Unrest rises in Tunisia after Islamists kill police officers By Anis Milli and Tarek Amara KEF, Tunisia | Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:41pm EDT (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse hundreds of people trying to storm a local government building as demonstrations broke out over the killing of seven policemen by Islamist militants. Tensions are rising in Tunisia, where the ruling moderate Islamist Ennahda party and opposition have been trying to start talks to end a paralyzing deadlock since the assassination of two secular opposition leaders earlier this year. Wednesdays killings delayed the long-awaited negotiations to save a transition to democracy, once seen as a model for the region, nearly three years after the first Arab Spring uprising toppled Tunisian autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. reuters/article/2013/10/24/us-tunisia-crisis-idUSBRE99N0W320131024
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