Tunisia's Islamist party to form govt within a month

TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party vowed to form a new government within a month on Wednesday, as early results gave it a commanding lead in the country's election.

The party had started coalition talks, said its leader Rached Ghannouchi, adding Ennahda's commanding lead made it the "natural" choice to lead the new executive.

"It is natural that the party which obtained the majority heads the government," Ghannouchi said in a radio interview, with final results in Sunday's historic vote yet to be released.