Tunisian state media reported Jan. 14 that a state of emergency has been declared in the country, shortly after Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi reported that he had been instructed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to dissolve the government. Ben Ali has yet to make an announcement about his own position, but he likely will make another address to the nation today. A new 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew has been implemented, and Tunisian state television reported that the police have been given authorization to use deadly force against protesters once again, contravening promises made by the president one day before to end the violent clampdown on protesters who have been demonstrating across the country for nearly a month. The Tunisian army is reportedly in the process of deploying as well, though troops have currently only been seen near the presidential palace in al-Marsa.