A lot of the events in the region have been in part precipitated by the revolution, and it is a starting point for what could be a reworking of the politics of the region.To give a run down of what has happened so far, Tunisia is a nation that has been presided over by (ex) autocratic president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali since 1987 (There have been reports of Ben Ali's death, however, these stories c