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NEWS ABOUT: Tunisia

Tunisia stories: 7 news summaries

Officials Doubt Tunisian Woman Expecting 12 Babies

Unidentified woman has refused ultrasound

Aug 18, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(AP) - Authorities are investigating a claim that a woman in Tunisia is pregnant with 12 babies. French and British media reported the woman will soon give birth to six girls and six boys. An official with Tunisia's health ministry said today the claim seemed doubtful and that the woman—who has... More »

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pregnancy • Tunisia • France • fertility treatment • octuplets

Praying Pilot Gets 10 Years
for Fatal Crash

16 died after Tunisian pilot failed to take emergency measures

Mar 25, 09 1:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pilot who appealed to Allah instead of taking emergency measures has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a crash that killed 16 people, the Guardian reports. When the plane's engines stopped, the Tunisian pilot panicked, prayed and crash-landed in the sea when he should... More »

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Tunisia • Italy • plane crash • manslaughter • prayer

Terror Suspect Is Key Scotland Yard Adviser

He's 'regularly consulted' on terror issues, say officials

Dec 16, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - A convicted terrorist wanted by Interpol is serving on a Scotland Yard advisory board, reports the Times of London. Mohamed Ali Harrath, the subject of a "red alert" Interpol warning since 1992, was sentenced to 56 years in absentia in Tunisia for violence linked to a militant group there.... More »

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terrorism • Tunisia • United Kingdom • Scotland Yard • Interpol • Britain

DNA Study: Ancient Phoenicians Still With Us 

Phoenician blood in North Africa, MidEast

Oct 31, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Phoenicians may have disappeared as a distinct society a few thousand years ago, but it turns out their imprint remains very much alive today. Genetic researchers have discovered the DNA of the seafaring civilization in the blood of men—as many as 1 in 17— who live today in... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Morocco • Tunisia • DNA • Cyprus • Malta • National Geographic Society • Phoenicians • Genographic Project • Y chromosomes

Witness Says 'Creepy Man' Kidnapped Maddy

New sketch sparks worldwide manhunt

Jan 20, 08 9:19 PM CST
(Newser) - A second sketch of Madeline McCann's alleged kidnapper sparked a worldwide manhunt yesterday, the Daily Mail reports. Maddy's parents revealed the drawing, based on a UK witness' account of a "creepy man" she saw after Maddy vanished in Portugal last May. She reported him to Portuguese police, but the... More »

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Morocco • Tunisia • Madeleine McCann • Portugal • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • Britain

6 Guantanamo Detainees
Sent Home

One prisoner faces persecution in Tunisia; lawyer opposed release

Jun 20, 07 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base have been returned to their home countries—four to Tunisia and two to Yemen—the AP reports. One detainee's lawyer opposed the transfer on the grounds that he may face abuse for nonviolent political activism. More »

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Tunisia • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Yemen • Abdullah bin Omar • Guantanamo prisoners

Bombers Hit Algerian Capital

Apr 11, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two bombs, including one targeting the prime minister's office, killed at least 23 people in Algiers today, in the latest in a round of suspected Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror attacks that have rocked North Africa in recent weeks, the New York Times reports. More »

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terrorism • Algeria • Morocco • Tunisia • bombing • Algiers • North Africa • Salafist • Maghreb • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

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