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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/world/africa/18egypt.html
Self-Immolation Protests Spread Across North Africa
(New York Times) Mona El-Naggar - The self-immolation of a Tunisian man a month ago that set off a popular uprising is inspiring similar acts of gruesome protest across North Africa. In Algeria, four men have set themselves on fire in the last week, and one man in Egypt and another in Mauritania tried to do so on Monday.