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Tunisia recovers $29m from Ben Ali's wifeTunisia received $28.8 million on Thursday in the first such retrieval of what it calls looted assets held abroad by ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family. The state news agenc More… |
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Court gives Ben Ali 15-year jail termA Tunisian court sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to 15 years in prison on Monday after finding him guilty of illegal possession of drugs and weapons. The verdict and sentence were read out by the judge More… |
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Ben Ali sentenced in absentia to 35 yearsA Tunisian court sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on Monday to 35 years in jail, six months after his overthrow in a revolution helped to inspire the "Arab Spring". Ben Ali, who has been in Saudi Arabia since More… |
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Tunisia election delayed until Oct 23Tunisia's election will be delayed until October 23, a week later than the date suggested by electoral officials, to ensure it can be "free and transparent", Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi said on Wednesday. The date was More… |
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Tunisia asks Interpol to arrest Ben Ali, wifeTunisia wants to have ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family arrested and put on trial for theft and currency offences, the justice minister said on Wednesday. The international police organisation Interpol has been asked More… |
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Rural poor rally in Tunis seeking changeProtesters from Tunisia's poor rural heartlands demonstrated in the capital on Sunday to demand that the revolution they started should now sweep the remnants of the fallen president's old guard from power. A week after Prime Minis More… |
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Rural poor rally in Tunis seeking changeProtesters from Tunisia's poor rural heartlands demonstrated in the capital on Sunday to demand that the revolution they started should now sweep the remnants of the fallen president's old guard from power. A week after Prime Minis More… |
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Tunisia PM to announce new govtTunisia's prime minister promised to announce a new coalition government on Monday, hoping to maintain the momentum of political progress to ward off fresh protests and also undercut gunmen loyal to the ousted president. Tunisian special f More… |
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Tunisia plans unity govt to quell violenceTunisia's new leadership moved to form a coalition government to gain the upper hand over violent looters and quell arson and shooting that broke out after President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted by protests. Speaker of parl More… |
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Tunisian leader bows to unrest, sets departure dateTunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, facing the worst unrest of his rule, said he would not run again when his term ends in 2014, prompting scenes of celebration in the streets of the capital. Ben Ali, only the second head of state More… |
