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.

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• March 7th 2013 – February 6th 2013
• February 6th 2013 – October 9th 2012
• October 8th 2012 – May 3rd 2012
• April 6th 2012 – December 17th 2011
• December 17th 2011 – October 25th 2011
• October 24th 2011 – June 21st 2011
• June 20th 2011 – May 6th 2011
• May 3rd 2011 – March 27th 2011
• March 23rd 2011 – March 1st 2011
• March 1st 2011 – February 14th 2011
• February 14th 2011 – January 31st 2011
• January 31st 2011 – January 22nd 2011
• January 22nd 2011 – January 18th 2011
• January 18th 2011 – January 15th 2011
• January 15th 2011 – January 12th 2011
• January 12th 2011 – July 11th 2010
• July 7th 2010 – March 14th 2008
• March 10th 2008 – May 22nd 2006
• May 10th 2006 – November 12th 2005

Tunisia: news

Tunisia to jail sick journalist

Wednesday, July 7th 2010, 9:26

A court in Tunisia upholds a four-year prison sentence for a journalist who had covered violent protests.
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Tunisia dissident reporter free

Tuesday, April 27th 2010, 17:41

Taoufik Ben Brik, a journalist critical of Tunisia's president, leaves prison after serving a six-month sentence for assault.
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Tunisian journalist loses appeal

Saturday, January 30th 2010, 11:48

A Tunisian journalist critical of the country's leader loses his appeal against a controversial six-month prison sentence.
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Cameroon draw secures passage

Thursday, January 21st 2010, 19:22
related countries: Cameroon

Cameroon scrape through to the Cup of Nations quarter-finals after a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Tunisia in Lubango.
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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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Remote access

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 10:26

Satellite bus rolls out internet to Tunisian villages
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France tries Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Monday, January 5th 2009, 16:59
related countries: France

Three men - including the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks - go on trial in France for the bombing of a Tunisian synagogue.
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UK extradits Tunisians to Italy

Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 0:43
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

Three Tunisian men wanted in Italy for alleged terrorist offences have been extradited from Britain, police say.
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One killed in Tunisian price riot

Friday, June 6th 2008, 17:44
related countries: India, Malaysia

Unrest over the rising cost of living turns lethal in Tunisia and challenges the authorities in India and Malaysia.
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Austria urges hostage release

Friday, March 14th 2008, 15:01

The Austrian chancellor calls on Al-Qaeda in North Africa to release two tourists being held hostage in Tunisia.
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