BBC News, 18 January 2011
Three ministers have withdrawn from the national unity government unveiled only a day ago in Tunisia, reports suggest.
They are reportedly from the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT), which played a key role in protests which ousted the former president.
PM Mohammed Ghannouchi angered many protesters when he kept several ministers from the former ruling party in their jobs.
The government now admits 78 people died in a month of protests.
Mr Ghannouchi had hoped to placate protesters on Monday by announcing a government of national unity - which included members of the opposition but also retained members of the ruling RCD party in key ministerial positions.
But some protesters had denounced the new administration as a betrayal and now the junior transport minister has said he and two other ministers are leaving, AP news agency reported.
French news agency AFP named him as Anouar Ben Gueddour and the other two as Abdeljelil Bedoui and Houssine Dimassi. It said all three were members of the UGTT - which earlier reportedly decided not to recognise the new government.
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