Tunisian street vendors display their goods yesterday on the Medina souk in Tunis as stores remain closed due to a strike to protest against street sales. Tunisia’s interim government has prolonged a state of emergency imposed just before president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was toppled a month ago as it struggled to restore stability.

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