Tunisia Sacks Ministers Targeted by Ben Ali Protesters
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Tunisia’s interim administration sacked more representatives of the ousted regime, bowing to public demand for Cabinet changes, as reports said Canada arrested a relative of the former president.
Acting Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi named Abdel Karim Zbidi minister of national defense, sacking Ridha Grira, while Farhat Arrajhi was named to take Ahmed Friaa’s position heading the Interior Ministry, Ghannouchi said in an address yesterday from Tunis, the capital. Foreign Minister Ahmed Wenniss takes over from Kamel Morjane.