#Tunisia PM resigns to make way for caretaker government
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Tunisia’s Islamist premier Ali Larayedh, left, submits his resignation to Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on January 9, 2014 at Carthage palace in Tunis.(Photo: AFP - Fethi Belaid)
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Ali Larayedh resigned on Thursday to make way for a non-partisan caretaker government as part of a deal with his opponents to complete a transition to democracy. Three years after an uprising against autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia is in the final stages of establishing a fully functioning democracy before elections. Illustrating the country’s continued fragility, troops in the city of Tatouine fired into the air and police used tear gas earlier on Thursday against protesters demonstrating over economic conditions, the state news agency said. (...)