Tunisia protest against new cabinet

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;01&sol;tunisia-protest-against-new-cabinet&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" title&equals;"A protester addresses riot police officers during a demonstration against the RCD party in Tunis &lpar;AP&rpar;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;01&sol;min-tunisia-protest-against-new-cabinet&period;jpg" alt&equals;"A protester addresses riot police officers during a demonstration against the RCD party in Tunis &lpar;AP&rpar;"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hundreds of protesters have marched through Tunisia&&num;8217&semi;s capital demanding that allies of the exiled president are removed from power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The activists sang nationalist songs and held up signs proclaiming &&num;8220&semi;RCD Out&excl;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; referring to the former ruling party &&num;8211&semi; as they walked down Avenue Bourguiba in central Tunis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A spokesman for prime minister Mohamed Ghannouchi said ministers who remained in the new interim government were debating whether to hold their first meeting on Wednesday or Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Four new ministers resigned within 24 hours after being appointed to the unprecedented multi-party cabinet&comma; weakening its prospects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A popular uprising removed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Friday after 23 years in power and the caretaker government run by his prime minister is struggling to calm tensions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The unrest has also rattled Tunisia&&num;8217&semi;s economy&comma; which has seen impressive growth in recent years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unions&comma; students and members of the Ennahdha Islamist party &&num;8211&semi; which Ben Ali banned in 1992 and cracked down upon for years &&num;8211&semi; have been among those protesting since his downfall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A new unity government announced on Monday was mostly made up of old guard politicians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A day later&comma; at least four opposition ministers quit&comma; aligning themselves with demonstrators who insist democratic change is impossible with former Ben Ali supporters still in power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ghannouchi and interim president Fouad Mebazaa&comma; the former speaker of the lower house of parliament&comma; quit the ruling RCD party on Tuesday in an attempt to distance themselves from Ben Ali&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-69e31849e2eab">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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