Tensions loom as Tunisia marks its Arab Spring revolution
By , on January 14th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Tunisians mark the second anniversary on Monday of veteran dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s flight into exile in the first of the Arab Spring uprisings but insecurity and social tensions persist. A deadlock over a new constitution and the growing influence of radical Islamists are further challenges facing the nation since Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia. President Moncef Marzouki will kick off the celebrations at 7am GMT by hoisting the national flag over Kasbah Square in Tunis, near the headquarters of the ruling coalition led by the Islamist Ennahda party. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Tensions loom as Tunisia marks its Arab Spring revolution
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Tunisians mark the second anniversary on Monday of veteran dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s flight into exile in the first of the Arab Spring uprisings but insecurity and social tensions persist. A deadlock over a new constitution and the growing influence of radical Islamists are further challenges facing the nation since Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia. President Moncef Marzouki will kick off the celebrations at 7am GMT by hoisting the national flag over Kasbah Square in Tunis, near the headquarters of the ruling coalition led by the Islamist Ennahda party. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Tensions loom as Tunisia marks its Arab Spring revolution
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