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Made Popular Jul 6 2009
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The worry over Swine flu has lead Tunisian officials to prevent some citizens from making the Omra this years and raised the question as to whether the Hajj should be delayed.

The Omra is a precursor to the Hajj. The Omra can be done at anytime,...

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The Ben Ali government has informed the Obama administration that it will do its part for the international community and take in all Tunisian nationals at the...
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The Tunisian security service is tired. After running out of journalists, human rights activists, and their lawyers to abuse, they have turned sights on wild boar....
made popular May 8 2009
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One of the prevailing problems of modern Tunisia is the continuously high unemployment rate. The official rate is 14%, but unofficially it may be higher. Half of...
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I recently came across a news item from Tunisia Online News [which may be funded by the government] that struck me as odd. The article reported that Tunisia has been...
made popular May 4 2009
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I was reading this item in the Cuban press: The president of Tunisia’s House of Deputies, Fouad Mebazaa, condemned the nearly-50-year US economic blockade of...
made popular May 2 2009
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Here is the dishonorable list of the Ten Worst countries for bloggers. The list is not surprising, not the inclusion of Tunisia or China. It is in these countries...
made popular May 1 2009
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It wasn’t that long ago that Tunisia starting printing, so to speak, a new 5 Dinar coin (exchange rate 1.39 Dinar: 1 Dollar). That coin featured the image of the...
made popular Apr 30 2009
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In an effort to increase foreign-direct investment [FDI], the Tunisian government has launched a multi-year campaign under the banner “Looking for growth? Think...
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This is it. The World Cup qualifying match between Tunisia and African-heavy weight Nigeria. Tunisia has a good record. It has attended the World Cup for three...
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“In this case, we do know for example that a network that provides foreign fighters from Tunisia through Syria to Iraq was re-activated or re-established after...
made popular Apr 27 2009
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Apr 24 2009 by AP0 Comments

The top U.S. military commander in the Mideast says attacks in Iraq will continue for some time, and they may be the work of a network of foreign fighters from Tunisia.

 
 
Feb 5 2009 by AP0 Comments

A French court sentenced a German convert to Islam to 18 years in prison Thursday for his role in the bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia that killed 21 people nearly eight years ago.

 
 
Jan 19 2009 by AP0 Comments

Officials say a boat carrying up to 35 young Tunisians trying to travel to Italy illegally has capsized near Tunis.

 
 
Jan 5 2009 by AP0 Comments

A man who says he orchestrated the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States was among three people put on trial Monday in a Paris court for involvement in a deadly synagogue bombing in Tunisia.

 
 
Jan 4 2009 by AP0 Comments

The self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks goes on trial in absentia in France on Monday for allegedly ordering a deadly Tunisian synagogue bombing less than a year after the assault on New York and Washington.

 
 
Nov 24 2008 by AP0 Comments

A lawyer says a Tunisian court has convicted an alleged former logistics head of al-Qaida’s European operations of belonging to a terror group and given him an 11-year prison sentence.

 
 
Nov 17 2008 by AP0 Comments

The EU transport commissioner says European and African countries should work to build a single highway system connecting northern and southern Africa.

 
 
Nov 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

Top African finance officials urged wealthy nations Wednesday to help their continent during this weekend’s Group of 20 crisis summit, vowing on their part to boost economic reforms and national cash reserves.

 
 
Nov 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

Top African finance officials convened Wednesday in Tunisia for an emergency meeting on the world financial crisis, hoping to voice Africa’s concerns ahead of a G-20 summit later this week.

 
 
Oct 31 2008 by AP0 Comments

Austria’s government says two Austrians kidnapped more than eight months ago while on holiday in Tunisia have been released.

 
 
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