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TUNIS — Passions unleashed by the revolution in Tunisia flared throughout the region Monday as an Egyptian and a Mauritanian became the latest of six North Africans to set themselves on fire in imitation of the self-immolation that triggered the uprising here a month ago. In Egypt, Abdo Abdel Moneim, a 50-year-old restaurant owner, poured a gallon of gasoline over his head and set himself ablaze outside the Parliament building Monday morning in downtown Cairo. At about the same time in Mauritania, Ya’coub Ould Dahoud was setting fire to himself in his parked car near the Parliament in Nouakchott, Mauritania. And on Sunday Senouci Touat of Mostaganem, Algeria, 34 and unemployed, set himself on fire in his home town, the fourth attempted self-immolation in his country since the Tunisian street revolt exploded in furious demonstrations five days ago. And while there was no immediate signs that their actions inspired widespread protests, as the victims all apparently intended, the immolations stood as gruesome testimony to the power of the Tunisian example. In Tunis, the fight was far from over, as more than a thousand protesters swarmed once again onto the city’s main artery, Bourguiba Boulevard, in what they described as an effort to sustain their revolution, this time in a battle pitting the small group of recognized opposition leaders against the masses in the streets. Taking aim for the first time at the newly formed unity government, the protesters raged against the domination of the new cabinet by members of Mr. Ben Ali’s ruling party. “Citizens and martyrs, the government is still the same,” they chanted. “We will protest, we will protest, until the government collapses!” They called for the complete eradication of the old ruling party, while complaining that outlawed parties like the once-powerful Islamist groups or the Tunisian Communists — battle-scarred stalwarts of the long dissident fight against Mr. Ben Ali’s 23-year-rule — were still barred from participating.

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