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Tunisia interim president, PM quit ruling party

Tunisia interim president, PM quit ruling party

Tunisian interim president Foued Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi quit Tunisia's ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally party (RCD) Tuesday, official TAP news agency reported.
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78 killed, 94 injured in Tunisia's violence
Weeks of violent protests in Tunisia have killed 78 people, and injured 94 others.

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Backgrounder

The nation-wide protest in Tunisia was triggered by the suicide of Mohammed Bouazizi in the southern city of Sidi Bouzid, a street vendor who set himself on fire after his fruit cart without a licence was confiscated by the police.

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