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\n<\/span><\/p>\n Security forces in the Tunisian capital have fired tear gas to try to disperse hundreds of demonstrators outside the interior ministry. <\/p>\n
Police and masked men in civilian clothes, armed with sticks, moved through streets looking for protesters.<\/p>\n
The renewed protest comes a day after police cleared huge crowds from the streets demanding the resignation of the interim prime minister. <\/p>\n
That was the biggest rally since the president fled after weeks of unrest. <\/p>\n
On Friday police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse demonstrators.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Paul Moss in Tunis says the stench of tear gas is again filling the main shopping street in Tunis.<\/p>\n
The trouble flared very suddenly – people out shopping found themselves caught up in the confrontation, women carrying heavy bags running for cover with handkerchiefs clutched to their mouths, our correspondent says. <\/p>\n
Several members of the security forces ran into the lobby of a hotel, yelling at startled customers drinking coffee to return to their rooms or leave the hotel immediately, he said.<\/p>\n
The interim government of Mohammed Ghannouchi, who had served under ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali since 1999, has promised elections by mid-July. <\/p>\n
Although Mr Ghannouchi has introduced some reforms and removed a number of controversial cabinet members, protesters remain angry that figures from Mr Ben Ali’s authoritarian government remain in the interim cabinet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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