Big News From the First Arab Spring Country

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“Tunisia’s national assembly approved the country’s new constitution on Sunday in one of the last steps to establishing full democracy three years after the uprising that toppled autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Just before the constitution vote, Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa appointed a caretaker cabinet as part of a deal to end a crisis between Tunisia’s Islamist party and its secular opposition until new elections this year. Tunisia’s new constitution and progress contrasts sharply with messy transitions in Libya, Egypt and Yemen which are still caught up in turmoil after ousting their own long-standing leaders in 2011 revolts and uprisings…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Tarek Amara / Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/27/tunisia-politics-idUSL5N0L00NY20140127
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