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20 min ago | The Journal of Commerce Online

US, Tunisia Launch Small Business Initiative

The U.S. and Tunisia have launched an initiative to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, boost trade and promote economic growth.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, World News, Tunisia

Tue May 21, 2013

Real Clear Politics

The Black Banner Rises in Tunisia

The Tunisian group Ansar al-Sharia is about as close as one could fear to being an al-Qaeda-front organization operating freely in an Arab country.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Muslim Brotherhood

Fox News

'Dropped the Ball': Sources: Gov't Holding Up Pursuit of Libya Attackers

U.S. military sources serving in North Africa are challenging the latest White House claim that the administration is applying "all the resources" at its disposal to bring the Benghazi attackers to justice, charging instead that the Obama administration knows who is responsible but is not acting.

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Jerusalem Post

Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus

A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories

KTEN-TV Denison

Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death

A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a cellphone controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Wedding, Tom Coburn, Republican, World News, Tunisia

The Standard

Tunisia says Sars-like virus killed elderly man (World) (27 mins ago) ...

Tunisia's Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected with the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia.

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Mon May 20, 2013

The Peninsula

Tunisia on right path despite challenges: PM

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani receiving Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Qatar, Middle East

The Peninsula

Bahrain jails Shias over terror...

DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced nine Shias to jail terms ranging between 10 and 15 years yesterday after convicting them of forming a "terrorist" group, a judicial source said.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Africa, Israel, Middle East

International Business Times

Tunisia: Topless Femen Activist Amina Tyler Arrested amid Police Clashes with Salafists [VIDEO]

Police took the member of radical feminist movement into custody after she spraypainted the Femen name on a wall outside the Great Mosque of Kairouan, also known as Oqba ibn Nafa mosque.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Tunisia

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation

Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Hofstra University, Oklahoma, Boston College

Sun May 19, 2013

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Tunisia: 1 Dead in Clashes Between Security Forces and Salafists

Security forces and hardline Islamists fought street battles in Tunis on Sunday, with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, AFP reported.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Africa, Terrorism

AllAfrica.com

Tunisia: Turkey Pledges to Promote Tunisia's Destination

Carthage - Chairmen of Tourism Professional Chambers and the Turkish Travel Agencies Federation pledged on Friday to launch a promotional campaign to better introduce Tunisia's assets, which according to them "is a charming and attractive destination to tourists." During a meeting with President Moncef Marzouki, the Turkish officials expressed will ... (more)

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Related Topix: Travel, Tunisia Travel, Africa Travel, World News, Tunisia, Africa

TechEBlog

Fascinating Look at the Abandoned Star Wars Set in Tunisia

In 2010, Ra di Martino, a prominent artist and photographer, adventured into the Tunisian desert in search of the abandoned movie sets from Star Wars.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tunisia security blocks salafi conference

Tunisian security officers stand guard, in the city of Kairouan, where ultraconservative Islamic group Ansar al-Shariah's annual conference was supposed to be held, Sunday May 19, 2013.

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KCTV5

Immigrants to the U.S. face red tape, paperwork

Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Labour Party (UK), Tunisia

Russia Taday

Teargas and shots in air as Tunisian police clash with hundreds of Salafi protesters

Tear gas is seen as protesters clash with riot police attempting to disperse the crowd in the city of Kairouan May 19, 2013 Tunisian police have fired teargas and shots into the air to disperse radical Islamists protesters who gathered in Tunis to support the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, despite the rally being banned.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Africa, Riot

Jerusalem Post

Tunisian police clash with Islamists over banned rally

Supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clashed with Tunisian police on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally, saying it posed a threat to society.

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The Las Vegas Sun

Confrontation looms as Tunisia moves on salafis

Tunisia is taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups, a crackdown that has sparked demonstrations by rock-throwing protesters and ominous warnings of terrorist attacks to come.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Tunisia, Terrorism

Sat May 18, 2013

The Peninsula

Tight security in Tunisia as Sa...

KAIROUAN, Tunisia: Tunisian security forces deployed in strength yesterday after Salafist movement Ansar Al Sharia called on its hardline Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Africa, Travel, Tunisia Travel, Africa Travel, Kairouan, Tunisia Travel

PR-inside.com

"Spreads in Tunisia" now available at Fast Market Research

The increased awareness of health and wellness issues led many consumers, notably middle- and high-income Tunisians, to spend more on healthy and natural products such as honey.

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