News: Tunisia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Tunisia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Tunisia – overview

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• December 5th 2009 – February 5th 2009
• February 5th 2009 – January 23rd 2008
• October 10th 2007 – August 7th 2006
• June 23rd 2006 – November 18th 2005
• November 17th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Tunisia: news

Growing cost of sacrifice in Tunisia

Saturday, December 5th 2009, 13:51

During preparations for the Eid al-Adha festival, Luke Freeman discovers that the sacrifice of a sheep is becoming an increasing financial burden for families in Tunisia.
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Guantanamo Tunisians in Italy

Tuesday, December 1st 2009, 10:56
related countries: Italy, United States

Two Tunisian inmates of the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay arrive in Italy, where they face prosecution.
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Tunisia jails dissident reporter

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 11:57

Taoufik Ben Brik, a journalist critical of Tunisia's leader, is jailed for six months on charges he says are trumped up.
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Nigeria qualify for World Cup finals

Saturday, November 14th 2009, 10:38
related countries: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Nigeria beat Kenya 3-2 to finish ahead of Tunisia and book a place in the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.
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Call to free ill Tunisia reporter

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 12:51
related countries: France

France's foreign minister urges Tunisia to let detained journalist Taoufik Ben Brik seek medical treatment.
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Tunisian president in fifth win

Monday, October 26th 2009, 13:45

Tunisia's president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali secures a fifth term in office in a vote criticised by opposition and rights groups.
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Tunisia reporter move 'bodes ill'

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 13:54

Pro-government journalists in Tunisia have taken control of a union, threatening press freedom before an election, activists say.
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Nine held in Tunisia terror plot

Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 2:12
related countries: United States

Tunisian police charge nine men with plotting to kill American servicemen during joint military exercises.
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Pilot jailed for Sicily air crash

Tuesday, March 24th 2009, 17:49
related countries: Italy

An Italian court jails a Tunisian pilot who paused to pray before ditching his plane off Sicily's northern coast, killing 16 people.
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Two jailed over Tunisia bombing

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 22:05
related countries: France

A French court sentences two men over an attack on a synagogue in Tunisia that killed 21 people in 2002.
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