Python String to List object
<p>I have this String (representing a JSON value):</p>

<pre><code>BABEL_JSON = "{
    'BD': u'Bangladesh', 
    'WF': u'Wallis y Futuna', 
    'BF': u'Burkina Faso'
}"
</code></pre>

<p>and I need to transform into a List object like this:</p>

<pre><code>BABEL_LIST = [
    ("BD", u"Bangladesh"),
    ("WF", u"Wallis y Futuna"),
    ("BF", u"Burkina Faso")
]
</code></pre>

<p>What is the best way? to begin I tried with:</p>

<pre><code>import json
BABEL_LIST = json.loads(str(BABEL_JSON))
</code></pre>

<p>but I have this error:</p>

<pre><code>TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable
</code></pre>
