A demonstrator tried to force his way past riot policemen in Tunis on Monday. Zohra Bensemra/ReutersTunisia Unveils New Government As Streets Calm A Bit -- L.A. Times
Opposition leaders and members of the deposed regime are included in the national unity government announced by Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. Residents begin heading back to work and cleaning up debris from days of rioting, although some clashes continue between police and protesters.
Reporting from Tunis, Tunisia — Tunisia's interim prime minister announced a national unity government that included three opposition leaders, a hodgepodge of relatively unknown technocrats and members of the former regime of President Zine el Abidine ben Ali, who was deposed Friday in a popular uprising that has shaken the Arab world.
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MIDDLE EAST
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US trying to stop UN resolution against West Bank settlements.
Lebanon tribunal submits indictment in former PM's assassination.
IAEA chief says has limited knowledge of Stuxnet.
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Lebanon postpones talks on new government by a week.
Israel's defense minister quits Labor Party.
IAEA envoys visit Iran's Natanz enrichment site: report.
Rights group decries 'execution binge' in Iran.
Lebanon in flux as Hezbollah leader refuses to back prime minster. Hezbollah won't back Hariri government in Lebanon.
ASIA
Beijing 'sends troop contingent' into North Korea. China denies plans to send troops to North Korea.
ASEAN Foreign Ministers call for lifting Of Myanmar sanctions.
17 Afghan civilians killed by roadside bombs in 24 hours.
Explosion on bus in NW Pakistan kills 18.
SKorea: Nuclear push could bring North's collapse.
Flooded Brisbane returns to work as power restored. Australia says economic cost of floods to top other disasters.
AFRICA
Somali pirates seize Greek-owned ship, release another.
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Obama congratulates South Sudan on independence vote, but what about Abyei?
Egyptian man gets death sentence for killing Christians.
Ivory Coast political stand-off 'revives ethnic tensions'.
Zimbabwe: Foreign firms forced to back Mugabe's sanctions protest.
EUROPE
Swiss whistleblower hands bank data to WikiLeaks.
Swiss lawmakers angry at alleged US spying program.
Evidence of Berlusconi links with prostitutes: prosecutor. Berlusconi paid for sex with 'many women' at his home, prosecutors claim.
German coalition split on increasing EU's bail-out fund.
Irish premier won't quit over Ireland debt crisis.
France's National Front picks Marine Le Pen as new head.
Athens goes on security alert for trial of suspected militants.
AMERICAS
U.S. House panel wants Homeland Security documents.
Haiti's ousted dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier returns. 'Baby Doc' returns to Haiti after 25 years.
Brazil rains kill more than 600, epidemic feared. Brazil landslide and flood toll reaches 640.
U.S. satisfaction remains near 12-month low.
Gang's terror felt far from drug war on US border.
US cancels 'virtual fence' along Mexican border. What's Plan B?
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
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Pakistan lacks effective counter-terrorism policy: PIPS report.
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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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Apple CEO Jobs to take medical leave.
Chinese PM Hu calls currency system 'product of the past'.
Venezuela says oil reserves surpass Saudi Arabia's.
Iran's Mir-Kazemi says $100 oil would not warrant OPEC emergency meeting. Iran joins Venezuela, Libya to say no harm in $100 oil.
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