Latest update: 22/08/2012 

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Sidi Bouzid has had enough... again

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We take a look at renewed unrest in Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the Tunisian revolution. Next, we find out why women's rights campaigners there are out protesting against a proposed article in the country's new constitution. Finally, in Libya, we head to a town that's paying dearly for supporting Muammar Gaddafi during last year's revolution.

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