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Empty Shelves And Rising Prices Test Tunisians' Patience
Food shortages are worsening in Tunisia with empty shelves in supermarkets and bakeries, adding to popular discontent at high prices and risking unrest as the government tries to stave off a crisis in public finances.
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"The Rapist Is You!": Tunisian Women Perform Chilean Song Against Rape
Around 60 Tunisian women on Saturday performed the feminist flash-mob song "The rapist is you!", a Chilean creation that went global, in front of the seat of government in Tunis.
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Tunisia Parliament Approves New Unity Government
Tunisia's parliament on Friday resoundingly approved the new unity government of Youssef Chahed, supporting a cabinet line-up which will have to tackle the country's pressing socio-economic and security challenges.
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Tunisia PM-Designate Starts Talks On Forming Government
Tunisia's prime minister-designate Youssef Chahed began talks on Thursday aimed at creating a unity government to tackle major economic and security challenges.
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21 Jihadists, 4 Civilians Killed In Tunisia Fighting: New Toll
Tunisian security forces killed 21 jihadists who attacked police and army posts near the Libyan border on Monday triggering fighting in which four civilians were also killed, the government said.
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Security Tight After Tunisia Bomb Blast Kills at Least 13
At least 13 people were killed in Tuesday's apparent suicide bombing of a Tunisian presidential guard bus in central Tunis, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency and tighten security around the capital.
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Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign From Parliament
Thirty two Tunisian lawmakers accused President Beji Caid Essebsi's son of meddling and resigned from the ruling party bloc in parliament today, allowing Islamist rivals to become the largest party.
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2 Serbia Embassy Employees Abducted in Libya: Government
Two Serbian embassy employees, a man and a woman, were abducted in Libya's coastal city of Sabratha on Sunday while they were travelling in convoy to Tunisia, the government in Belgrade said.
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Italy Court Refuses Extradition to Tunisia of Museum Attack Suspect
An Italian court today refused to extradite a Moroccan man suspected of having supplied weapons for the attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunisia earlier this year because he might face the death penalty in the case.
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Tunisia Prime Minister Warns of Repercussions Over British Warning
Tunisia's prime minister said he would telephone British counterpart David Cameron today to respond to his government's advice that the North African nation was unsafe for holidays, threatening unspecified repercussions.
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Libya Says Detainees Admit Murders of 7 Journalists
Libya's internationally recognised government on Wednesday said five detainees had admitted to killing five reporters from a local television station as well as two Tunisian journalists, in murders previously claimed by the Islamic State group.
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In Tunisia's Tourist Heartland, Anxious Wait After Attack
The European visitors strolling Tunisia's Hammamet resort are an encouraging sign for a government determined to minimise the fallout of last week's shooting of 20 tourists in the nearby capital.
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Tunisia Prime Minister Fires Police Chiefs After Museum Attacks
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired police chiefs for the capital and the area of the national museum after last week's attacks on foreign tourists, the government said today.
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Tunisia Arrests More Than 20 in Crackdown Since Museum Attack
Tunisian authorities have arrested more than 20 suspected militants in a nationwide security crackdown since gunmen killed 23 people, mostly foreign tourists, in Wednesday's attack in the capital, the government said.
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Italy Wants North African Countries to Rescue Migrants at Sea
Italy wants Egypt and Tunisia to play a role in rescuing stricken migrant vessels in the Mediterranean, a government planning paper showed, so that survivors could be taken back to African instead of European ports.
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Empty Shelves And Rising Prices Test Tunisians' Patience
Food shortages are worsening in Tunisia with empty shelves in supermarkets and bakeries, adding to popular discontent at high prices and risking unrest as the government tries to stave off a crisis in public finances.
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"The Rapist Is You!": Tunisian Women Perform Chilean Song Against Rape
Around 60 Tunisian women on Saturday performed the feminist flash-mob song "The rapist is you!", a Chilean creation that went global, in front of the seat of government in Tunis.
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Tunisia Parliament Approves New Unity Government
Tunisia's parliament on Friday resoundingly approved the new unity government of Youssef Chahed, supporting a cabinet line-up which will have to tackle the country's pressing socio-economic and security challenges.
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Tunisia PM-Designate Starts Talks On Forming Government
Tunisia's prime minister-designate Youssef Chahed began talks on Thursday aimed at creating a unity government to tackle major economic and security challenges.
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21 Jihadists, 4 Civilians Killed In Tunisia Fighting: New Toll
Tunisian security forces killed 21 jihadists who attacked police and army posts near the Libyan border on Monday triggering fighting in which four civilians were also killed, the government said.
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Security Tight After Tunisia Bomb Blast Kills at Least 13
At least 13 people were killed in Tuesday's apparent suicide bombing of a Tunisian presidential guard bus in central Tunis, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency and tighten security around the capital.
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Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign From Parliament
Thirty two Tunisian lawmakers accused President Beji Caid Essebsi's son of meddling and resigned from the ruling party bloc in parliament today, allowing Islamist rivals to become the largest party.
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2 Serbia Embassy Employees Abducted in Libya: Government
Two Serbian embassy employees, a man and a woman, were abducted in Libya's coastal city of Sabratha on Sunday while they were travelling in convoy to Tunisia, the government in Belgrade said.
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Italy Court Refuses Extradition to Tunisia of Museum Attack Suspect
An Italian court today refused to extradite a Moroccan man suspected of having supplied weapons for the attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunisia earlier this year because he might face the death penalty in the case.
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Tunisia Prime Minister Warns of Repercussions Over British Warning
Tunisia's prime minister said he would telephone British counterpart David Cameron today to respond to his government's advice that the North African nation was unsafe for holidays, threatening unspecified repercussions.
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Libya Says Detainees Admit Murders of 7 Journalists
Libya's internationally recognised government on Wednesday said five detainees had admitted to killing five reporters from a local television station as well as two Tunisian journalists, in murders previously claimed by the Islamic State group.
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In Tunisia's Tourist Heartland, Anxious Wait After Attack
The European visitors strolling Tunisia's Hammamet resort are an encouraging sign for a government determined to minimise the fallout of last week's shooting of 20 tourists in the nearby capital.
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Tunisia Prime Minister Fires Police Chiefs After Museum Attacks
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired police chiefs for the capital and the area of the national museum after last week's attacks on foreign tourists, the government said today.
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Tunisia Arrests More Than 20 in Crackdown Since Museum Attack
Tunisian authorities have arrested more than 20 suspected militants in a nationwide security crackdown since gunmen killed 23 people, mostly foreign tourists, in Wednesday's attack in the capital, the government said.
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Italy Wants North African Countries to Rescue Migrants at Sea
Italy wants Egypt and Tunisia to play a role in rescuing stricken migrant vessels in the Mediterranean, a government planning paper showed, so that survivors could be taken back to African instead of European ports.
