Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Tunisia Takeover

"President Fouad Mebazaa fired Farhat Rajhi as interior minister just weeks after Rajhi shepherded through the dissolution of the longtime former ruling party.

The dismissal was reported by the official news agency TAP, which provided no details. It said Habib Essid, an American-educated economist who served as an adviser to the prime minister, will take up the post.

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