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Saudi man sets self on fire

A Saudi man died after setting himself on fire in Samta,local media said Saturday,the latest example of a rash of self-immolations sweeping the region following events in Tunisia. Civil defense spokesman Captain Yahia al-Qahtani said in a statement carried by Saudi newspapers that the man,unemployed and in his sixties,set himself on fire on Friday and died in the hospital.

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