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Tunisia's Islamist party agrees to join coalition government


    TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's moderate Islamist party Ennahda has agreed to join its main rival secular party Nidaa Tounes as part of a coalition government, party leaders said on Sunday.

    The deal came after Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid's new cabinet faced a threat of rejection in parliament last week from key parties opposed to his choice of ministers.

    (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Patrick Markey and Raissa Kasolowsky)