Tunisia: Ben Ali's Former Party Suspended

Tunisia's interior minister has announced the suspension of ousted president's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Assembly in a first step towards its dissolution.

In a statement read out on national television, Fahrat Rajhi said all meetings and gatherings by its members would be banned and offices throughout the country would be shut down.

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