Tunisia News

RSF has called for the release of lawyer Mohammed Abu, who was arrested in Tunis on 1 March 2005 for posting an article online dealing with the torture of political prisoners in Tunisia.

Visiting Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rohani met with Tunisian officials on Tuesday in which the two sides discussed regional and international issues.

Journalist Abdallah Zouari, of the banned Islamist weekly "Al-Fajr", now in his 33rd day of a hunger strike in protest over an internal banishment order, was dismissed from hospital late on 23 February 2005 by ...

Russian Ambassador in Tunis, Alexy Tserub, said that Syria has the right to obtain defensive weapons.

Politics: 8 February 2005, Tuesday. The case of Bulgarian nurses sentenced for deliberate AIDS infection of children in Libya seems to near its possible end, according to a Tunisian online edition.

The treasures of Tunisia and Libya are highlighted in "Antiquities of the Mediterranean and North Africa," a new itinerary offered by Clipper Cruise Line on the 122-passenger Clipper Adventurer April 8-22 and ...

On a day where the temperature hit 57 degrees in her home city of Tunis, Tunisia, consulting engineer Olfa Lajimi spent a chilly 35-degree morning aboard a SCOOT shuttle bus as it made its rounds.

The Justice Minister's decision to open a probe on cases of alleged torture in the prison of Outeta 2 (Meknes) is "a victory to the rule of law," stated Ahmed Chawki Benyoub, member of the Justice and ...

International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) has found "serious cause for concern" about the current state of freedom of expression and of civil liberties in the country, including gross restrictions on ...

Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures hit north Africa on Thursday, as a cold snap that has paralysed large parts of northern Algeria and killed 13 people spread to the highlands of Morocco and Tunisia.

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The increase in airport tax due next April has not made the government many friends, but no indirect tax will be effective as a revenue raiser if people decide to give up on a newly taxed product.

As we race along the back roads of Tunisia with Khaled playing on the stereo and a prayer on our lips, the driver wrings the last horsepower from the Renault Clio and sparks up a cigarette.

A recent international opinion poll shows that Tunisians are among the most optimistic nations of the world as to the prospects of the new year.

An exhibition and congress on "Africanism and Universality" in Tunisia will mark the 1,650th anniversary of St.

Fatah chief Farouk Kaddoumi said the group's leader in the West Bank, Marwan Barghouti, by deciding to seek the presidency of the Palestinian Authority.

Syria's ambassador to Tunisia said Tuesday that his country has no preconditions for resuming peace talks with Israel, and he accused Israel of evading peace.

Italian film director Roberto Benigni ( news ) and his wife Nicoletta Braschi, who played the lead roles in the Oscar-winning World War II comedy-drama La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful) are to star again in a ...

New Delhi, Oct 29. (PTI): Om Prakash Gupta and Parbati Sen Vyas were on Thursday appointed as the new Ambassadors to Tunisia and Senegal, respectively.

The democratic initiative which sponsored the candidate for the Presidential elections in Tunisia, Muhammad Ali Helwani, protested over the results of the Presidential elections that took place in Tunisia on ...

Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won a landslide re-election victory, according to official results Monday that opponents denounced as "worthless" and a sham.

Infertility in some women may be connected to an intestinal disease that is caused by a gluten allergy, doctors reported recently at a medical conference in Prague.

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The Tunisian authorities on Saturday released journalist and leading figure on the Islamic al-Nahda movement Abdullah al-Zwari after he had spent 13 years in prison of which 7 years were in a separate cell.

Born in 1923 in Barcelona, Juan Vernet Gines is a renowned specialist in Arab science and the evolution of science - especially astronomy and map-making - during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Sam Allardyce believes Tunisian centre back Radhi Jaidi will become a major hit in the Barclays Premiership.

Santos midfielder Tyren Arendse has been retained in the South African soccer squad to play the Democratic Republic of Congo in a World Cup qualifier next month.

The heat on Australian coach Frank Farina was turned down to simmer as the Olyroos grimly hung on for a 1-1 draw against Tunisia in their opening round Olympic soccer match in Crete.

A little-known militant group threatened to attack any Arab country that sends troops to help stabilize Iraq, hours after the leaders of several nations indicated they were seriously considering a Saudi ...

Lieutenant-Colonel John Turnbull, who has died aged 88, was an outstanding field commander who won an MC in Tunisia and a bar to the award at the Battle of Kangaw, the decisive action of the Arakan campaign.

Tunisia's Esperance grabbed three vital away points when they beat SuperSport United 2-1 in Pretoria in the opening Champions League Group B game on Sunday.

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