Tunisians Head to Polls for Presidential Election

Tunisians go to the polls on Sunday to vote for a new president in just the third free election since the 2011 revolution that ended the regime of autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Nearly 30 candidates are running, but a race has emerged between a veteran ex-Ben Ali official and a rights activist who says the election is a chance to stop the return of old-regime stalwarts. More than three years after the end of Ben Ali's one-party rule, Tunisia has become a model of transition for...

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