New Tunisian president to sell off Ben Ali's palaces
Tunisia's new president announced on Friday he would sell off most of the presidential palaces built by the country's ousted dictator and use the cash to fund new jobs, a gesture aimed at soothing anger over high unemployment.
Moncef Marzouki, a political prisoner under Ben Ali, was made president this week as part of a governing coalition brought to power in the country's first democratic election. (Reuters)
