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The ex-president of Tunisia, Zine Ben Ali was given a five-year jail term in absentia and also fined 3.5 million euros for corruption. Ben Ali has already been given two life sentences.
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The World Social Forum was held for the first time ever in an Arab country,, in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The four day gathering of thousands of activists from 124 countries discussed a host of topics from climate change to international finance.
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The new designated Prime Minister of Tunisia Ali Larayedh he announced he has presented the new cabinet for the up and coming coalition government in the country.
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On Tuesday February 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia, Hamadi Jebali resigned, after his plan to form an interim government of technocrats was rejected by his own Islamist Ennahda Party.
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Tunisian Prime Minister, Hamadi Jebali, announced he would dissolve his Islamist-led government to form a new government of non-partisan members and technocrats. The move follows the assassination of a prominent opposition member Chokri Belaid.
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The three premiers of Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia are meeting in the Libyan oasis town of Ghadames to discuss security along their mutual borders.
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Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party in Tunisia, called for the imposition of flogging as a punishment for those convicted of slander.
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A second prisoner in Tunisia, who had been on a hunger strike, died from complications of his hunger strike in an intensive care unit. Mohammed Bakhti was a prominent member of the conservative Islamic Salafi movement.
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Two people are dead after thousands of protesters battled with Tunisian security forces outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis.
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Events in Libya and Egypt over the last two days have resulted in damage and looting of American embassies, as well as the deaths of an ambassador and embassy staff.
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