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Battles in Tunis as key aide held

Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi (R) meets Tunisia's opposition left-wing Ettajdid (Renewal) party leader Ahmed Brahim.PM Ghannouchi has been discussing a possible unity cabinet with opposition leaders

Deposed Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali ‘s head of security has been arrested.

State media said Ali Seriati, who led Mr Ben Ali’s presidential security force, is accused of threatening state security by fomenting violence.

Meanwhile, there have been exchanges of fire between gunmen and security forces in the capital Tunis.

Political leaders have started efforts to fill the power vacuum created by the fall of President Ben Ali.

Interim leader Foued Mebazaa, who until Saturday was the speaker of parliament, has asked Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi to form a national unity government.

Under the present Tunisian constitution, a presidential election must be held within 60 days.

Mr Ben Ali, who had been in power for 23 years, fled to Saudi Arabia on Friday after a month of mounting protests across the country over unemployment, food price rises and corruption.

Dozens of people were killed as police opened fired on demonstrators.

The announcement of Mr Seriati’s arrest on Sunday came after the previous day saw widespread violence across Tunisia, including looting, arson and deadly jail riots.

Tunisian men holding metal bars and sticks speak to a driver near Tunis on 15 January 2011. Some residents have formed impromptu militias to protect their homes

The BBC’s Wyre Davies, in Tunis, reports that the sound of sporadic gunfire has been heard in and around the city centre throughout Sunday.

Several reports describe a gun battle outside the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party.

Our correspondent says there appears to be a residual base of people loyal to former regime and opposed to moves towards democratisation who are holding out against the new order.

Other attacks appear to have targeted businesses and buildings connected with the former president and his family.

A hospital source in Tunis told AFP news agency that Imed Trabelsi, the nephew of Mr Ben Ali’s powerful wife, had been stabbed to death on Saturday.

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Residents in some areas have armed themselves with sticks and clubs, forming impromptu militias to protect their homes.

Despite this, the interim government has shortened the overnight curfew by four hours.

Curfew hours – which ran from 1700 (1600 GMT) to 0700 (0600 GMT) for two nights – will now be between 1800 and 0500.

A state of emergency remains in force and there is very little economic activity. Schools, government offices and most shops are closed.

A French photographer covering events in Tunisia has died from head injuries sustained on Friday when he was hit by a tear-gas canister fired at close range, his employer says.

Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, 32, was in Tunis for the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), covering a large protest that immediately preceded the fall from power of President Ben Ali.

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Cheap fuel plan for remote areas

Fuel pump nozzleUnleaded petrol costs more than £1.40 a litre in some remote communities
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Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said the government was considering offering a fuel discount to people in remote areas.

Mr Alexander, Lib Dem MP for Inverness, told the BBC’s Politics Show: “We recognise that this for many families is a serious issue.”

But he said a ‘fair fuel stabiliser’ – lowering duty when pump prices rose – was tricky to implement.

Shadow Transport Secretary Maria Eagle said government policy was “in chaos”.

David Cameron has indicated that the fuel duty stabiliser idea was being examined.

The concept of the fuel stabiliser is to peg fuel duty to the price of oil so that when the price of oil goes up the proportion of tax goes down, and vice versa, maintaining a steady price for consumers.

“It’s a complicated idea and it’s difficult to see precisely how we achieve it, but it’s something that we are looking at very carefully to see if we can reduce the burden of fuel duty,” Mr Alexander said.

Mr Alexander said the coalition government were also considering the discount scheme to help drivers in remote areas such as the Scottish Highlands, Western Isles, west Wales and parts of England and Northern Ireland.

Manifesto pledge

Scotland’s Finance Secretary John Swinney has written to the Chancellor calling on him to tackle rising fuel prices.

In a letter to George Osborne, Mr Swinney urged the government to set up a fuel duty regulator.

Help with fuel costs for people living in remote communities was one of the manifesto pledges from the Lib Dems.

Danny AlexanderMr Alexander says fuel prices cause special problems for those in remote areas

Ms Eagle said: “Families are being hit by rocketing prices at the pump made worse by the VAT hike. Yet the Tory-led government is in chaos and confusion about how to respond.”

Labour leader Ed Miliband said the Conservatives had broken a promise to introduce a fair fuel stabiliser.

“They made a promise before the election, the Conservatives put it in their manifesto, and they have broken that promise.

“Let’s see if they come forward with a proposal for a fuel duty stabiliser. We found it hard to do that in government.””

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