The Tunisian parliament on Friday rejected the government of Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli after months of negotiations between political parties to fill positions. Jemli, an independent, was nominated by the Islamist inspired Ennahdha party after it came out top in legislative polls in October but failed to win enough seats to form a majority in the 217-seat chamber. Deputies voted 134 to 72 against Jemli's proposed government of independent figures ...
![Tunisian troops takes part in an official ceremony marking the third anniversary of the uprising that ousted long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday in Tunis. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/News/1389687980032277000.jpg?itok=E-P5wcr7 "Tunisian troops takes part in an official ceremony marking the third anniversary of the uprising that ousted long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday in Tunis. [AFP]")
![Tunisia's Islamist premier Ali Larayedh arrives at Kasbah Palace in Tunis to submit his resignation to Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on January 9, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6283236.jpg?itok=xdBupyCR "Tunisia's Islamist premier Ali Larayedh arrives at Kasbah Palace in Tunis to submit his resignation to Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on January 9, 2014. [AFP]")
![Tunisian police inspect the site of an exchange of fire between police forces and members of a Salafist group on October 25, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/syria.jpg?itok=_st9K_lm "Tunisian police inspect the site of an exchange of fire between police forces and members of a Salafist group on October 25, 2013. [AFP]")
