Street violence continued in Tunisia as political leaders considered their next steps after the flight of the long serving President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. More than 40 people were killed when riots and then a fire swept through a prison in the city of Monastir. In the capital Tunis fires have seriously damaged the main railway station and other buildings. Troops backed by tanks deployed in the streets of the city to prevent further looting. Two people were reported to have been shot dead by soldiers near the interior ministry. A night time curfew is in place. Gun shots could be heard coming from the city centre and military helicopters are constantly sweeping to and fro overhead.The Speaker of Parliament in Tunisia Foued Mebazna who was earlier sworn in as interim President has asked the Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi to form a unity government. An opposition leader said the talks had already begun and would continue till today.The Libyan leader Col. Gadaffi has become the first Arab leader to speak publicly about the uprising in neighbouring Tunisia. In a televised address he advised Tunisian to adopt what he called the Libyan model of popular democracy in which he said power rests in the hands of people. On the streets of the Arab world and on the inter-net many people have been speaking approvingly of the overthrow to Ben Ali.