Tunisia will extradite former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi - currently being held in Tunis - back to...
An independent commission charged with investigating abuses committed during the January 2011 uprising that ousted Tunisia's...
The head of a private Tunisian TV station has been fined for allegedly disrupting public order by screening an animated...
A former Libyan premier and oil minister, whose body was found in the Danube river close to where he had a residence in...
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If Mursi makes it to the second round and goes on to win a run-off, it will put Islamists in a commanding position in the Arab world's most populous nation, helping redraw the regional map after decades of repression by Mubarak and his predecessors. ... Full Article at Reuters Mobile
The prosecutor at a military tribunal has called for the death penalty for the former dictator over his role in the deaths of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him a year ago. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is being tried in absentia by both... Full Article at The Independent
Young unemployed people with university degrees demonstrate on May 24, 2012 outside Tunisia's Kasbah government building in Tunis. The unemployment rate is almost 19 percent in Tunisia, compared with 14 percent in 2010, and university graduates account... View Photo »
As people all around the world are observing World Press Freedom Day, which is being hosted by UNESCO in Tunisia this year, hazards against journalists are on the rise.
That’s because revolutions are judged by their outcome. Although the toppled regimes were dictatorships, not one of them was replaced by a democracy. An entirely separate status, however, must be reserved for the insurrection in Syria. Not only has it... Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
The state news agency reported late Wednesday that Ben Ali is now on trial for the deaths of protesters in the four southern towns of Thala, Kasserine, Kairouan and Tajerouine, during the early weeks of the month-long uprising that began in December 2010. Full Article at GulfToday.ae
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before addressing students at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Speaking about the changes in Arab countries during his speech, Gül said leaders in the Middle East had long been out of touch with their people. Full Article at Hurriet Daily News
Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane speaks to the press on May 24, 2012 upon his arrival in Tunis. Benkirane is on two-day official visit to Tunisia. View Photo »
The National Security Council Counterterrorism Bureau has today decided to reiterate the existing travel advisory regarding Tunisia in light of plans to perpetrate terrorist attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets ahead of the upcoming Lag Ba’omer pilgrimage
...were greeted with high hopes, as well as apprehension that sometimes bordered on foreboding.The diverging sentiments underscored the deepening divisions in the region and cast doubt on the initial euphoria of last year's Arab Spring, when uprisings toppled... Full Article at Wall Street Journal
State Department released its yearly publication, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 2011, on May 24, 2012. The introduction states, "In the turmoil of 2011, thousands of citizens were killed across Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria. Full Article at Council on Foreign Relations
The rise in tourists from Russia is similar to that seen in Tunisia and Egypt after the Arab Spring uprisings shattered bookings from traditional markets like Britain, France and Germany, while the increased spending power of the Brazilians has made... Full Article at Vancouver Sun
Tunisia (Arabic: تونس, Berber: ), officially the Tunisian Republic (الجمهورية التونسية), is a country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It is the northernmost African country and the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas mountain range. Around forty percent of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much... Full Article At Wikipedia.org
As people all around the world are observing World Press Freedom Day, which is being hosted by UNESCO in Tunisia this year, hazards against journalists are on the rise.
The National Security Council Counterterrorism Bureau has today decided to reiterate the existing travel advisory regarding Tunisia in light of plans to perpetrate terrorist attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets ahead of the upcoming Lag Ba’omer pilgrimage
In an election year, you’ve got the administration again basically saying ‘mission accomplished’ and that al Qaeda is done — which is absurd. With the ascent of Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Ennhada in Tunisia and across the Middle East, we need to recognize what the long-term conflict...
I was very disappointed but that is football. I am happy that I had represented my country at the previous Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia
Tunisia was in a recession last year and is still recovering from the economic impact of the political change that took place in 2011 ... But this market should go through this transition without too much difficulty.
Tunisia fully supports Sudan’s right to defend its soil, and calls for dialogue. [We] highlight the importance of Egyptian mediation and coordination between the Arab League and the African Union to resolve the conflict
If a party doesn’t elect its leaders in fair, multi-candidate elections, then it is not going to be a democratic and peaceful force if it comes to power. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Tunisia’s Islamists meet this test. Hamas and the Polisario Front do not.
Bollywood industry is so strong.. it is already invading different cultural spaces in Tunisia
Democracy will not set down roots in Arab countries in transition without including mainstream Islamist groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Ennahda in Tunisia, or Islah in Yemen
Amavubi will play the first FIFA international friendly match against Libya on May 23 in Tunis, Tunisia while the second international friendly match will be played against Tunisia four days later in Tunis
The incompatibility between the skill-sets of young graduates and the available jobs is one of the major reasons for unemployment in Tunisia
Boko Haram organisation in Nigeria and jihadist sleeper cells spread out in Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania
We are currently negotiating with Volkswagen and Ford to launch a major car industrialization project in Tunisia
We have two coming from the Diaspora, from Europe and the U.S., but the other 13 were started by Tunisians based in Tunisia, and they're all under 40.
We [Tunisia] are opposed to options like arming the opposition or a foreign military intervention, which would increase the severity of the situation in the country instead of being a way out of the crisis. However, Tunisia is ready to contribute to an Arab League peacekeeping force to Syria
We hope the National Constituent Assembly takes on the responsibility to reinstate the debate on the issues of concern to public opinion in Tunisia, such as unemployment and the marginalisation of the interior regions
What we've done is to work with key Arab states, key international partners -- [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton was in Tunisia [recently] -- to come together and to mobilize and plan
Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, HBGary Inc., a private security firm, Fox Broadcasting Co. and the Tribune Co., and government computers in Tunisia, Algeria, Yemeni and Zimbabwe.
It was established in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring, with what was happening in Tunisia, Spain, Greece
In Tunisia they used Facebook
Tunisia is ready in principle to grant political asylum to Bashar al-Assad and his family if this proposal will contribute to stopping the bloodshed.
Tunisia is ready to grant asylum to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his relatives in the framework of a negotiated settlement to the Syrian crisis
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Tunisia and Egypt: IF a tearful Vladimir Putin feels emotionally overwhelmed by his election victory in Russia, he might care to recall that two of the Arab dictators who were toppled last year – Mubarak of Egypt and Ben Ali of Tunisia – had previously been re-elected with thumping majorities.
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