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Voters hand Tunisian president sweeping new powers:<\/strong> Tunisia\u2019s president Kais Saied has been granted extensive power over the judiciary and government in a new constitution voted in by only 30.5% of eligible voters, according to Reuters<\/a>. Some 95% of voters approved the constitution in a referendum that was boycotted by opposition parties, who say that it reverses many of the democratic achievements of the 2011 revolution.<\/p>\n

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