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Huge turnout in Tunisia’s Arab Spring election
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Huge turnout in Tunisia’s Arab Spring election

Tunisian voters poured into polling stations to vote on Sunday in their country's first free elections, ten months after vegetable…
Tunisians begin voting in first ‘Arab Spring’ vote
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Tunisians begin voting in first ‘Arab Spring’ vote

Tunisians began voting on Sunday in the first election of the "Arab Spring" uprisings, and were expected to hand a…
Group of five Arab activists named finalist for Sakharov Prize
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Group of five Arab activists named finalist for Sakharov Prize

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament in Brussels announced this year's finalists for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which…
Special from Tunisia: The battle for identity ahead of elections
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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…
Tunisians in France mobilize for landmark ballot
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Tunisians in France mobilize for landmark ballot

PARIS - With Tunisia's landmark election fast approaching, Najoua Bennaceur has kicked her campaign into high gear and taken her…
Tunisia Islamists set for big election gains
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Tunisia Islamists set for big election gains

  TUNIS- As the land that launched the Arab Spring heads into historic elections next week, all eyes are on…
Tunisian TV station apologizes for airing God in broadcast
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Tunisian TV station apologizes for airing God in broadcast

The head of a private Tunisian TV channel apologized Tuesday for airing part of a film judged blasphemous by Muslims,…
Tunisian police stop hardline attack on TV station
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Tunisian police stop hardline attack on TV station

TUNIS - Tunisian police on Sunday arrested dozens of Islamist demonstrators set on attacking the offices of a television channel…
Arab Spring activists observing Poland’s election
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Arab Spring activists observing Poland’s election

WARSAW, Poland - A group of Arab Spring activists observing Polish parliamentary elections are championing the spirit of civil society,…
Obama hails Tunisia as ‘inspiration’ of Arab Spring
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Obama hails Tunisia as ‘inspiration’ of Arab Spring

President Barack Obama heralded Tunisia's progress toward democracy after a White House meeting with Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi on…
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