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Security Tight After Tunisia Bomb Blast Kills at Least 13
At least 13 people were killed in Tuesday's apparent suicide bombing of a Tunisian presidential guard bus in central Tunis, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency and tighten security around the capital.
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John Kerry in Tunisia to Help Bolster Fledgling Democracy
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Tunis today to take part in a strategic dialogue aimed at bolstering political and economic ties with the North African nation.
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Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign From Parliament
Thirty two Tunisian lawmakers accused President Beji Caid Essebsi's son of meddling and resigned from the ruling party bloc in parliament today, allowing Islamist rivals to become the largest party.
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Tunisia Makes First Beach Attack Arrests As UK Urges Fightback
Tunisia said Monday it had made its first arrests after a beach massacre that killed 38 people, as European officials paid tribute to victims of the country's worst ever jihadist attack.
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Tunisia to Boost Security, Arm Tourist Police After Attack
Tunisia said Sunday it would arm tourism police and deploy hundreds of reinforcements as authorities moved to boost security after a jihadist gunned down 38 people at a seaside resort.
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Gunman Kills 39 at Tunisian Beachside Hotel, Islamic State Claims Attack
A gunman disguised as a tourist opened fire at a Tunisian hotel on Friday with a rifle he had hidden in an umbrella, killing 39 people including Britons, Germans and Belgians as they lounged at the beach in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
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Islamic State Jihadists Claim Deadly Attack on Tunisia Police
In a statement posted on Twitter, IS said the attack in the Sidi Bouzid region was carried out by "two soldiers of the caliphate who attacked two military sites with small arms."
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3 Tunisia Police, Jihadist Killed in Clashes: Interior Ministry
Three Tunisian police and a suspected jihadist were killed today in clashes in the centre of the country, the interior ministry said.
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US to Triple Military Aid to Tunisia
The United States will increase military aid to Tunisia threefold this year and help train its troops, a senior US official said on Friday, weeks after the country suffered its deadliest militant attack in more than a decade.
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After Bardo Attack, Tunisia Treads Line Between Security And Freedoms
Soon after Islamist militants gunned down 21 foreign tourists in Tunisia's Bardo museum last month, newspaper columnists, radio hosts and politicians swiftly called for a merciless crackdown to save their young democracy.
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Tunisians March Against Extremism After Museum Massacre
Thousands of Tunisians, led by their president and joined by several foreign dignitaries, are to march in the capital today to denounce terrorism after the museum massacre of 22 tourists.
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In Tunisia's Tourist Heartland, Anxious Wait After Attack
The European visitors strolling Tunisia's Hammamet resort are an encouraging sign for a government determined to minimise the fallout of last week's shooting of 20 tourists in the nearby capital.
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Tunisia Prime Minister Fires Police Chiefs After Museum Attacks
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired police chiefs for the capital and the area of the national museum after last week's attacks on foreign tourists, the government said today.
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Tunisia Says Progress in Museum Massacre Probe
Tunisian authorities said on Saturday there were developments in the investigation into the attack on the national museum claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 20 foreign tourists.
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Tunisian Took Break From Travel Agent Job to Shoot Tourists
Shortly before he and a friend gunned down 20 foreign tourists at Tunisia's Bardo museum, Yassine al-Abidi sat down to a breakfast of olive oil and dates with his family and left for work at his travel agency as usual.
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Security Tight After Tunisia Bomb Blast Kills at Least 13
At least 13 people were killed in Tuesday's apparent suicide bombing of a Tunisian presidential guard bus in central Tunis, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency and tighten security around the capital.
-
John Kerry in Tunisia to Help Bolster Fledgling Democracy
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Tunis today to take part in a strategic dialogue aimed at bolstering political and economic ties with the North African nation.
-
Tunisia Ruling Party Lawmakers Resign From Parliament
Thirty two Tunisian lawmakers accused President Beji Caid Essebsi's son of meddling and resigned from the ruling party bloc in parliament today, allowing Islamist rivals to become the largest party.
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Tunisia Makes First Beach Attack Arrests As UK Urges Fightback
Tunisia said Monday it had made its first arrests after a beach massacre that killed 38 people, as European officials paid tribute to victims of the country's worst ever jihadist attack.
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Tunisia to Boost Security, Arm Tourist Police After Attack
Tunisia said Sunday it would arm tourism police and deploy hundreds of reinforcements as authorities moved to boost security after a jihadist gunned down 38 people at a seaside resort.
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Gunman Kills 39 at Tunisian Beachside Hotel, Islamic State Claims Attack
A gunman disguised as a tourist opened fire at a Tunisian hotel on Friday with a rifle he had hidden in an umbrella, killing 39 people including Britons, Germans and Belgians as they lounged at the beach in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
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Islamic State Jihadists Claim Deadly Attack on Tunisia Police
In a statement posted on Twitter, IS said the attack in the Sidi Bouzid region was carried out by "two soldiers of the caliphate who attacked two military sites with small arms."
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3 Tunisia Police, Jihadist Killed in Clashes: Interior Ministry
Three Tunisian police and a suspected jihadist were killed today in clashes in the centre of the country, the interior ministry said.
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US to Triple Military Aid to Tunisia
The United States will increase military aid to Tunisia threefold this year and help train its troops, a senior US official said on Friday, weeks after the country suffered its deadliest militant attack in more than a decade.
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After Bardo Attack, Tunisia Treads Line Between Security And Freedoms
Soon after Islamist militants gunned down 21 foreign tourists in Tunisia's Bardo museum last month, newspaper columnists, radio hosts and politicians swiftly called for a merciless crackdown to save their young democracy.
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Tunisians March Against Extremism After Museum Massacre
Thousands of Tunisians, led by their president and joined by several foreign dignitaries, are to march in the capital today to denounce terrorism after the museum massacre of 22 tourists.
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In Tunisia's Tourist Heartland, Anxious Wait After Attack
The European visitors strolling Tunisia's Hammamet resort are an encouraging sign for a government determined to minimise the fallout of last week's shooting of 20 tourists in the nearby capital.
-
Tunisia Prime Minister Fires Police Chiefs After Museum Attacks
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired police chiefs for the capital and the area of the national museum after last week's attacks on foreign tourists, the government said today.
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Tunisia Says Progress in Museum Massacre Probe
Tunisian authorities said on Saturday there were developments in the investigation into the attack on the national museum claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 20 foreign tourists.
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Tunisian Took Break From Travel Agent Job to Shoot Tourists
Shortly before he and a friend gunned down 20 foreign tourists at Tunisia's Bardo museum, Yassine al-Abidi sat down to a breakfast of olive oil and dates with his family and left for work at his travel agency as usual.
