Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
From L to R: The leaders of Mauritania, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi; Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika; Syria, Bashar al-Assad; Libya, Moamer Kadhafi, and Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali hold a mini-summit in Tripoli, Libya on June 10, 2008. Kadhafi opposed proposals for a Mediterranean Union at a mini-summit today, saying it would harm Arab and African unity efforts.
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One dead in Tunisia showdown with Islamists
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Vendor's suicide reflects despair of Mideast youth
SOUK AL-JUMMA, Tunisia (AP) — On the day he chose to die, Adel Khedri woke up at 6:30 a.m., took his black backpack and headed down to the busy boulevard where he worked as a cigarette peddler. It was the last in a series of odd jobs that had defined his from KGW.com Read more »
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Vendor's suicide reflects despair of Mideast youth
Customers are served coffee in the "Cafe de la Justice", next to the cigarette stand once run by Adel Khedri in Tunis, Tunisia on Monday, April 15, 2013. On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, Adel drank his usual espresso with milk at the cafe. Later in the mornin from Beaumont Enterprise Read more »
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Threat of jihadi contagion from neighboring states weighs on Tunisia
TUNIS: The hunt for Al-Qaeda-linked militants in a mountainous region near Tunisia’s borders with Algeria in recent days has raised alarm that the birthplace of the Arab Spring has become the latest battleground for violent jihadists. With neighboring Al from Lebanon Daily Star Read more »
