Sidi Bouzid: Tens of thousands of people packed a provincial town square to celebrate the first anniversary on Saturday of Tunisia's democratic revolution in the place where it began, unleashing a tide of popular revolt that has transformed the Arab world. The festive mood in Sidi Bouzid was tempered somewhat, however, by reminders that democratic change in Tunisia has yet to ease poverty and high unemployment - bread and butter...
08:24 AM, Dec 18, 2011
Tunis: Tunisia on Monday installed as its new president a former dissident who was imprisoned and then exiled for opposing former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, a new landmark in the country's post-revolutionary transition to democracy. Members of the constitutional assembly, Tunisia's interim parliament, voted to elect Moncef Marzouki as president, the second most powerful role after the prime minister. Marzouki, 66, is respected by many Tunisians for his implacable...
01:51 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Tunis: Tunisia's constitutional assembly, elected after a revolution that inspired the "Arab Spring" uprisings, held its opening session on Tuesday, described by officials as an historic step towards democracy. The assembly, which will sit for a year to draft a new constitution, is dominated by a moderate Islamist party whose election win last month resonated in other countries in the region where Islamists are gaining ground after the popular protests...
06:02 AM, Nov 23, 2011
Tunis: Tunisians turned out in force for their country's first truly free elections on Sunday, voting that is expected to favor a long-banned Islamist party and seen as a bellwether for pro-democracy movements across the Arab world. With soldiers keeping order, no violence was reported near the end of the voting, though authorities noted minor scattered violations. Thousands of observers monitored Tunisia's first elections since an uprising overthrew the longtime...
10:54 PM, Oct 23, 2011
Tunis: Tunisians are set to vote in elections that are a culmination of a popular uprising that ended decades of authoritarian rule and set off similar rebellions across the Middle East. Tunisians on Sunday will elect an assembly that will appoint a new government and then write the country's constitution to replace the 23-year presidency of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who was overthrown by the month-long uprising on January 14....
11:11 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Tunis: A Tunisian court sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on Monday to more than 15 years in prison for illegal possession of drugs and weapons. Lawyers for Ben Ali, ousted in January and now in Saudi Arabia, boycotted the one-day trial, calling it a sham. The ousted president was handed a 35-year sentence for other crimes including theft last month. Ben Ali's overthrow in January after...
02:48 AM, Jul 05, 2011
Tunis: A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife, in absentia, to 35 years in jail each after finding them guilty of theft and unlawful possession of cash and jewellery. Reading out the verdict and sentence in the courtroom after just one day of deliberation, the judge also ruled Ben Ali and his wife would have to pay fines totalling 91 million Tunisian...
01:35 AM, Jun 21, 2011
New Delhi: Former BSP minister Intezar Ahmed Abidi has been arrested for allegedly abetting the murder of a state government employee. Abidi was picked up on Saturday after two men told the police that he had ordered them to carry out the killing. Abidi was arrested in March this year after the murder and then released on bail. He is not new to controversy and had also been accused of...
08:56 AM, Jun 19, 2011
Tunis: Tunisia's government ordered an overnight curfew on Saturday after three days of forcefully suppressed protests and sacked an influential figure whose comments on a possible coup sparked the demonstrations. The new troubles in the North African country, where the Arab world's tide of unrest began, are rooted in fears the interim administration will renege on its commitment to democracy after the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in...
08:50 AM, May 08, 2011
Tunis: Tunisian authorities have prepared 18 legal cases against former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, including 'voluntary manslaughter' and 'drug trafficking', the state TAP news agency said on Wednesday. The revelation was made by Justice Minister Lazhar Karoui Chebbi in an interview aired on state television, TAP said. Other charges include "conspiring against the state" and "drug use." The news agency quoted Chebbi as saying a total of 44 legal...
06:58 AM, Apr 14, 2011
Benghazi: Libyan woman Ayman Al Abidi, who stormed into a Tripoli hotel on Saturday, telling foreign reporters that she had been raped by government troops, has been released, reported a spokesman for the Gaddafi regime. In Benghazi hundreds of men and women held a rally in support of the rape victim. Following disturbing pictures of Ayman Al Abidi that hit the TV airwaves in Benghazi almost 24 hours after the...
09:45 AM, Mar 28, 2011
Tunis: Tunisia Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announced his resignation on Sunday following a wave of street protests. Critics have accused Ghannouchi of being to close to the North African state's former government, toppled in an uprising last month, and of failing to enact reforms. "My resignation will provide a better atmosphere for the new era," he said, adding he wanted to prevent more victims in the country's political unrest. Three...
10:12 PM, Feb 27, 2011
Tunis: Renewed clashes in Tunisia have left at least three people dead and a dozen injured, the interior ministry said. The demonstrators were killed in violent clashes in Tunis, it said late on Saturday. Until late evening, shots were exchanged between protesters and police in central Tunis, witnesses said. Helicopters were seen circling over the capital. More than 100 people were arrested for arson and property damage, the ministry said....
07:47 AM, Feb 27, 2011
Tunis/Paris: Thousands of people took to the streets of Tunis on Sunday to protest against the interim government, which they accuse of being too close to the regime toppled by popular protests in January. Estimates varied, but French media put the total number of demonstrators at between 4,000 and 30,000. The protesters demanded a new constitution and a new republic. Demonstrations have continued since January against the government of Prime...
11:53 PM, Feb 20, 2011
Tunis: Thousands of anti-Islamist demonstrators clogged the main avenue of Tunis on Saturday, ending weeks of calm in the North African country's capital and leading authorities to threaten a crackdown. Tunisia has been in flux since a popular uprising in January forced President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to flee, sending shock waves through the Arab world and opening the door to Islamist influence suppressed under the former government. As many...
04:10 PM, Feb 20, 2011
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