Tunisia has approved a government led by the secular Nidaa Tounes and including Islamist rivals. The parliament's vote comes after landmark free elections last fall in the birthplace of the Arab revolutions of 2011.
Tunisian parliament speaker Mohamed Ennaceur welcomed what he called "a comfortable majority" in Thursday's vote of confidence. Out of 204 MPs who attended the session of the 217-member parliament, 166 voted in favor of the government, 30 against and eight abstained.
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