TUNIS - from early morning armed troops were deployed in strategic points of Tunis, after that night in clashes between demonstrators and police in riot gear were also raging in the capital of Tunisia, where for weeks in the course of the intifada bread . Eye witnesses said, including journalists' sources at the scene.The soldiers, equipped with light armored vehicles, in particular, took position around the headquarters of state television. Meanwhile, the Libyan government has abolished all taxes which affect the price of food for sale in the country. According to reports from the Arabic television 'Al-Jazeera', the government has decided to take a drastic measure to stop the rising cost of living and to avoid protests by citizens like those that erupted in Tunisia and Algeria.
Eliminate all taxes on foodstuffs imported from abroad but also on local products. The measure includes barley, rice, wheat, pasta, sugar, oil and milk. In addition, the Libyan government has asked banks in the country to increase funding for families, both in terms of the loans as personal loans.
Tunisia paralyzed by strikes. After the demonstrations against high prices and unemployment figures and the violence of recent days in Tunisia, trade unions and opposition groups have decided to give birth to a barrage of strikes that will affect the whole country. According to reports from the Arabic television 'Al-Jazeera', was proclaimed a general strike today in the cities of Sfax and Kasseri decided Tunisian General Labour Union.
A similar strike is planned for tomorrow and at Kairouan Jendouba in the capital while the protest is scheduled for next Friday. Unions have called for the creation of a commission of inquiry to ascertain the truth about the repression of demonstrations in recent days and some episodes in which the police would open fire on demonstrators.
They also ask that the army units deployed by the government to withdraw immediately from the cities. Yesterday in fact there were four more deaths in clashes in Kasserine, while in the late evening the protest and the violence came to the outskirts of Tunis, where hundreds of artists and intellectuals attempted to stage a protest outside the theater before the municipal Police who uploaded them.
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