Protesters
throw stones during clashes with riot police close to a tax office in
Ettadhamen, Tunisia, 5 kms (3 miles) from Tunis, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014.
TUNIS
— One man was shot dead in clashes in a Tunisian city near the Algerian
border late on Friday after protesters tried to storm a customs office
in one of several demonstrations across the country.
Scattered
protests over economic hardships have broken out as Tunisia's new prime
minister takes office to lead a caretaker administration to end a
crisis three years after its uprising ousted Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisia's
2011 revolt and the region-wide Arab Spring uprisings were triggered by
a street vendor in Sidi Bouzid setting himself alight in an act of
protest.
After months of crisis, the Islamist party which came to
power after the revolt resigned this week to make way for Prime Minister
Mehdi Jomaa's technocrat government until elections this year to
complete Tunisia's democratic transition.
Many Tunisians are more
worried about the high cost of living, jobs and economic development.
Protesters have taken to the streets this week in southern cities to
protest against fiscal reforms including a vehicle tax hike.
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