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Tunis in shock after ‘Black Monday’ crackdown on protests
World
April 10, 2012
Tunis in shock after ‘Black Monday’ crackdown on protests
Tunisia was in shock Tuesday after riot police brutally clamped down on protesters defying a demonstration ban in the capital,…
Tunisia’s Islamists to oppose Sharia in constitution
World
March 26, 2012
Tunisia’s Islamists to oppose Sharia in constitution
TUNIS — The moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which leads Tunisia's government, will not back calls by conservatives to make Islamic…
Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March
World
March 24, 2012
Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March
Tunisians are likely to vote for their first full post-revolutionary parliament in just under a year's time, a government official…
Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role
Egypt
February 22, 2012
Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role
After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how…
Tunisian parliament bloc proposes Islamic constitution
World
February 21, 2012
Tunisian parliament bloc proposes Islamic constitution
TUNIS — The third-largest party in Tunisia's constituent assembly, charged with writing a new constitution, proposed on Monday a draft…
Assembly set to elect Tunisian interim president
World
December 12, 2011
Assembly set to elect Tunisian interim president
TUNIS — Tunisia's new constitutional assembly appeared set Monday to elect a veteran human rights activist to serve as the…
New Tunisian leaders announce government plan
World
November 22, 2011
New Tunisian leaders announce government plan
TUNIS — The main winners of Tunisia's elections announced late Monday the shape of the country's interim government ahead of…
Wednesday’s papers: Tunisian and Egyptian Islamists are not the same
Egypt
October 26, 2011
Wednesday’s papers: Tunisian and Egyptian Islamists are not the same
Following the death of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, Egyptian commentators have alleged that Egypt’s media as a whole failed to…
Special from Tunisia: The battle for identity ahead of elections
World
October 21, 2011
Special from Tunisia: The battle for identity ahead of elections
TUNIS - Voting in Tunisia’s first elections since the ouster of longtime dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has started, with…