Thousands await return of Tunisian Islamist leader

More than 1,000 people gathered at Tunisia's main international airport on Sunday to welcome Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi who is returning home after 22 years in exile.

Supporters of Ghannouchi's Ennahda movement, which had been banned for two decades, crowded into the arrivals area of the airport and held up banners reading: "No to extremism, yes to moderate Islam!" and "No fear of Islam!" (Reuters)