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Spotlight | Tunisia
New ministers on tight leash...

How much leeway will the country’s new cabinet be given? Picked to replace their predecessors connected to the ruling Rassemblement Constitutionnel Democratique (RCD) party that was driven from office by street protests, the "new" ministers in the transitional government named [...]

Published on 03/02/2011 at 09:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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