Tunisia

Tunisia's ruling party says won't remove prime minister

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TUNIS - The head of Tunisia's ruling Islamist party on Thursday refused to remove the prime minister from his post, hardening its stance toward the secular opposition's demand that the government be dissolved.

Algeria reinforces army on Tunisian border: minister

ALGIERS - Algeria has strengthened its military presence near the border with Tunisia and the two nations are boosting security information exchange to fight Islamist militancy, Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said on Thursday.

World, 12:20pm EDT

Tunisian minister resigns, pressure on government grows

TUNIS - Tunisian Education Minister Salem Labyedh has resigned, the prime minister's spokesman said on Wednesday, as pressure mounted on the Islamist-led government to step down.

World, 31 Jul 2013

Union, rather than army, may be Tunisia opposition's decisive ally

TUNIS - More than any threat of military force, the power of Tunisia's main trade union may be what pushes the Islamist-led government to accept opposition demands for it to quit.

World, 30 Jul 2013

Tunisia's biggest union tells Islamist-led government to quit

TUNIS - Tunisia's largest labor union called on Tuesday for the dissolution of the Islamist-led government and the interior minister offered to resign as a political crisis deepened.

World, 30 Jul 2013

Tunisia's ruling party says open to creating new government

TUNIS - The Islamist Ennahda party, which heads Tunisia's government, is open to creating a new government but refuses to dissolve the transitional Constituent Assembly which is only weeks away from finalizing a draft constitution, a party official said.

World, 30 Jul 2013

Tunisia's biggest union urges Islamist-led government to quit

TUNIS - Tunisia's largest labor union called on Tuesday for the dissolution of the Islamist-led government, and the interior minister, a leading independent, said he was ready to resign.

World, 30 Jul 2013

Tunisia interior minister says ready to resign

TUNIS - Tunisian Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou said on Tuesday he was ready to resign, as pressure mounted to dissolve the Islamist-led government.

World, 30 Jul 2013

Tunisia's powerful union joins calls for dissolving government

TUNIS - Tunisia's largest labor union called on Tuesday for the dissolution of the Islamist-led government, increasing pressure on the moderate Ennahda party in the worst political crisis since the country's autocratic leader was toppled.

World, 30 Jul 2013

Gunmen kill eight Tunisian troops as political tensions grow

TUNIS - Gunmen killed at least eight Tunisian soldiers on Monday, staging the biggest attack on the security forces in decades as political tensions rose between supporters and opponents of the Islamist-led government.

World, 29 Jul 2013