4 more reported dead in latest Tunisian unrest

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Source: AP

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — An opposition politician and a labor union leader say at least four people were killed in Tunisia in overnight riots pitting police against youths angry about unemployment.

The latest deaths near the capital, Tunis, and Bizerte to the north, come as protesters defied a government-ordered curfew aimed at calming more than three weeks of violence nationwide.

The government death toll is at 23, while the opposition says it is more than twice that. Police have repeatedly opened fire on protesters.

The demonstrators are defying autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who has been in power for 23 years. The riots have shattered Tunisia's image as an island of calm in volatile North Africa.



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