Tunisian Opposition Leader's Slaying Prompts Protests

NPR | Feb. 06, 2013 7:51 a.m. | Updated: Feb. 06, 2013 9:03 a.m.

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Thousands of Tunisians are protesting in the streets after the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, a critic of the moderate Islamist group that dominates the country's government. Steve Inskeep talks with Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution's Doha Center.