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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tunisian-army-fires-warning-shots.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against the RCD party of deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-tunisian-army-fires-warning-shots.jpg" alt="Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against the RCD party of deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>The Tunisian army has fired warning shots in the capital as demonstrators marched toward the ruling party&#8217;s headquarters and government ministers quit the party in a desperate attempt to keep their jobs.</p>
<p>Demonstrators have criticised the country&#8217;s new unity government for being mostly made up of old guard politicians from the ruling party.</p>
<p>They are seeking the disbanding of the RCD party, founded by ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia on Friday after 23 years in power.</p>
<p>Outside the gates of the party headquarters in Tunis, the army fired about 10 rounds into the air, scattering some protesters in the noisy but peaceful crowd. Others remained, chanting, &#8220;Down with the RCD!&#8221;</p>
<p>The warning shots came after a period of relative calm in Tunisia, which has been rattled by more than a month of unrest over the lack of jobs and alleged corruption in Ben Ali&#8217;s regime. Police even let protesters break a curfew to hold a sit-in near the Interior Ministry.</p>
<p>A caretaker government is now struggling to calm the moderate Muslim nation, popular among European tourists and seen as an ally in the West&#8217;s fight against terrorism.</p>
<p>Although the unity government includes a few opposition leaders for the first time, demonstrators say the big jobs are still in the hands of Ben Ali&#8217;s cronies.</p>
<p>Members of the interim government who belonged to the long-time ruling party have quit the party, the official TAP news agency said.</p>
<p>Prime minister Mohamed Ghannouchi and interim president Fouad Mebazaa had already quit the RCD earlier in the week.</p>
<p>In another attempt to ease tensions, the interim government has released all the country&#8217;s political prisoners.</p>
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