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Tunisian President Admits Tunisia Was Not Prepared for Beach Massacre
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi admitted in an interview broadcast today that the country was not prepared for last week's jihadist beach massacre.
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Tunisia President Admits Security 'Failures' in Museum Attack
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said security "failures" had helped facilitate the deadly attack on the country's national museum claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 20 foreign tourists.
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Tunisia Arrests Comedian, TV Host for 'Offending' President
Tunisian authorities arrested a popular comedian and a television show host Friday for offending President Beji Caid Essebsi, whose office promptly denied it had anything to do with the case.
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Tunisians Elect President for First Time
Tunisians vote today in their first presidential election since the 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, a ballot set to round off an often fraught transition to democracy.
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Ex-Tunisia president gets 20 years in absentia
A Tunisian military court has convicted the former President in absentia of inciting violence and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in a month-long popular uprising last year and fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2011.
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Tunisian President Admits Tunisia Was Not Prepared for Beach Massacre
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi admitted in an interview broadcast today that the country was not prepared for last week's jihadist beach massacre.
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Tunisia President Admits Security 'Failures' in Museum Attack
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said security "failures" had helped facilitate the deadly attack on the country's national museum claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 20 foreign tourists.
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Tunisia Arrests Comedian, TV Host for 'Offending' President
Tunisian authorities arrested a popular comedian and a television show host Friday for offending President Beji Caid Essebsi, whose office promptly denied it had anything to do with the case.
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Tunisians Elect President for First Time
Tunisians vote today in their first presidential election since the 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, a ballot set to round off an often fraught transition to democracy.
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Ex-Tunisia president gets 20 years in absentia
A Tunisian military court has convicted the former President in absentia of inciting violence and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in a month-long popular uprising last year and fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2011.
