Monday, October 24, 2011

突尼西亞投票選制憲大會成員

   
As Other Arab Nations Watch, Tunisia Casts Historic Vote  'TUNIS — Millions of Tunisians cast votes on Sunday for an assembly to draft a new constitution, in a burst of pride and hope that after inspiring the regional revolt that is still shaking the Arab world, their small country could now lead the way to democracy.  ...  After 10 months of anxiety and street protests since the sudden uprising that forced their former president, the autocrat Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, to flee the country, Tunisians standing in orderly lines to vote expressed confidence that, for the first time in their history, an honest count of their ballots would determine the country’s future.   ...   “Today is the day of independence,” said Amin Ganhouba, 30, a technician. “Today we got our freedom, and our dignity, from the simple act of voting.'

Thousands of Tunisians cast ballots in Canada