TUNIS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces used teargas on Monday in an attempt to disperse a crowd in the centre of the capital demanding that the ruling party give up power, a Reuters reporter at the scene said.
Police and military had earlier used water cannon and fired shots in the air to try to break up the protest, but several hundred demonstrators remained on the city's Bourguiba Avenue, near the French embassy. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Alison Williams)
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