Tunisia Ministers Quit Ruling Party, Political Prisoners Freed -- Christian Science Monitor
Can members of the party that served ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali hang on?
Tunisia's ruling party no longer rules, at least not in name. The remaining cabinet members from ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) left the party today, with interim President Fouad Mebazaa promising a "total break" from the past, Al Jazeera reports.
Speaking on Tunisian TV, Mr. Mebazaa promised an amnesty for all political prisoners, that the Tunisian state would no longer be synonymous with the RCD, the creation of an independent judiciary and free speech in a country that, until now, has run one of the most furiously successful censorship regimes in the Middle East.
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More News On the Unrest In Tunisia
Tunisian army fires warning shots during protest -- Yahoo News/AP
Police fire shots to disperse new Tunis protest -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Ben Ali relatives held as Tunisian cabinet meets -- Yahoo News/AFP
Tunisian Leaders Quit Ruling Party -- New York Times
State media: Tunisian ministers quit ousted president's party -- CNN
Tunisia government under pressure -- Al Jazeera
Tunisian Ministers Quit Ruling Party -- Voice of America
Mood in Tunisia lifts, but revolution may not be over -- The Guardian
Will Tunisia's unrest have a ripple effect? -- CNN
Analyst SeesTunisian Unrest as Promising, Warning to Arab World -- Voice of America
How did the world get Tunisia so wrong? -- Roula Khalaf, Financial Times
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