ben ali was flown to saudi arabia.ozens of people have died in recent weeks as protests have swept the area. british tour companies have set up emergency evacuation plans. adam minute reports. -- ads am minot reports. >> young people in tunisia decided today was the day to overthrow a corrupt government. after weeks of sickening violence by police, the protests reached a crescendo. the day had started with a mass peaceful demonstration in front of the revialed ministry of interior building. they had been promised concessions by president ben ali allowing greater freedom of speech. they used their new rights not to support him but to demand that he go. >> we should not let this last chance go. we have to make it happen. >> people want change. and i guess -- change is happening. >> security forces were ordered to show restraint. the gamble by the government to loosen its vice like grip was back firing. >> this is a very public demonstration of what the tunisian people think of what their president said last night. presid

which was a very close ally of the regime of ben ali-- supported ben ali for some time until i think the day he fled. the foreign and european affairs minuter? france declared in parliament in public on television that france could send its security forces to help repress the tunisian demonstrators. and so, of course, this is a reaction that shows the lack of political intelligence on the part of the french diplomacy. i mean, i would go much further than tu if i can ben amor. for tunisians, it's something that's not acceptable. on the other hand i'm thinking that, well, it's also a way for us to make... to underline that in the end the tunisians did this on their own. they did it by themselves without any support and i think maybe that's better for the future of tunisia because it shows that it's the people who have decided to go through this... these riots and then demonstrations and in the end revolution. >> rose: do you both believe that what happened in tunisia may be contagious? >> i think so. i think we're starting to actually see its effects on the region. there's something ab

former president zine el abidine ben ali fled last week after ruling the country over 23 years. the new cabinet has three former opposition leaders, but mohamed ghannouchi remains prime minister. the defense, finance and interior ministers among others are also keeping their positions. ghannouchi said the new government will protect human rights and freedom of speech and cooperate with all factions. however, about 1,000 people rallied in the capital tunis on monday and called for the overthrow of ben ali's rcd party members. observers say it's uncertain if the tunisian people will trust the caretaker government with so many ministers from the former government. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki moon has call for the rule of law in the north african country 37 ban was speaking at a news conference in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates on monday. >> while i feel encouraged by the ongoing dialogue between the caretaker government and the large array of political parties and civil society validations, i remain extremely concerned about the continued violence and resulting loss of

zine al-abidine ben ali was president for a quarter of a century. his extended family is spread in positions of power. he has fled the country and the people -- in a tv address the prime minister said he had taken over as interim president. he vowed to respect the constitution. >> icall on the all the sons and daughters from all walks of life and from all factions to try to be responsible and show unity. to enable our country which we love dearly to overcome this difficult situation and restore its stability. i promise to carry out this responsibility by respecting the constitution. and to carry out the political and social reforms already announced with consultation from all factions in the country including national organizations. >> hello and welcome. so help me god. >> you have been witnessing us for 12 hours. >> the president was hanging on to power. he made some kind of concessions 24 hours ago saying he would not stay on beyond 2014, but this man is used to cling onto power. throughout the day there were thousands of people demonstrating on t

. >> reporter: after more than two decades of rule by one man, zine el abidene ben ali, tunisia is now a country in chaos. massive protests over government corruption, political repression, rising food prices, and unemployment forced president ben ali to flee >> essentially the military took matters into their own hands and drove him from the country. >> reporter: anger in this north african country of 10.5 million people has been boiling for weeks. a 2008 state department cable made public last month by wiki leaks said the ben ali family was the nexus of tunisian corruption and a quasi-mafia. tunisia's crisis sent hordz of european tourists rushing to the airport. and on the streets of france, belgium, and germany, thousands of tunisian immigrants marched in support of regime chase. some citizens were emboldened to voice similar views. "every country in this situation should speak up" this man says. "we need change." but experts say predictions of revolutionary change across the arab world are premature. >> you can't say for certain that what happened in tunisia is likely to happen in

the new 33 relatives of zine al-abidine ben ali have been arrested. >> the demonstrators were back on the streets of to and is demanding that each and every minister associated with president ben ali the acid from the unity government. more than 100 are estimated to have been killed during the past five weeks and ministers are said to be discussing ways to resolve the situation. in a televised address, the interim president promised to deliver a complete break from the past and protect the will of the people. the un secretary general, ban ki-moon, says he hopes he means it. >> now the tunisian government is formed. i hope their new government will listen more attentively to the wishes of the people, addressing many concerns, during this transition. first of all, provide decent jobs for youth, addressing their wishes to have more freedom of speech and freedom of association. >> president ben ali fled on friday. 33 members of his family were arrested. these rings and terrace were confiscated from them when they were arrested. -- tiaras were confiscated when they were arrested. >> you ar

demonstrators pressed for an end to the president ben ali's 23 years in power. then the prime minister appeared on state television to announce that he would take over as interim president until early elections are held. he said that president benli was temporarily unable to exercise his duties. having stepped aside, the tunisian leader reportedly left the country. earlier in the day, security forces used tear gas protesters in an attempt to break up the demonstrations, but more to nations took to the streets. what started as protests about living standards became a challenge to the president's role. even before the announcement, some predicted that change was coming. >> we hope this is the beginning of democracy. we hope for someone from inside, not outside. we want him out. just get out. >> of violent protests have left dozens of people dead. the government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew to quell the unrest. it remains to be seen whether a change irole will call on the protesters. >>a just a short while ago, we spoke with a professor and to

four ministers who opposed former president zine el abidden ben ali resigned on tuesday. about 300 people in tunis protested against the new government on the same day. police used teargas and batons to break up the demonstration. >>> the downfall of tunisia's dictator president ben ali was triggered by the protest of a young unemployed man who set himself on fire. similar acts are spreading to other arab countries. in egypt three men have set themselves on fire since monday. one of the men has died. his family said he had repeatedly criticized the government. in algeria four people have burned themselves in the past week. they were protesting the government's failure to fix chronic unemployment. arab leaders plan to meet on wednesday in egypt to discuss emergency economic measures. they'll attempt to ease people's frustrations over price rises and high unemployment. >>> in biz news, japan airlines is predicting a profit one year after it began a state-backed business turnaround. the struggling carrier filed for bankruptcy protection on january 19th last year with debts o

on the streets on wednesday demanding that each and every minister associated with the president ben ali the air arrested. ministers are set to be discussing ways to solve the situation. but in a televised address, the president promised to deliver compete breaks to the past and protect the will -- of the people. >> i hope the new government will listen more attentively to the wishes of the people, addressing many concerns raised. purrs the ball, to provide a cheap first of all, -- first of all, to provide more freedom of speech and association. >> president ben ali lead on friday. members of this family where arrested. prosecutors say they aren't desiccating of assets. -- they are dissecting all assets. >> you are watching bbc news. chinese president hu jintao has been welcomed by barack obama for a lavish state banquet at the white house began a controversial and pastor has been banned from entering the u.k. on the grounds that his presence is not conducive to the public. profit at the wall street -- it has taken a bit of a slight. net earnings from last year are down nearly 40%. curre

rid of a very vicious dictator a dictator that was praised in the american white house when he when ben ali visited the united states so you know what kind of message are we seeing now would be a different discourse now about what can happen in the arab world. well it's a very important message that we're getting from tunisia and the situation there is demonstrating that it's very much the street which is calling the shots now you know thousands of demonstrators clearly are asking for the old faces of the old regime to resign. and they are determined to bring about political reform and indeed democratic change to the country but it has to be emphasized that the situation in tunisia is still very volatile and what this situation is telling us is that any sudden regime change. rarely is followed by stability and that is in any country and tunisia in that respect is no exception if so we have to keep an eye on on the situation very closely because yes the corrupt president and his family have gone. lately the latest news is that eight cabinet ministers india interim government have quit the fo

think these dictators going to say wooed they that they didn't go in and save ben ali did they will will they say for me and i think that you know do you think these dictators now are going to have a look twice at how what kind of support that they can count on from the united states is look like there's not much right now. was done much the united states could do not much any outside power could do and you have a general strike shutting down the country when people were fusing to a baker a few orders when the entire legitimacy of the state was being defied by the masses i mean it's interesting to see how u.s. policy shifted just three days before the fall of the regime hillary clinton was praising the u.s. cities in relationship saying oh we're not taking sides you know we're. you know we're not interview and i are fearing one way or the other in fact you know just a couple weeks before that when the uprising began congress voted for an additional twelve million dollars in security assistance for the regime but then on friday you have president obama making these very very positive

investigating all assets belonging to and -- zine al- abidine ben ali and his family. >> good to have news." still to come, the countdown begins for the most anticipated wedding of the year. heavy rain is still causing major flooding across parts of brazil. motorists had to betcz+xpd÷[ozo safety by helicopter when a river burst its banks. authorities have confirmed 700 people were killed. our correspondent has the latest. Ñmmyw+]ca>y+yo=é<:e/[miuçlq%ks will not stop. this is where the heavy showers river to overflow. directly into the path of oncoming traffic. this is cutting of motorists and pedestrians, &ñ?ñ?ñ?ñleaving thr situation is so dire only helicopters can bring them to safety. this comes nearly a week after the mudslides in rio de janeiro this area that bore the brunt of the mudslides. now a week later the extent of the damage is clear. the military has set of two hospitals for the many people needed medical help. ministers from the national government have flown into town with promises of aid for all those in need. that is little comfort for people like this man as he c

former president zine el abidine ben ali was ousted after 23 years in power after protests over high prices and unemployment. but four ministers from the opposition bloc resigned from the new government to protest ministers from the old administration hold key posts. more demonstrations are being held in tunis. on wednesday, fouad mebazaa and mahmoud ghannouchi. left the governing party to share their resolve to break with the past administration. ghannouchi is consulting with the opposition parties about convening the meeting on thursday. tunisia's security authorities say they've released political prisoners arrested by the ben ali administration and detained the former president's guards for allegedly assaulting civilians and police officers. the country aims to hold a democratic presidential election within two months, but it's not clear if stability can be achieved under the caretaker government. following the upheaval in tunisia, arab league leaders have agreed to implement emergency economic measures. the leaders met in the egyptian resort of sharm al-sheikh on wednesday. arab

zine al-abidine ben ali said he would open up the democratic state. thousands of people had gathered outside the home of ministry. >> in four weeks of protests coming dozens have been killed. the government says to -- 70 people were shot to death by riot police. tunisia's hospital is have treated many more for gunshot wounds and broken bones. events started unfolding at an alarming rate. the rally in the capital was broken up by teargas. the government -- the state of emergency was declared. then the prime minister said the president was no longer head of state. >> he had gone after 20. -- 23 years in office. there are reports he fled the country and left behind a nation in turmoil. violence has hit beach resorts in the past 48 hours. some people witnessed the violence at first hand. >> we saw [unintelligible] two people worse -- were shot dead. >> we could hear the shots in the evening. we could hear shouting outside. >> under the state of emergency a nighttime curfew is in place. the army has extra powers to use force and no public gathering of more

last week, front page -- president ben ali, responsibility of citizens.his week -- power goes to the people. i went in search of the new bosses and found international editors. what is it like coming to work now? >> it is like between the black and white and between day and night. between last week and this week, things are so, they irritate -- the change is so huge that we did not realize until mel and many people are asking themselves, are we in a dream? >> but it is a nightmare if you belong to the ruling party. most of the senior officials are on the run or resigning. we finally found a senior member of the ruling party willing to talk to us. but he says, do not fill me at party headquarters. do not show anything about my office -- do not flilm me at party headquarters. >> how can we build a democracy if we eliminate people? he tells me those that committed mistakes must be judged and pay. those who did not, should have the right to serve their country. >> these are the issues being debated now. over the past month, this is central avenue has been a p

. >> reporter: tonight, the prime minister announced that the president ben ali has relinquished power to him and fled the country. just yesterday, ben ali tried to quell the fury caused by high unemployment and food prices by offering sweeping reforms. but all too late. in this u.s. friendly islamic country, with a long history of combatting terror, supporting education and women's rights, a stunning downfall. >> extraordinary. absolutely extraordinary to watch. this was an extraordinary moment in middle eastern history. >> reporter: around the same time this started, wikileaks released american diplomatic cables describing this troubled state, highlighting police control and deep corruption. just as in iran, twitter and youtube opened the world's eyes to unrest. the foreign policy blog asks, is this the first wikileaks revolution? probably well overstating it, but here again, freedom of expression found those virtual rivers to flow through. >> there was so much that was coming out of tunisia via twitter. the revolution has been twitterized. >> reporter: all watch now around the globe

zine al-abidine ben ali also ordered police to stop using live ammunition against demonstrators. earlier, security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the center of tunis, apparently killing or wounding several of them. the international community has criticized the government's response to the unrest. you may find some of the images distressing. >> gunfire and violent street disturbances have shaken the capital of one of africa's most stable nations. protest and anger from young tunishians who feel cheated and marginalized by what they call corrupt rurals. none of us have any work or money, this man told me. we've had enough and we'll carry on protesting until we bring down the government. demonstrations began a month ago and have escalated to a crescendo. today, protestors paralyzed the center of the capital, tunis. this is the culmination of years of resentment, resentment about unemployment. many of these are graduates, they come out of university with no jobs. it's resentment about price inflation, basic food stuffs like flour and oil. these people are angry and feel the

tunisia releases political prisoners detained under the rule of zine al-abdine ben ali. questions about german treatment of troops put the defense minister under pressure. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> chinese president hu jintao had a difficult time on the second day of his state visit to the u.s. his agenda was filled with meetings with critical u.s. lawmakers, who pressed him on human rights. the house speaker welcome the closer economic cooperation, but voicedtron conrns about ongoing human rights violations in china. hu also spoke with harry reid in what was probably an awkward meeting. >> hu and harry reid smile for the cameras, but the talks were overshadowed by comments made recently about the chinese leader, labeling him a dictator. many u.s. lawmakers vowed to bring up human rights in their talks with theremier, talks that were held behind closed doors. a number of leading u.s. politicians had snubbed the chinese leader in the evening before by declining an invitation to the dollar dinner held in his honor by the first cou

ben ali made it for himself. we want a new constitution. >>eporter: a policeman saw what he thought was a sniper on the roof top and he took aim. no wonder because tunisian security forces have been fighting gun battles with their former colleagues who are still loyal to the ex-president. to some, all this might look like chaos. but to tunisians watching nearby, the fact that they can demonstrate at all is proof of a country on the road to freedom. >> you know, this revolution will give hope to all the countries which are suffering from dictatorships and oppression. >> reporter: eventually a crowd demanding the release of political prisoners broke through police lines. (gun fire) the police responded with tear gas. and the street revolution paying the price for confronting the old state machine. we ran for cover. from security forces who now serve today's interim government including six ministers from the regime. the prime minister is one of them. our priority is security, he told his nation this afternoon. as he confirmed that last week's

he said that president ben ali was temporarily unable to exercise his duties. having stepped aside, the tunisian leader reportedly left the country. earlier in the day, security forces used tear gas on protesters in an attempt to break up the demonstrations, but more to nations took to the streets. what started as protests about living standards became a challenge to the president's role. even before the announcement, some predicted that change was coming. >> we hope this is the beginning of democracy. we hope for someone from inside, not outside. we want him out. just get out. >> of violent protests have left dozens of people dead. the government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew to quell the unrest. it remains to be seen whether a change in role will call on the protesters. >> just a short while ago, we spoke with a professor and to be shipped and what asked whether the prime minister would be able to restore order -- in tunisia. >> the prime minister has some good reputations. he is a technocrat, but on the other hand he has been very close

the government said that it issued arrest warrants on wednesday for ben ali and his associates and asked for international assistance. it says they illegally accumulated assets and transferred money out of the country. interpol has asked 187 countries to provide the information on the whereabouts of bene ali and detain him if found. >> ben ali and his family fled to saudi arabia on january 14th after weeks of massive protests and riots ended his 23-year dictatorship. over 10,000 prisoners have since escaped from tunisia's prisons. thousands of protesters continue to demand the removal of cabinet ministers from bene ali's government who remain in the interim administration. >>> the united states and the united states agree to maintain alliance. senior foreign and defense officials from the two countries held their first strategic talks in manila to discuss security in southeast asia. a statement released at the end of the talks announced establishment of a joint working group to promote cooperation in maritime security in the south china sea among other initiatives. u.s. assistant secreta

although ben ali is gone, members of his party still control tunisia's key government ministries. today, at least five opposition leaders resigned, saying they won't serve with the old government. >> ben ali get out of our country because they are killers. >> reporter: 31-year-old insurance salesman malik al zawi told us he'll stay on the streets until tunisia has a new democratic government and freedom of expression. police barricades have been set up on most major intersections here. but what's happening here in tunisia is sending shock waves across the arab world, from north africa, to the arabian peninsula, there's now talk of spreading the tunisian model. two people tried to burn themselves to death to copy a tunisian suicide last month that triggered the demonstration. there have been similar self-emulations. many share tunisia's frustration with corruption, high prices and authoritarian rule, tunisia's ousted president seemed to be taken aback. the former first lady leil leila trabelsi has long been unpopular because of her lavish spending, often called mafia, own stakes in

important now is take a look at some other stories from around the world and tunisia's president ben ali has fled to saudi arabia after weeks of unrest and violence the country's prime minister has taken over as interim leader the aunt of president ben ali's twenty three year rule. marks the first time an arab leader has been deposed by popular protests demonstrators have been calling for more political freedom a better economic conditions clashes with police left at least twenty dad was human rights groups claiming that the number may be as high as sixty. fresh rains are hampering ongoing rescue efforts in southeastern brazil following the worst floods ever seen in the country at least five hundred people have died of the natural disaster and thousands have been left homeless mountain villages have been swallowed up by landslides and officials say the death toll is likely to rise. officials in india say over one hundred pilgrims have been crushed to death during a stampede at a religious festival in the southern state of carola scores more were injured the worshippers were on their way

right jeff and i to go to you one of the things that happened when one of the reasons why ben ali was such a big friend of the americans in the west in general and any and we can look at what's going on in egypt and other countries in the region is because there are stanch allies on the war against terror ok and that's always top of mind here and in the the nonsense that spewed out about here's terror and that's terror and you know just terrifying publics in western media and it does it all of the time and there these people are you know they may not be you know thomas jeffersons but you know they there's they're going to be on our side isn't this really being shown is a complete exaggeration now because these tyrants created. a fundamentalist group of people that may be inclined to terrorism and things like that i mean a lot. of supporting our own ideals and values have actually created these so called threats against us. mocking we talking about two different historical structures as well the immediacy of the cold war all over let's say. what the united states needed to do during th

been exiled in england for more than twenty years but recently deposed president ben ali who'd accused him of promoting islam is to extremism the rene sourness party is going to sit at a moderate islamic party by observers underflow hoping to become a major political force in the country during his twenty three years in power ben ali censored imprisoned and exiled many of his political opponents before fleeing to saudi arabia after widespread unrest. huge operation has evacuated town of thousand people in venezuela after a fire set off a series of explosions at a military. initial reports that forty had been heard a toll later lowered to just three by the authorities emergency crews are working to put out fires around the depo which continued through sunday because of the incident does not yet. a russian space freighter has successfully docked with the international space station in the first event of its kind this year the spacecraft has delivered over two tons of supplies including food and presents for the six member crew it also brought a mini satellite made by students and designe

understand what you're talking about but my goodness i mean you know it was not too long ago that ben ali was you know he was a guest in the white house and he's called a great friend of the united states ok i mean really i mean it's still a bit rich if i can use that term again right here bruce if i can go to you i mean all of america's friends i mean these are can i just say something all right go ahead i want to go to something very quickly go ahead if bin ali if bin ali was still such a big friend of the united states all from you know what the western world generally speaking you probably if it was all about supporting. authoritarian regimes in the name of security interests or economic interests then the you wouldn't be in dubai you would be in washington and on the parties ok well you know that well that seems to be the ultimate safe haven for well. probably other dictators going there as well bruce if i can go to you i mean can you have a dual policy like that i think in theory it sounds very nice but if you look at weeki leaks and you look at these other sources of information i

. >> couric: overseas, tunisia's president ben ali fled the country today following violent protestsver soaring violence and government corruption. ben ali has ruled tunisia with an iron fist for 23 years and the vatican today put pope john paul ii on the fast track to sainthood. as mark phillips reports, the decision was based on what the church believes was a miracle. >> reporter: the crowd at john paul ii's funeral had begun the campaign. "santo subito" they demanded, sainthood now. and the late pope seems likely to set a record for the fastest path to sainthood yet. pope benedict, john paul's successor, has already lifted the five-year waiting period after a candidate's death before the saint-creating process normally begins, and now he's confirmed the church's view that a french nun-- sister marie simon-pierre-- was miraculously cured of parkinson's disease because she had prayed to john paul two months after he died. john paul had suffered the parkinson's himself. the declaration of a miracle means john paul can now be beatified, the next step to sainthood. the planned may 1 ce

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missing one point five tons of gold oh so as we've been reporting of course timmy's and president ben ali fled the country but he took twenty four percent of the nation's gold supply notice that he didn't take twenty four percent of the nation's u.s. dollar supply know only gold as money then they know that also according to egypt news the country's airport has intercepted fifty nine shipments of gold directed for the netherlands worth tens of millions of dollars estimate of that gold it could be somebody rich an agent getting ready for the collapse of the mubarak regime just as an tunisia and just as possibly coming in yemen or any of these other dictatorships supported by the u.s. well i think it's interesting that as the dictators flee the country they're taking their gold with them and a lot of countries now are looking at their gold reserves to find out if they're really there as we reported on our show sixty percent of germany's gold reserves are held in the united states are held at the new york fed and there's already talk in the u.s. of commandeering germany's gold and putting it