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Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite Ben Ali
TUNIS (AFP) – Tunisia said Sunday it had officially asked Saudi Arabia to extradite deposed strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali whom it accused of “several serious crimes”. A foreign ministry statement cited by the state news agency TAP said an official request had been sent through diplomatic channels for…
Tunisia’s ex-leader Ben Ali ‘in coma’ in Saudi hospital
TUNIS – Ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali suffered a stroke and was “in a coma” in a Saudi hospital, a family friend said Thursday, as more details of corruption under his rule came to light. The 74-year-old former leader slipped into a coma “two days ago” while…
Tunisian reservists report for duty amid instability
TUNIS (AFP) – Tunisian army reservists reported for duty Wednesday after being recalled by the interim government struggling to impose order following the toppling of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali a month ago. Between 400 and 500 turned up at a main mobilisation centre at Bouchoucha, in the suburbs…
Egypt activists have upper hand in cyber war
CAIRO – President Hosni Mubarak’s supporters took their battle against anti-government protesters to cyberspace but their voices were drowned out by an army of tech-savvy activists willing to wage keyboard war. Anti-regime street protests had for years been stifled by Egypt’s powerful security apparatus but, much to everyone’s surprise, it…
Seventh Algerian sets herself on fire
ALGIERS — Two people in Algeria set themselves on fire on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total number of attempted public suicides to seven in a week, in replica of a protest that sparked a popular revolution in neighboring Tunisia. A woman in her fifties soaked herself with a flammable product…
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