Article updated: 2/10/2013 11:09 AM

Tunisian president’s party quits government

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Several thousand supporters of Tunisia's ruling Islamist party rallied in the capital in a pro-government demonstration Saturday, a day after the funeral of an assassinated opposition politician.

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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki’s secular party is quitting the coalition government in anger at the dominant Islamist party’s handling of the country’s political crisis. The move by the Congress for the Republic party threatens to deepen the crisis, prompted by the killing of an opposition leader last week.
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