Assassination of a leftist politician throws Tunisia into a political chaos

A family flees tear gas during a demonstration in Tunis, Thursday, Feb.7, 2013. The Islamist party dominating Tunisia’s ruling coalition on Thursday rejected its own prime minister’s decision to form a non-partisan technocratic government to try to appease critics, signaling that the political crisis brought on by the assassination of a prominent leftist politician is far from over.

A relative of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid cries at his coffin at the parents’ home near Tunis, Thursday, Feb.7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Amine Landoulsi>