to the mayor, but they did not let him in. nobody would speak to them. >> he then doused himself in petrol. he said he only wanted to make a gesture, but suddenly he was engulfed in flames. hamami was there when it happened. he has a computer science degree, but he has been unemployed for years. >> we protests -- we protested. we demanded the rights bouazizi demanded. we demanded jobs, freedom, an

a year ago mohamed bouazizi set himself with fire to protest against the authorities in tunisia unleashing public frie over corruption and poverty which led to the syrian president ben ali a wave of revolt spread to other countries and the arab spring was born. today a monument stands to his sacrifice in his hometown a city there's a widespread belief however that the changes in tunisia and there. we've asked for a very few things to upgrade the school to need families with disabled children and some jobs but no one wants to listen to the people haven't got many things those who came from abroad and reaped all the benefits they're all in the new government the simple folk are left with nothing. but the tunisian revolution was led by young people demanding freedom of speech and greater percentage but the voice of news according to some has been silenced. like the new government is comprised of the elderly that shows what kind of new tunisia we're talking about the main problem is the political parties which haven't given a chance to the young people who gave their lives in blood for the rev

turning overseas, thousands of tunisians turned out to remember mohammed bouazizi, street vendor on who set himself on fire after refusing to pay bribes to police. though he died of his burns his protest triggered the arab spring. in egypt, the army today turned on civilian demonstrators who once saw the military as their allies. alan pizzey has the latest. >> reporter: any hope egypt's military would hand over power ahead of its own schedule were dashed in the second day of violence that has left at least nine dead and hundreds wounded. soldiers smashed a camp in tahrir square and reportedly fired live ammunition on demonstrators demanding that the military step down immediately. the violence kicked off yesterday when a small mob tried to break into the cabinet building. and it was the army, the institution that had been seen as a savior of the revolution to bring democracy to egypt, which came out to crush the protests. footage from the streets, including amateur video and even some taken by an egyptian television station, show them acting the way the police had done when the revolt b

it was a single move made by a single man twenty six year old mohamed bouazizi set himself on fire after police took his fruit and vegetable cart away from him because he refused to pay them on his actions a protest against a way of life he deemed unfair he died a few weeks later but his one action ignited what soon became the arab spring starting with the ouster of tunisia's own president. ben ali after twenty three years in power. next came protests and revolution in egypt with thousands in the streets demanding major change to the political and economic system there at times it was a violent uprising with more than eight hundred people killed but demonstrators refused to cane. and on february eleventh two thousand and eleven egyptian president hosni mubarak resigned after thirty years in power. next came a civil war in libya with those loyal to colonel moammar gadhafi and those who wanted him gone u.s. and nato forces got involved providing training aid and weapons to those they deemed rebel fighters after much resistance gadhafi government was overthrown and a few weeks later he was