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Tunisians began voting today to elect a new President and parliament in a race expected to achieve another landslide victory for Zine El Abidine Ben Ali despite timid measures by authorities to let the nascent opposition have its say.

According to the London daily Elaph, the Moroccan artist Hasna accepted an award as the 'best Moroccan artist' presented by the Tunisian Cultural Ministry at a celebration sponsored by the Tunisian 'Republic Newspaper.' 'There is nothing better for someone than to be awarded for the success she has accomplished, and I happy to be among the awarded ...

The ruling elite in Tunisia needs reform a ' but so does its opposition, a hopeless hostage to its own leaders Tunisia's opposition has never been so divided.

The sand in the Sahara Desert near Douz, Tunisia, is not grainy; it is as soft and fine as makeup powder and collects in large drifts.

THERE were no surprises at the polls on October 25th. President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected for a fifth five-year term with 90% of the vote.

Mr. Ridha Ben Mosbah, Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts paid a visit on Thursday to the Technical Innovation and Renewal Center, and briefing on carpet making and knitting where he took cognizance of the role of the center in boosting the skills and qualifications by using the latest technologies such as softwares, computers and sophisticated ...

By Ben Efe Tunisian players are talking tough and ready to shed blood when they tackle the Black Mambas of Mozambique November 14 in Maputo.A A A According Carthage Eagles defender, Seif Ghezal, the entire squad have a renewed mentality and that is to win in Maputo.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has criticized the detention of a Tunisian journalist and a violent attack on another.

TUNIS // Zine el Abidine Ben Ali cruised to a fifth consecutive term as Tunisia's president in elections on Sunday, garnering 89.62 per cent of the vote, the interior ministry announced yesterday, in what the government hailed as an advance for democracy.

Tunisia, which has just completed its presidential and parliamentary elections, rejected on Wednesday the United States' charges that it prevented foreign observers from monitoring and following different stages of the elections.

BG Group's 44 per cent drop in third-quarter profits beat analyst expectations, but production fell short because of delays at a gas operation in Tunisia.

Prime Minister and deputy- chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Rally Mohamed Ghannouchi headed, on Sunday morning, to Sousse city where he carried out his electoral duty for the 2009 presidential and legislative elections.

Tunisia's incumbent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won re-election by a landslide amid protests from activists but plaudits from neighbors and allies, including a warm telephone call from French President Nicolas Sarkozy .

It is difficult to understand, rationally or emotionally, the full meaning of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's election victory for a fifth consecutive term Sunday, with 89.6 percent of the vote, after two decades in power.

Celebration of "Kairouan as 2009 Capital of Islamic Culture" is still ongoing. On October 28 and 29, 2009 a symposium on "enlightened religious thought and the foundations of identity in two decades of change" will take place in the former Aghlabid capital.

On the occasion of Tunisia's Presidential and Legislative Elections, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali delivered, on Saturday, an address in which he expressed his consideration to all candidate lists from all political tendencies for the civic political behavior they have demonstrated throughout the campaign.

Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali won plaudits from his peers yesterday after being re-elected with 89.6% of the vote for a fifth term after two decades in power.

Despite climatic difficulties and world markets fluctuations, Tunisia achieved an agricultural and commercial growth namely in the biological production.

From October 12 to15, 2009 business contact days in the textile and clothing sector were held in the Netherlands and Belgium, by the Tunisian Exports Promotion Centre .

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Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has won a fifth term in office by a massive margin, near-complete results from the North African country's presidential election showed on Monday.

Tunisians voted Sunday in a presidential election that is expected to be another landslide victory for incumbent President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

To understand the foods of Tunisia, start with a jar of the hot chili paste known as harissa.

Tunisia's president was expected to achieve another landslide victory in elections Sunday despite timid measures by authorities to let the nascent opposition have its say.

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assured of winning fifth term this weekend as Tunisia cements reputation for stability a ' and repression President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali waves to wellwishers near Tunis before delivering his speech at the start of the presidential election campaign.

On October 16th, an information day took place in the German city of Cologne, on Tunisia's industrial strategy by the year 2016.

Somehow, I got put in charge of organizing my ex-boyfriend's bachelor party . Because Matt lives in Paris and his friends are scattered throughout Europe and the Middle East, and also because he's too much of a travel snob to go to Vegas, I suggested we go to Tunisia for our week of reckless abandon.

A supporter of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, holding a campaign flag of Ben Ali, stands outside Ben Ali's campaign headquarters in Tunis, Thursday Oct.

Cline Thurot-Guillou, Christophe Ravel, Marie-Thrse Leccia, and Herv Pelloux Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France ; Centre National de Rfrence des Leishmania ; and Universit Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France To the Editor: In North Africa, cutaneous leishmaniasis is a widespread zoonosis transmitted ...

Clad in ample white robes, a turban and red skullcap, Sheik Mohamed Machfar slips on a pair of large black earphones as he sits behind the microphone in the gleaming new studios of Radio Zitouna.

The Tunisian National Tourist Office has launched a new campaign positioning the country as a oeThe Jewel of the Mediterraneana .

After 22 years of ruling Tunisia, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali can be sure of a new mandate in polls on Sunday, but faces a difficult economic climate in spite of prudent financial management.

A workshop on the ways of developing the network of teleworking centers was held on Wednesday October 21, 2009 in Gafsa, with the participation of many investors, young entrepreneurs and representatives of Tunisian and foreign companies operating in the ICT sector.

Korotoumou Troare weeds groundnut field in Foro-Foro village, then sell to the local market which helps feed her family 20 October 2009 &#150 A new United Nations report calls for the lifting of restrictions and costly fees imposed on the $40 billion that migrant workers send home to Africa each year, the world body's agency tasked with eradicating ...

Zied Mhirsi is a Tunisian doctor and blogger, based in the USA, who is dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa.

TUNIS: Turkish operator TAV yesterday launched a new international airport at Enfidha in southeast Tunisia, with a capacity of five million passengers a year.

My country's government brags unabashedly that it has not passed any laws that require government authorization to establish an electronic publication or a Web site or a blog on the Internet.

French-Jewish writer-director Karin Albou assumed that the Algerian side of her family had been untouched by World War II.

The most influential opposition party in Tunisia, the Progressive Democratic Party , says it intends to boycott the presidential and parliamentary elections due to be held in two weeks' time.

The Sydney Morning Herald and other news organizations report that Tunisia has become the first country to ban its citizens from attending the 2009 Hajj .

Tunis/Cairo - Tunisians will not be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage or Hajj because of fears of the H1N1 virus, known also as swine flu, the government announced Tuesday.

Tunisia on Tuesday announced the suspension of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca because of the risk of the spread of swine flu and the impossibility of vaccinating candidates by mid-November. Minister of Religious Affairs Boubaker Akhzouri announced that the hajj had been postponed in order "to preserve human life." Vaccines ordered by Tunisia will ...

WAM Tunisia, 5th October -- H.E. Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al Ghurair, Speaker of Federal National Council arrived Tunisia Sunday, heading high profile delegation in a two-day long official visit upon the invitation from His Excellency Foued Mebazaa, President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Tunisia.

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry is hosting a seminar on October 5 to inform members about business opportunities in Tunisia.

WAM Tunis, 1st Oct. 2009 -- UAE partners in the Tunisia and Emirates Bank held a series of meetings with Tunisian ministers over mechanisms to boost the UAE-Tunis partnership particularly in financial and investment sectors.