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Tunisia politician Brahmi shot dead

Thursday, July 25th 2013, 20:50
related places: Tunis

Gunmen assassinate Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi, sparking protests in cities across the country.
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Star Wars city doomed by sand dune

Friday, July 19th 2013, 19:35

Sand dunes migrating over the Tunisian desert are poised to bury a famous Star Wars film set.
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France praises Tunisia as 'model'

Friday, July 5th 2013, 16:28
related countries: France France

French President Francois Hollande praises Tunisia as "a model in the region" and pledges another 500m euros to support its transition to democracy.
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Jailed Tunisian rapper released

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 0:58

Tunisian rapper Ala Yaacoub, known as Weld El 15, is freed from jail after his sentence for insulting and threatening the police is cut.
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Tunisia court frees Femen activists

Thursday, June 27th 2013, 1:10

Three European members of the feminist group Femen are freed in Tunisia, after a court suspends a jail term for a topless protest.
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Syrian angst over foreign rebel fighters

Monday, June 17th 2013, 15:01
related countries: Syria Syria

Mothers travel from Tunisia in a bid to free their jailed sons
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Tunisia rapper jailed over song

Thursday, June 13th 2013, 19:11

Tunisian rapper Ala Yaacoub, known as Weld El 15, is sentenced to two years for insulting and threatening police, as clashes take place outside court.
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Femen activists jailed in Tunisia

Wednesday, June 12th 2013, 18:29

Three European feminists are sentenced to four months in prison in Tunisia for staging a topless protest in support of a detained activist.
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Tunisian soldiers killed in blast

Thursday, June 6th 2013, 10:07
related countries: Algeria Algeria

Two Tunisian soldiers are killed and at least another two wounded in a roadside explosion as they hunt al-Qaeda-linked militants near the border with Algeria, the army says.
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Tunisia's radical divide over Salafi agenda

Thursday, June 6th 2013, 8:34

Two Tunisians - the blogger under threat and the hardline Islamist
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Femen activists on trial in Tunisia

Wednesday, June 5th 2013, 14:22
related places: Tunis

Three members of feminist group Femen appear in court in Tunis after holding a topless protest in support of a detained Tunisian activist.
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Feminist goes on trial in Tunisia

Thursday, May 30th 2013, 16:43

A prominent member of the feminist group, Femen, has gone on trial in Tunisia, charged with carrying an "incendiary object".
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Tunisia 'convicts 20' for US attack

Tuesday, May 28th 2013, 23:10
related countries: United States United States
related places: Tunis

A Tunisian court has given 20 people two-year suspended jail terms for an attack on the US embassy in Tunis in September 2012, their lawyer says.
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Deadly virus kills Tunisian man

Tuesday, May 21st 2013, 14:43

A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa.
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VIDEO: Tensions rise in Tunisia

Monday, May 20th 2013, 2:22

One protester has died as tensions rise in Tunisia between hardline Salafists and the country's moderate Islamist government.
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Tunisia police clash with Islamists

Sunday, May 19th 2013, 20:38

Clashes between Tunisian police and hundreds of supporters of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia leave one person dead and others injured.
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Tunisia bars Salafist gathering

Friday, May 17th 2013, 23:08
related places: Kairouan

Tunisia bans the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia from holding a meeting in the city of Kairouan, raising fears of possible violence.
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Tunisian held over Canada bomb plot

Thursday, May 9th 2013, 21:44
related countries: Canada Canada

A Tunisian man who allegedly met one of the men suspected of plotting to bomb a Canadian train has been charged with visa fraud in New York, prosecutors say.
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Tunisia Ben Ali relative gets asylum

Tuesday, April 16th 2013, 9:41
related countries: Seychelles Seychelles

Sakher El Materi, son-in-law of ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has been granted asylum in the Seychelles, officials say.
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VIDEO: Eco-tourism in Tunisia's new era

Sunday, April 14th 2013, 1:33

A slump in the number of visitors to Tunisia since the country's revolution has forced those in the tourism industry to rethink their businesses.
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Tunisia recovers 'stolen money'

Thursday, April 11th 2013, 17:10

Tunisia receives $29m from what it calls looted assets held abroad by ousted President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.
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Can niqabs and bikinis co-exist in Tunisia?

Wednesday, March 27th 2013, 0:33

Are Tunisia's women gaining or losing their freedoms?
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Tunisian dies after self-immolation

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 12:45

A Tunisian cigarette vendor dies after setting himself on fire in an act reminiscent of the event which triggered the "Arab Spring".
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Tunisia presents new government

Friday, March 8th 2013, 17:37

Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Ali Larayedh says he has presented the line-up of a new Islamist-led government to President Moncef Marzouki.
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Tunisia poised to unveil government

Thursday, March 7th 2013, 23:31

Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Ali Larayedh says the line-up of a new government has been agreed and will be presented to the president on Friday.
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