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Tunisia (and Beyond) LiveBlog: A Scorecard for the Protests
Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 5:56 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
1655 GMT: Egypt's Minister of Industry and Commerce Rachid Mohammed Rachid has raised worries over investment because of the effects of the situation in Tunisia, which "worries lots of people" and "raises questions about political stability". Rachid told reporters he was instructing assistants to issue daily statements about new foreign investment to give a reassuring message.
Egypt's stock market dropped 8% last week.
1650 GMT: In Tunisia, Larbi Nasra, the owner of Hannibal TV, and his son have been arrested and charge with high treason and conspiracy against state security.
The broadcasts of Hannibal TV have been suspended.
Nasra was close to the family of Leila Trabelsi, the wife of former President Ben Ali.