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Tunisia : Art dissects Tunisia's revolution, one year on
on 2012/2/29 16:46:43
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AFP
From bold portraits to wry cartoons on the Islamist resurgence at the polls, a Paris show explores the roots and branches of Tunisia's revolution, one year on, as seen by home-grown artists.

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Tunisia : Tunisia protesters call for government to resign
on 2012/2/26 12:09:30
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More than 3,000 protesters rallied in Tunisia's capital on Saturday to call for the country's moderate Islamist government to resign after accusations that ruling party activists had defaced union offices.

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Tunisia : Tunisia leader sees Yemen-style exit for Syria's Assad
on 2012/2/13 12:25:42
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said Sunday he hoped the bloodshed in Syria could be stopped under a similar scenario to the one which saw Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh relinquish power.

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Tunisia : Thousands protest conservative Islam in Tunisia
on 2012/1/29 11:39:17
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AFP
Thousands of Tunisians angered by the increasing prominence of ultra-conservative Islamists in a country only recently freed from dictatorial rule took to the streets in protest Saturday.

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Tunisia : Police break up sit-in for Muslim veil at Tunisia university
on 2012/1/25 11:26:01
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AFP
Tunisian police on Tuesday ended a weeks-long sit-in by conservative Muslims at a university that banned the full-face veil, a university official said.

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Tunisia : Tunisian dies of self-immolation, year after Ben Ali ouster
on 2012/1/11 12:36:13
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AFP
A Tunisian man has died after setting himself on fire to protest unemployment, an official said Tuesday, a year after a fruit-seller's self-immolation sparked the Arab Spring.

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Tunisia : Tunisian journalists protest over top jobs
on 2012/1/10 13:13:36
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AFP
Several hundred Tunisian journalists demonstrated in Tunis Monday to protest at the appointment of media bosses by the government, which they regard as a return to bad practices of the past.

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Tunisia : Youths in Tunisia uprising flashpoint heckle new leaders
on 2012/1/9 11:29:36
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AFP
Youths in Kasserine, a town at the forefront of Tunisia's uprising a year ago, on Sunday heckled the men their revolution brought to power, radio reports and residents said.

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Tunisia : Tunisian 'critical' after immolation bid
on 2012/1/7 13:34:22
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AFP
A jobless Tunisian who set himself alight in the province of Gafsa after being snubbed by cabinet ministers visiting the unemployment-hit region was in a critical state on Friday, doctors said.

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Tunisia : Tunisian government sworn in
on 2011/12/25 11:20:40
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AFP
Tunisia's new government was sworn in on Saturday by the country's president, who told the ministers to get straight down to work.

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Tunisia : Tunisia gets interim government
on 2011/12/24 11:45:06
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Press TV
Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly has approved the line-up for the country's interim government proposed by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali of the Islamic Ennahda party.

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Tunisia : Tunisian PM presents new government
on 2011/12/21 10:52:33
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Tunisia's new Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali on Tuesday presented his new team to the country's president, though the make up of the new government was not publicly unveiled.

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Tunisia : Cradle of Arab Spring celebrates first anniversary
on 2011/12/18 16:38:26
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people packed a provincial town square to celebrate the first anniversary on Saturday of Tunisia's democratic revolution in the place where it began, unleashing a tide of popular revolt that has transformed the Arab world.

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Tunisia : Tunisia president asks for six-month political truce
on 2011/12/17 15:15:31
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Tunisia's new president on Wednesday asked for a six-month political truce and a moratorium on strikes and protests, warning that otherwise the country would be committing "collective suicide."

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Tunisia : Tunisia president asks for 6-month political truce
on 2011/12/15 14:54:56
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Reuters
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's new president on Wednesday asked for a six-month political truce and a moratorium on strikes and protests, warning that otherwise the country would be committing "collective suicide".

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Tunisia : Tunisia installs former dissident as president
on 2011/12/13 15:50:00
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(Reuters) - Tunisia on Monday installed as its new president a former dissident who was imprisoned and then exiled for opposing former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, a new landmark in the country's post-revolutionary transition to democracy.

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Tunisia : Tunisian assembly elects new president
on 2011/12/13 15:33:36
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Tunisia's veteran opposition leader Moncef Marzouki has been elected president, more than a month after the country's first post-revolution election was held.

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Tunisia : Tunisia adopts provisional constitution
on 2011/12/11 16:27:39
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Press TV
Tunisia's Constituent Assembly has adopted a provisional constitution that paves the way for the formation of a government, 45 days after the first post-revolution elections in the North African country.

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Tunisia : Islamists and secularists in Tunisia stand-off
on 2011/12/4 10:56:58
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Thousands of Tunisian Islamists and secularists staged parallel protests outside the interim parliament on Saturday in a dispute over how big a role Islam should play in society after the country's "Arab Spring" revolution.

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Tunisia : Ghannouchi warns Riyadh of revolution
on 2011/12/4 10:51:51
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Press TV
Leader of Tunisia's Islamic party of al-Nahda Rashid Ghannouchi has warned Saudi Arabia of a revolution in the kingdom if Riyadh does not respect popular demand.

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