Region | Tunisia
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Saturday May 12
Tunisia's new constitution ready by October 23
Mustapha Ben Jaafar's announcement confirms the deadline initially put forward last year following the election of the assembly to draft the constitution
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Saturday May 12
Wave of change catches up with Jewish pocket on island
Success of ceremonies at local synagogue being seen as barometer
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Saturday May 12
Tunisia at the crossroads in constitutional debate
There are serious divisions about the role religion should play
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Saturday Apr 21
Tunisian spiritual leader Rashid Gannouchi on Time 100 list
Gannouchi offered a vision of a moderate, modern and inclusive political movement, says Time
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Friday Apr 13
Tunisian government reverses protest ban
Respond to outcry over crackdown
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Sunday Apr 8
Tunisia president supports conviction for Islam insult
Pair jailed and fined for posting image of the Prophet on Facebook
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Wednesday Apr 4
Controversial Facebook post lands Tunisians in jail
Disparaging illustrations of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) land Tunisians in trouble
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Tuesday Mar 27
Al Nahda’s decision on legislation source sparks controversy in Tunisia
The decision by Al Nahda, the moderate Islamist party ruling in Tunisia, not to push for making Islamic law as the only source of all legislation has caused a rift within the North African country’s political establishment
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Monday Mar 26
Islam will not be basis of new Tunisian constitution
First article of new constitution would remain the same as in the 1959 version and it will not call for Shariah
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Thursday Mar 22
Tunisians call for secular state
Protest against Salafist plan to transform Tunisia into Islamic nation
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Tuesday Mar 20
Tunisia leaders express fears for unity
Opposition also alarmed amid rash of incidents involving desecration of places of worship
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Monday Mar 19
Tunisian social groups mobilise for independence day rally
March 20 commemorates the proclamation in 1956 of independence after 75 years as a French protectorate.
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Saturday Mar 17
Man arrested for scrawling Star of David on Tunis mosque
A Tunisian man has been arrested after he scrawled the Star of David on the wall of a mosque in the capital
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Wednesday Mar 7
Group granted licence to promote Islamic norms in Tunisia
Organisation to pressure government over laws in progressive Tunisia
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Tuesday Feb 28
Injured, kin of dead in Tunisia seek compensation
Family of those killed during the Tunisian revolution also demand that killers be convicted
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Monday Feb 27
Tunisia leader, Bill Clinton among Nobel nominees
Tunisian president and former US president are strong contenders for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize
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Sunday Feb 26
Tunisians insist their country is birthplace of changes
Tunisians said that they disagreed with the claim that another country was the birthplace of Arab uprisings
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Sunday Feb 26
Clinton pledges US help for reforms
'Challenge is to ensure economic development'
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Saturday Feb 25
Racketeers grow rich on Tunisia jobs scheme
Even ministers are fearful of powerful gangs that have an iron grip on employment programmes
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Thursday Feb 23
Tunisian court puts off controversial editor's trial to March 8
Nasr Al Deen Bin Saida was under arrest after Ettounsia published the picture of Sami Khedira, a German national of Tunisian origin who plays for powerhouse Real Madrid, holding his naked model girlfriend in a risqué pose
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Wednesday Feb 22
Tunisia party proposes Sharia-based statute
Popular List puts Al Nahda-led government in piquant situation
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Sunday Feb 5
Tunisia launches procedures to expel Syrian ambassador
The decision was attributed to the bloodshed and to the deadly attacks on Homs
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Sunday Feb 5
Tunisia to hold parliamentary, presidential elections within 18 months
'There is a determination within the interim authorities to hold transparent and democratic elections within 18 months,' prime minister says
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Thursday Jan 26
Tunisia police disperse university sit-in
Protesters demand an end to niqab ban which was put in place citing security concerns
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Saturday Jan 14
Qatar’s Emir arrives in Tunisia to attend revolution celebrations
Qatar’s Emir Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani arrived on Friday afternoon in Tunisia as it celebrates the first anniversary of its revolution
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