Prosecutors move to seize Bossi yacht in Tunisia
Source: Ansa
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-30 11:27:09 -0700 | political-news
Milan, April 30 Milan prosecutors are taking measures to seize a yacht currently located in Tunisia purchased by the son of Northern League party founder and former leader Umberto Bossi, as part of a wider investigation into the alleged misuse...
Tunisia's Ben Ali handed third life sentence
Source: The Daily Star
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-30 05:06:21 -0700 | political-news
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. The military court in Sfax, southeast Tunisia, convicted...
This Chinook Is Different and Flies at a Very Low Altitude
Source: The Motley Fool
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-29 18:43:37 -0700 | business-news
The legendary Chinook helicopter made by Boeing is powered by two turboshaft engines, and lift is produced by a rotor system consisting of two fully articulated counter-rotating rotors, the forward and the aft. Chinook Energy (TSX: CKE ) is a...
2 Tunisian soldiers injured hunting for terrorists
Source: Taiwan News
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-29 16:48:00 -0700 | political-news
Tunisia's Interior Ministry says that two soldiers were seriously injured by mines while searching for a suspected group of terrorists near the Algerian border. A ministry statement said one soldier lost a leg and the other suffered a serious eye...
Tunisia: Coordination and Constitution Drafting Commission, Experts Meet to Refine Draft ...
Source: Africa Headlines
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-29 10:17:49 -0700 | disasters-news
Tunis The Joint Coordination and Constitution Drafting Commission and the Committee of Experts started on Monday in the Constitutional Council in Bardo, their meetings designed to refine the legal and linguistic wording of the draft constitution. Chaired by National Constituent...
Jobless man sets self ablaze in Tunisia revolt town
Source: Daily Nation
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-28 15:21:51 -0700 | political-news
Rating In Summary Mohamed Bouazizi's death ignited a mass uprising that toppled ex-dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali the following month and touched off the Arab Spring. A young jobless man set himself ablaze and was seriously wounded on Sunday...
Jews wrap up peaceful pilgrimage in Tunisia
Source: Daily Nation
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-28 15:21:51 -0700 | travel-news
Rating In Summary Authorities had reinforced security around the ancient mosque and the Jewish quarter of Djerba for the pilgrimage to prevent any attacks by radical Muslim groups, blamed for a wave of violence since the mass uprising that toppled...
What's in the Internet videos posted by Tamerlan Tsarnaev?
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-28 09:37:54 -0700 | political-news
The videos do not show ties to any specific group, but do hint at a deeper yearning in the alleged Boston Marathon bomber for a heroic jihadi persona. Tunis, Tunisia Among the videos Tamerlan Tsarnaev apparently posted on YouTube is...
Africa: Tunisia Claim Bronze After Marathon Shoot-Out
Source: All Africa
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-27 23:44:27 -0700 | sports-news
Tunisia's U-17 national team finished third at the 2013 Morocco Telecom, CAF U-17 Championship after beating fellow North Africans, Morocco 11-10 on penalties in Marrakech on Saturday. . The match had ended 1-1 with The Atlas Cubs equalising in the...
Tunisia: NCA Adopts Three Draft Laws On Loan Agreements
Source: Africa Headlines
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-27 23:28:29 -0700 | business-news
The first loan agreement was signed on September 25, 2012, between the Tunisian Government and the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD). The 25MTD loan will be repayable in equal six-month instalments at a fixed annual 2% interest rate over 20...
US urges democratic reform in Central Asia
Source: Taiwan News
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-27 10:28:33 -0700 | political-news
The United States is using the recent uprisings in the Middle East to make the case to authoritarian Central Asian states to undertake democratic reform. The top U.S. diplomat for the region, Robert Blake, said Kyrgyzstan held free elections in...
Jews ease back into Tunisia for famed pilgrimage
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-27 10:26:04 -0700 | political-news
Tunisia Jews are gathering on a bucolic Tunisian island resort for an annual pilgrimage under a heavy police presence, as organizers try to revive an event depleted by fears of anti-Semitism. Jewish leaders hope the three-day pilgrimage to the Ghriba...
Hope, tight security for Tunisia's Jewish pilgrimage
Source: Ynet News
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-26 23:37:37 -0700 | political-news
EPA Arab Spring unrest threatens pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue in Tunisia. However, hope, serious security measures facilitate inspiring visit to 2500 year-old place of worship Pilgrims arrived on Friday at Tunisia's Ghriba synagogue , the oldest in Africa, expressing...
Tunisia-born Baker Makes Paris' Best Baguette
Source: Epoch Times
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-26 16:53:14 -0700 | political-news
If you want the best baguette in Paris, go see Ridha Khadher. The 42-year-old baker has been turning out the long, golden rods of bread since he was 15, and has just been awarded the Grand Prix for his labor....
Tunisia ups security ahead of Jewish pilgrimage
Source: Jerusalem Post
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-04-25 04:27:01 -0700 | political-news
Mohamed Hammi / Reuters Tunisian police have upped security on the island of Djerba ahead of the anticipated arrival of hundreds of Jewish pilgrims to the El Ghriba synagogue...The news site Tunivisions reported security will be much tighter than in...
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