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Tunisia, in january 2011, has stability but little freedom. president ben ali maintains strict control of society, shored up by a vast network of spies, informers and secret police. ben ali came to power in 1987, ousting his predecessor to become he promised reform, democracy, women's rights and education. but he had failed to deliver a more free and open society, the protests that began in december erupt quickly. people are taking to the streets, railing against poverty, unemployment and political repression. 0n the evening of january the 13th, the president appears on television to address t...

Tunisia injanuary 2011 has stability but little freedom. president ben ali maintains strict control of society, shored up by a vast network of spies, informers and secret police. ben ali came to power in 1987. he promised reform, democracy, women's rights and education. but he had failed to deliver a more free and open society. the protests that began in december erupt quickly. people are taking to the streets, railing against poverty, unemployment and political repression. 0n the evening ofjanuary 13, the president appears on television to address the nation, urging calm. a commanding ben ali...

Are now stationed along the border with ukraine. some of those russian troops taking part in joint military operations in belarus. here in the u.s. tonight, airmen at travis air force base in california loading up military and weaponry to help ukraine. and what the ukrainian president just said about moves by the u.s. to get families of u.s. embassy personnel out of that country. he called the move premature, urging calm. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leading us off tonight. >> reporter: with more russian troops massing on ukraine's border, navy vessels in the baltic se...

Also today, secretary of state antony blinken spoke with his russian counterpart urging him to stick to the path of diplomacy. satellite photos show russia continues its troop buildup and now surrounds ukraine on three sides. today, the u.s. is ordering all nonemergency personnel out of the embassy in kyiv and removing about 160 u.s. soldiers who had been in ukraine on a training mission. as ukraine's president is urging calm. >> we have a lot of information because we are on this border. it's our borders. it's our territory. i have to speak with our people like -- you know, like a president a...

A critical taking place right now between president biden and russian president vladimir putin to discuss the escalating crisis in ukraine, holding this call just two hours after emmanuel macron talked by phone for more than an hour and a half. satellite photos show russia continuing its troop buildup and is surrounding ukraine on three sides. today the u.s. is ordering all nonemergency personnel out of the embassy in kyiv and the pentagon is removing about 160 u.s. soldiers who had been in ukraine on a training mission as ukraine's president is urging calm. >> we have a lot of information bec...