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PressTV
Tunisia is set to hold elections for a Constituent Assembly on July 24 despite calls from the election commission for a delay until October.

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Xinhua
TUNIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, the country's interim government recommended maintaining the election date for the country's constituent assembly on July 24, the state-run press agency TAP reported.

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Aljazeera

Head of election board wants poll moved to October, saying there is not enough time for "transparent election" in July.

The president of Tunisia's independent election committee has proposed postponing the country's upcoming election to October 16 from July 24, citing operational reasons.

Speaking at a news conference in Tunis, the capital, on Sunday, Kamel Jandoubi said it would be impossible to have elections on the expected date in July.

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reuters

Tunisian security forces on Sunday arrested two people suspected of being members of al Qaeda near the Libyan border who were carrying an explosives belt, several bombs and led authorities to a weapons stash in the mountains.

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REUTERS

Jewish pilgrims may not be able to hold their usual celebrations at one of Africa's oldest synagogues this year because of renewed security concerns in Tunisia where the site is based.

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Reuters
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian authorities referred the case against ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to a military court on Wednesday, the official TAP news agency reported.

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reuters

People in the shabby Tunisian city where a street vendor set himself on fire last December have seen two Arab leaders fall in the wave of protests they started. But they see little change in their lives.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's prime minister suggested on Sunday that July elections for an assembly to draw up a new constitution could be delayed, potentially fuelling unease among anti-government protesters over the path to democracy.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court convicted on Saturday a nephew of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's wife on charges of drug use and sentenced him to two years in jail, the official TAP news agency said.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police used teargas on Saturday to disperse protesters demanding the departure of the government and angry at a heavy handed response to demonstrations this week.

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reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick travels to Tunisia on Monday, his first visit to the country since a January revolution ousted its leader and sparked similar uprisings across the Middle East.

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reuters

SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia (Reuters) - A Tunisian court on Tuesday freed a policewoman accused of hitting a young fruit seller who in protest at his treatment by the authorities set himself on fire in an act that helped inspire regional revolts.

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reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tunisian Finance Minister Jalloul Ayed said on Saturday that rescheduling his country's debt was 'out of the question'

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Reuters
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian authorities have prepared 18 legal cases against former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, including "voluntary manslaughter" and "drug trafficking", the state TAP news agency said on Wednesday.

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reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank is working with Tunisia on $500 million in budget support, which could leverage an additional $700 million from other donors, World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced on Tuesday.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Italy and Tunisia signed an accord on Tuesday to stem a wave of illegal migrants arriving in Italy from North Africa.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi discussed in Tunisia on Monday how to repatriate thousands of Tunisian migrants, pledging to do so in "a civil manner" as more boats from North Africa reached southern Italy.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian soldiers fired in the air to disperse demonstrators in the southern town of Tozeur on Saturday, and several people were injured, a witness said.

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reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's interim President Fouad Mebazza named a new interior minister on Monday, the official TAP news agency said, continuing a cabinet overhaul after the January overthrow of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

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xinhua

TUNIS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian authorities have imposed a dawn to dusk curfew, from 7 p.m. (1800 GMT) to 5 a.m. (0400 GMT) in the southern mining town of Metlaoui, nearly 380 km from the capital, the official press agency TAP reported Sunday.