President Ben Ali's wife 'took £37m in gold from Tunisia'

Prime minister Mohamed Ghannouchi last night said the government was committed to releasing all political prisoners and would investigate anyone with great wealth or suspected of corruption.

The interior minister said that 78 people had died since the unrest started against the 23-year rule of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

The French intelligence services said that Mr Ben Ali's wife, Leila Trabelsi, ordered the Tunisian central bank chief to hand over the gold bars last week as disorder deepened. More...

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