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The fall of Libyan Colonel Gaddafi

November 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Who was Colonel Muammar Gaddafi? Was he a deadly Libyan tyrant and dictator as the Western media portrayed him – bent on assuming the leadership of the Arab world in the manner of Gamal Abdul Nasser? That Gaddafi was a … read more »

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Tunisian police clash with protesters

May 6, 2011 by benim

Tunisian police have used tear gas and batons to break up protests demanding the resignation of the government in the most violent confrontation for weeks with pro-democracy demonstrators. A demonstration in central Tunis by about 200 people on Friday called … read more »

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Police clash with protesters in Tunisian capital

April 1, 2011 by benim

Police fired tear gas Friday on stone-throwing youths in Tunisia’s capital after a demonstration by hundreds of Islamists protesting the country’s secular laws. The violence at the end of a day of peaceful, small protests disrupted a period of relative … read more »

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Tunisia’s Ennahda party may join interim government

March 3, 2011 by benim

Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda movement, banned for two decades until this week, could now join the government as cabinet resignations threatened a shaky transition to democracy, its leader said on Wednesday. Six ministers quit this week following deadly protests, leaving the … read more »

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Tunisia gets new prime minister

February 28, 2011 by benim

Tunis – Tunisia’s interim president has named former government minister Beji Caid-Essebsi as the country’s new prime minister and called for calm to return after violent new protests. The appointment by caretaker President Fouad Mebazaa on Sunday comes just hours … read more »

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Crowds turn out for returning Tunisian Islamist

January 31, 2011 by benim

Thousands of Tunisians turned out on Sunday to welcome home an Islamist leader whose return from 22 years of exile marks a powerful symbol of the change that has swept the country this month. Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, head of the … read more »

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Tunisians clash over pace of change, government

January 25, 2011 by benim

Hundreds of Tunisians rallied on Tuesday in support of the interim government formed after the ousting of president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, but later clashed with protesters demanding a purge of former regime loyalists. The government has struggled to assert … read more »

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Libyans are just as hungry as Tunisians

January 21, 2011 by benim

We Arabs have been trapped between dictators and their friends in the west, but Tunisians have shown us a way out In the 1970s, the young Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was the most impatient exponent of Arab unity. In … read more »

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Facts about Tunisia

November 6, 2010 by benim

Home of the ancient city of Carthage, Tunisia has long been an important player in the Mediterranean, placed as it is in the centre of North Africa, close to vital shipping routes. In their time, the Romans, Arabs, Ottoman Turks … read more »

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