A Tunisian university dean accused of assaulting a veiled student said on Thursday his trial was aimed at undermining democracy after the judge set a January 17 date for the verdict. “I am confident that justice will be done for the university,” Habib Kazdoghli, dean of the humanities faculty at…
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…