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Tunisia security blocks salafi conference

Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country.

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Fri May 17, 2013

BBC News

Tunisia bars Salafist gathering

The Salafist group has already vowed to go ahead with the gathering and warned that the government would be responsible for any violence.

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Thu May 16, 2013

American Reporter

An a.R. EditorialTHE New Revolt

BRADENTON, Fla., Updated Jan. 29, 2011-- Americans don't ask their country to get involved in the internal political struggles of the nations it interacts with, and the general rule is that we don't. But prior to the last decade, we were surely too involved in such struggles.

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Related Topix: Bradenton, FL, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Prison, World News, Africa, Tunisia

Wed May 15, 2013

Esprit de Corps Military Magazine

Baird coming to his senses?

It would appear that after more than 26 months of violent strife in Syria, Canada's Foreign Affairs minister is beginning to understand that this is a very complex equation.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Africa, Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak

Mon May 13, 2013

American Reporter

An a.R. EditorialTHE New Revolt

BRADENTON, Fla., Updated Jan. 29, 2011-- Americans don't ask their country to get involved in the internal political struggles of the nations it interacts with, and the general rule is that we don't. But prior to the last decade, we were surely too involved in such struggles.

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Sun May 12, 2013

The Chronicle Herald

TAYLOR: Strife in Syria a complex issue

It would appear that after more than 26 months of violent strife in Syria, Canada's Foreign Affairs minister is beginning to understand that this is a very complex equation.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Africa, Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak, Opinion

Thu May 09, 2013

American Reporter

An a.R. EditorialTHE New Revolt

BRADENTON, Fla., Updated Jan. 29, 2011-- Americans don't ask their country to get involved in the internal political struggles of the nations it interacts with, and the general rule is that we don't. But prior to the last decade, we were surely too involved in such struggles.

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Related Topix: Bradenton, FL, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Prison, World News, Africa, Tunisia

The Peninsula

Qaeda threat worse under Ben Al...

TUNIS: The threat Islamist militants posed to Tunisia under ousted dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was worse than the current threat, the ruling Islamist party Ennahda's leader Rached Ghannouchi said yesterday.

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Tue May 07, 2013

The Daily Star

Tunisia links two wanted jihadist groups to Al-Qaeda

Tunisian army vehicles are deployed in Kasserine, the regional capital of the western region of Mount Chaambi, on May 7, 2013.

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Sun May 05, 2013

American Reporter

An a.R. EditorialTHE New Revolt

BRADENTON, Fla., Updated Jan. 29, 2011-- Americans don't ask their country to get involved in the internal political struggles of the nations it interacts with, and the general rule is that we don't. But prior to the last decade, we were surely too involved in such struggles.

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Related Topix: Bradenton, FL, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Prison, World News, Africa, Tunisia

Bloomberg

Tunisia Pilgrimage to Shrine Unites Jews With Muslims Amid Salafi Violence

A whitewashed synagogue gleams in the sunlight as Saidia Ben Khayat, a basket of raw eggs in hand, labors up a winding path on Tunisia 's Djerba island.

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Wed May 01, 2013

American Reporter

An a.R. EditorialTHE New Revolt

BRADENTON, Fla., Updated Jan. 29, 2011-- Americans don't ask their country to get involved in the internal political struggles of the nations it interacts with, and the general rule is that we don't. But prior to the last decade, we were surely too involved in such struggles.

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Related Topix: Bradenton, FL, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Prison, World News, Africa, Tunisia

Tue Apr 30, 2013

The Daily Star

Tunisia's Ben Ali handed third life sentence

TUNIS: Tunisia's ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday was handed a third life sentence since he fled to Saudi Arabia in January 2011 during a mass uprising against his rule.

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Vallejo News

Jews ease back into Tunisia for famed pilgrimage Under a bright...

Under a bright Mediterranean sun Saturday, Jews whose forebears once thronged Tunisia are trekking to a celebrated synagogue under the protection of police - as organizers try to inject new momentum to an annual pilgrimage that's been depleted in recent years by fears of anti-Semitism. Jewish leaders hope the three-day pilgrimage to the Ghriba ... (more)

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Mon Apr 29, 2013

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Hundreds Complete Annual Pilgrimage to Africa's Oldest Synagoge

Hundreds of Jewish worshippers on Sunday completed an annual pilgrimage to Ghriba, Africa's oldest synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, where security was high to prevent any violence.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

Watersblogged

JF799 .L53 2012 - Liberation technology : social media and the...

The revolutions sweeping the Middle East provide dramatic evidence of the role that technology plays in mobilizing citizen protest and upending seemingly invulnerable authoritarian regimes.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Africa, Startups, Facebook

Sat Apr 27, 2013

Reuters

Jews revive annual pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue

Africa's oldest synagogue is playing host to that rarity in the Arab world - a religious gathering of hundreds of Jews drawn from Europe and Israel.

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Fri Apr 26, 2013

American Reporter

An a.R. EditorialTHE New Revolt

BRADENTON, Fla., Updated Jan. 29, 2011-- Americans don't ask their country to get involved in the internal political struggles of the nations it interacts with, and the general rule is that we don't. But prior to the last decade, we were surely too involved in such struggles.

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Counterpunch

Different Seasons of the Arab Spring

In northern Africa, winters are usually mild and summers normally dry and hot. The glorious Arab Spring revolts in this part of the world can also be measured in this same way - sometimes hot, in fact, blazing hot; sometimes warm; sometimes mild and sometimes just plain dry.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

The Daily Star

Tight security for Tunisia synagogue pilgrimage

File picture dated May 8, 2012 shows Tunisian policemen standing guard inside the synagogue of Ghriba on the southern Tunisian island of Djerba.

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