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Email Print Related News Libyan forces destroys Misrata fuel tanks: rebels 11:15am EDT Tunisian police battle anti-government protesters Fri, May 6 2011 Tunisian police break up anti-government protest Fri, May 6 2011 WRAPUP 6-Libya's Gaddafi offers ceasefire, but will not leave Sat, Apr 30 2011 Uganda's Museveni vows to defeat protests Sat, Apr 30 2011 Analysis & Opinion The dark side of school auctions 4 Republican hopefuls in New Hampshire find tepid Tea Party turnout Related Topics World » Tunisia » By Matthew Tostevin TUNIS | Sat May 7, 2011 11:17am EDT TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police wielding batons and firing teargas scuffled on Saturday with hundreds of protesters demanding the departure of the government and angry at a heavy handed response to demonstrations this week. The new protests in the North African country, where the Arab world's tide of unrest began, are rooted in fears an interim administration will renege on its commitment to democracy after the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January. "We now need a revolution to follow the revolution," said Abdoulrahim Jalouli, holding up his mobile phone to show pictures of police chasing down other youths in the streets near the center of Tunis. "You see. The police are the same as before. There is no change," he said. Tensions rose this week after a former interior minister warned that Ben Ali loyalists might seize power in a coup if Islamists won elections scheduled in July to draw up a new constitution. Just as in other parts of the Middle East and North Africa where popular protests are bringing change, many secularists -- and Western countries -- fear greater freedom could also allow Islamists to take power. Tunisia's main Islamist group Ennahda, led by moderate Muslim scholar Rachid Ghannouchi and banned under Ben Ali, says it will contest the elections and does not fear a coup. It is expected to do well in some parts of the country of 10 million people, particularly the conservative south, where deep frustration over poverty and unemployment helped inspire the revolution. Tunisia's interim rulers have condemned the statement by former interior minister Farhat Rajhi that there could be a coup if Islamists won the election, but it has not been enough to calm protesters -- further angered by the tough police tactics. "Things are far from returning to normal," said cafe owner Hassan Ali as businesses in the city center hurriedly pulled down metal shutters, losing another day of trade in an economy where the turmoil is set to trim growth to only 1-1.5 percent this year. Tunisia's rulers have banned Ben Ali's aides and top members of the former ruling party from contesting elections. 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