Articles tagged with: Tunisia
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
TUNIS, Asharq Alawsat—Clashes between Salafist extremists and security forces in Tunisia and Kairouan on Sunday have left one Tunisian citizen dead. Eleven policemen and 3 protesters were also injured in the clashes that followed the government’s decision to ban a conference planned by hardline Salafists.
A number of neighborhoods in Tunis witnessed the conflict as security forces successfully prevented thousands of Salafists from attending their conference in Kairouan.
The extremi...
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Friday, 17 May, 2013
The two most populous Arab states after Egypt, Algeria and Iraq have been without a president: Algeria for a few weeks, and Iraq a few months. The two countries rank among the richest in terms of natural resources, and both have the Arab world's bloodiest recent past.
Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika is said to have been in poor health since 2005. Rumors about his death are frequent on Twitter. He has been taken abroad on many occasions to receive medical treatment, but last month ...
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A nineteen-year-old woman should be free to publish topless photos of herself, and death threats against her need to be investigated. Tunisia is, after all, a vibrant democracy...
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Wednesday, 20 Mar, 2013
“Invest in whichever sector that could serve the young generation ... in the service sectors, like education, healthcare and coffee. We’re talking about frontier markets ... Ir...
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Wednesday, 6 Mar, 2013
The media scene was monolithic under Tunisia’s old government, while the public arena was characterized by the absence of politics. A news booth in Tunisia three years ago looked...
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Wednesday, 27 Feb, 2013
TUNIS, Asharq Al-Awsat---Four radical Salafist Muslims have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a Tunisian opposition leader, authorities in Tunis reve...
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Wednesday, 20 Feb, 2013
TUNISIA, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s prime minister, Hamadi Jebali, resigned yesterday after a failed attempt at forming a non-partisan government.
Jebali’s resignation is e...
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Tuesday, 12 Feb, 2013
TUNIS, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Tunisian Congress for the Republic (CPR) party, led by President Moncef Marzouki, has decided to stay in the ruling coalition for another week, but...
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Saturday, 9 Feb, 2013
A second revolution, so they say. The second in a two-year span. The killing of the opposition figure and leftist leader Chokri Belaid was, however, the first targeted politic...
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LONDON,Asharq Al-Awsat—Tens of thousands of mourners chanted anti-Islamist slogans on Friday at the funeral of Tunisian secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid, whose death ...
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