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Tunisia’s assembly elects human rights activist as interim president – Washington Post

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Tunisia's assembly elects human rights activist as interim president
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TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia's new assembly chose a veteran rights activist Monday as the country's first democratically elected president. Moncef Marzouki of the Congress for the Republic Party on Monday became interim president with 153 out of 217 votes ...
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Tunisia assembly elects rights activist president – Newsday

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Tunisia assembly elects rights activist president
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Click here Tunisia assembly elects rights activist president Originally published: December 12, 2011 4:52 AM Updated: December 12, 2011 2:00 PM By The Associated Press BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA (Associated Press) (AP) -- Tunisia's new assembly chose a ...

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Tunisian Engineer Wins Female Entrepreneur Award – Tunisia Live

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Tunisian Engineer Wins Female Entrepreneur Award
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Asma Aidi, a Tunisian IT executive, was honored with the second annual La Tribune Women's Award in the “developing countries” category last week at a ceremony in Paris. The award, bestowed by French financial newspaper La Tribune, honors women ...

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Christiane Amanpour: Arab World’s Total Transformation in 2011 – ABC News (blog)

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Christiane Amanpour: Arab World's Total Transformation in 2011
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It started in Tunisia, North Africa a year ago, when a 26-year-old street vendor decided he couldn't take it anymore. faced with constant petty police harassment and no recourse when he complained to the authorities, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on ...
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Economy could sink Tunisia revolution:outgoing PM – Reuters Africa

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Economy could sink Tunisia revolution:outgoing PM
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TUNIS Dec 12 (Reuters) - Tunisia is only at the beginning of its "Arab Spring" revolution and it could still go off course if the next government does not fix the country's economic problems, the outgoing prime minister said on Monday. ...

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Coming Soon to Tunisia’s “Second Capital,” Sfax: Light Rail Transit – Tunisia Live

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Coming Soon to Tunisia's “Second Capital,” Sfax: Light Rail Transit
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In efforts to improve transportation services in the region, a light rail transit project in Sfax – which is considered by many to be Tunisia's second capital – will soon kick off after an 18-month study. The study, which started on December 12, 2011, ...

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Assembly set to elect Tunisian interim president – Boston.com

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Assembly set to elect Tunisian interim president
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AP / December 12, 2011 TUNIS, Tunisia—Tunisia's new constitutional assembly appeared set Monday to elect a veteran human rights activist to serve as the country's interim president, the fledgling democracy's latest step toward ...
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Discriminatory Qualifications for Tunisia's President Cause ControversyTunisia Live
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Tunisia must nip Islamist excesses in the bud – Financial Times

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Tunisia must nip Islamist excesses in the bud
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At the end of this week, Tunisia will mark the immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, the young street vendor whose tragic gesture will forever be remembered as the spark of what became known as the Arab spring. Tunisia, compared to its ...
Tunisian prime minister says Turkey model for TunisiaToday's Zaman
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Tunisia celebrates 63rd anniversary of Universal Human Rights Declaration – ISRIA (registration)

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Tunisia celebrates 63rd anniversary of Universal Human Rights Declaration
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"Tunisia celebrates, with the International Community, the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Human Rights Declaration and strives to disseminate the culture of human rights," indicates the Foreign Affairs Ministry in communiqué made public on Friday. ...
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Tunisia opens its first PV module factory – pv magazine

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Tunisia opens its first PV module factory
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NR-Sol is gearing up to open Tunisia's first photovoltaic module factory on December 15. Initial production capacity will be 25 megawatts (MW), but there are already plans in the pipeline to ramp this up, and to start manufacturing high efficiency ...

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