Thousands of Islamist and secular Tunisians marked the third anniversary of autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's downfall on Tuesday, celebrating in the closest the Arab world has to a model transition to democracy. Ben Ali's flight from the country on Jan. 14, 2011 inspired uprisings in Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria.
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