Tunisia's lawmakers approve new government

Tunisia’s lawmakers approved on Wednesday a new government formed to pull the country out of a severe crisis, [2]the same day as an impoverished vendor died after setting himself alight in act of desperation. [3]

Premier-designate Ali Larayedh’s broadly based coalition of his own Islamist party Ennahda [4], two secular parties and independents received 139 votes, or 30 more than needed, in a parliamentary session broadcast on television.

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