Police and protesters have clashed in Tunisia for a second day in the country's poorest region. Eyewitnesses said protesters angry at a new tax on vehicles tried to storm the offices of the governing Islamist party in the town of Kasserine. Police used teargas to drive them back. The White House says President Obama has invited the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington, offering the chance to mend relations following revelations that US intelligence had been monitoring her mobile phone. ______________________________________ 在突尼斯最贫困的地区,警方与抗议者的冲突持续进行到了第二天. 目击者称,抗议者因不满国家对车辆征收一项新税,因而试图闯入执政的伊斯兰党位于卡塞林的办公楼.警方动用催泪弹将其驱赶. 鉴于此前的新闻报道称美国情报局长期监听默克尔的手机,白宫称奥巴马总统已邀请德国总理安吉拉`默克尔赴华盛顿,,以此修复两国关系.________________________________________