Thirteen people have died in new unrest in Tunisia, medical officials said today.

The deaths came late on Thursday when President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali went on television to announce concessions designed to ease weeks of protests.

There was no official confirmation of any new deaths. The government has not raised the official death toll of 23 for several days.

Surgeon Fares Belhassen told the Associated Press he had counted 10 dead and 50 wounded at Tunis' Charles Nicolle hospital.

An employee at Khereddine Hospital, who asked not to be named, said three more people were shot dead and six others injured by police in clashes in the northern suburb of Kram.

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