Faustian deal

Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's vote of 94.49 per cent in the 24 October presidential poll was no surprise; the established opposition said it couldn't compete with his Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique machine.

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Mohammed Ali Halouani, Moncef Marzouki, Hamma Hammami, United States, France, Britain, Sudan, Alan Goulty, Libya, Adam Ereli, Togolese, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique, Ettajdid, Congrès pour la République, Parti Communiste des Ouvriers Tunisiens

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