confessed to

the killing after they raided his home. There are reports that the man previously killed one of his sisters in the 1980s in what's described as an honour killing.

Reports from Tunisia say one person has been killed during new clashes between police and protesters in the province of Sidi Bouzid. A student union leader said protesters

set fire to

police cars and the headquarters of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's party. There's been no official confirmation. Magdi Abdelhadi reports from Cairo.

The trouble began last week when

simmer

ing anger over lack of jobs

boiled over

. A young man despairing of finding employment committed suicide. Another tried to set fire to himself when local officials prevented him from setting up a vegetable stall without permission. The incidents sparked violent unrest which seems to have continued, despite government promises of more investment in the region. Public protests in Tunisia are rare, where political dissent is

repress

ed and the government is often criticised for its human rights record.

At least 12 people in Colombia have been killed and about 30 others injured in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the southwestern town of La Cruz. It's unclear if any survivors were trapped in the landslide. The mayor of La Cruz, Alexander Realpe, said relief workers had heard cries for help from inside a buried building, but other reports suggest the noise might have come from an animal.