Tunisian PM names independents to key gov't posts
Tunisia's prime minister has appointed independents to three key posts in the country's new interim Cabinet, removing ministers from the former ruling party in a major concession to demonstrators.
But Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, himself a holdover from the former regime of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, is staying on in the new Cabinet, despite demonstrators' calls for his ouster. It was not immediately clear if naming independent ministers to the interior, foreign and defense Cabinet posts on Thursday would succeed in quelling Tunisia's daily street protests demanding the removal of all ministers with ties to the country's former regime. (AP)
