1 March, 2011
Tunisia’s embattled prime minister said on Sunday that he would resign, bowing to a key demand of protesters after at least five people died in a groundswell of new unrest in this North African country. Mohammed Ghannouchi, 69, has been a major irritant to Tunisians behind the so-called ‘Jasmine Revolution’, which eventually led to the downfall of the longtime autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali last month.
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