Arab League chief says Tunisia is dire warning

The secretary general of the Arab League has linked the upheaval in Tunisia to deteriorating economic conditions throughout the Arab world, warning Middle East leaders that their people's anger has reached unprecedented heights. Amr Moussa told a summit in Egypt on Wednesday that "the Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment and general recession."

He called for an Arab renaissance to lift people from their frustration. Protests fueled by joblessness and other economic woes in Tunisia forced its president to flee the country after 23 years of iron-fisted rule. Moussa warned, "Tunisian revolution is not far from us." (AP)