Tunisia
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Bahrain Independent Newslinks 20-21 February, 2011
21 February, 2011 — creative-i.info A selection of news, analysis and opinion on Bahrain from the independent media (unless otherwise noted) 21 February, 2011 Military Resistance 9B18 21 February, 2011: Specialist Smith Got It Right Bahrain unrest to continue until government resigns – opposition White flags with the word ‘peace’ fluttered in Pearl Square + Continue reading
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Middle East Media Links for 19 February 2011
20 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Yemen Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Bradley Manning Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Wikileaks Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011
19 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisian grants general amnesty Washington Post By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA AP TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s transitional government approved a general amnesty of the country’s political prisoners Friday, the prime minister said, in a move likely to free those convicted under tough anti-terrorism laws. … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/18/AR2011021804682.html Continue reading
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Tunisia mostly mainstream Newslinks for 17 February, 2011
17 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia. Egypt. Bahrain? New York Times Husain (I’m omitting some last names to protect those involved) said that Tunisia and Egypt awakened a sense of possibility inside him — and that his resolve only grew when Bahrain’s riot police first attacked completely peaceful protesters. … feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c7ee2028165bd0f0f1060d856090d583 Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 16 February, 2011
16 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisian migrants head for Europe’s shores ABC Online It’s also struggling to deal with a surge of migrants from Tunisia. Up to 5000 Tunisians arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa in last week. Many of them say that despite the Tunisian uprising and the ousting of the president, Continue reading
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Meeting on Egypt and Tunisia: Middle East in revolt: WHAT NEXT FOR THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS?
Middle East in revolt: WHAT NEXT FOR THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS? Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 15 February, 2011
15 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Upheaval Opens the Exits in Tunisia New York Times By THOMAS FULLER SEDOUIKECH, Tunisia — A dozen young men left this village of olive groves and whitewashed houses near the Mediterranean coast last week, … www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/world/africa/15tunisia.html Continue reading
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Washington: How Best to Shape the Middle East Playing Field? By Eric Walberg
Quiet tourist backwater Tunisia under its only rulers since independence — Habib Bourghiba (1956-1987) and then Zein Al-Abidine bin Ali (1987-2011) — was a much appreciated ally of the United States. However, as bin Ali fled to Saudi Arabia last month, US leaders suddenly were hailing those who defied his US-trained police with their US-made… Continue reading
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Tunisia mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 14 February, 2011
14 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Italy Seeks to Use Forces to Halt Illegal Immigrants From Tunisia New York Times Would-be immigrants from Tunisia were detained after arriving by boat on Lampedusa, a small Italian island closer to Tunisia than the Italian mainland. … www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/world/europe/14boats.html?src=twrhp Continue reading
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Politicians and Freebies by Charles Glass
The foreign minister and her consort, Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Relations Patrick Ollier, were flown around Tunisia with their children courtesy of a millionaire friend of Ben Ali’s about the time a young man’s self-immolation set the former French colony alight. On her return to Paris at the end of her complimentary winter vacation, Alliot-Marie… Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 13 February, 2011
13 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Italy Declares Emergency as Tunisian Immigrants Arrive Voice of America Photo: AP Italy’s government has declared a humanitarian emergency after thousands of immigrants fleeing unrest in Tunisia landed on a small Sicilian Island … www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Italy-Declares-Emergency-as-Tunisian-Immigrants-Arrive-116083749.html Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 12 February, 2011
12 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Egyptian uprising inspired by Tunisia’s upheaval Sify Cairo, Feb 12 (IANS) The month-long revolution in Tunisia, which led to the change of a 23-year military regime, was the inspiration for the uprising by … www.sify.com/news/egyptian-uprising-inspired-by-tunisia-s-upheaval-news-international-lcmcObehdea.html Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 11 February, 2011
11 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia: Shaping the Struggle – Nation’s Uprising AllAfrica.com The sustained protest in Tunisia in the wake of Mohamed Bouazizi’s immolation are far from ‘Islamist’, writes Hassania Chalbi-Drissi, and the appeal of the … allafrica.com/stories/201102110457.html Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 9-10 February, 2011
10 February, 2011: 16:02:38 — creative-i.info A selection of news, analysis and opinion on Egypt from the independent media. 10 February, 2011 Palestine is the key to Arab democracy Why Israel fears a free Egypt Mubarak on the brink of departure Egypt’s Foreign Minister slams US interference Striking Egyptian Workers Fuel the Uprising After 10 Years Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 9-10 February, 2011
10 February, 2011: 15:56:58 — creative-i.info A selection of news, analysis and opinion on Egypt from the independent media. 10 February, 2011 Palestine is the key to Arab democracy Why Israel fears a free Egypt Mubarak on the brink of departure Egypt’s Foreign Minister slams US interference Striking Egyptian Workers Fuel the Uprising After 10 Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 10 February, 2011
10 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisian leader asks restive people to be patient Reuters Africa TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s caretaker president on Wednesday appealed to people demanding better living conditions after the toppling of their previous … af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE71903Q20110210 Continue reading
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Tunisia: Interview with Fahem Boukadous, member of the Workers Communist Party of Tunisia
Fahem Boukadous is content. He is a happy man. Released on January 19, five days after the flight of the dictator, he hit the streets in a Tunisia turned upside down by the revolution. He was in prison for six months, and it was not the first time he suffered the rigors of the dictatorship. Continue reading
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US-Egypt: Cookie-cutter cuisine By Eric Walberg
Even without a “cookie-cutter” it is clear in Cairo that the Landlers and Indyks advising Washington on its policies towards Arab countries are following a well-defined recipe not concerned with Arab democracy, but Israel’s best interests, even as the policy zigs one way and zags another. Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 6-7 February, 2011
7 February, 2011 16:43:38 — creative-i.info News and analysis from the independent media on events in Egypt 7 February, 2011 Bil`in protest in solidarity with Egypt attacked by Israeli troops `We were for blackmail` escaped Hamas prisoner says Mubarak’s Dangerous ‘Groupthink’ Egyptian Blogger Describes Clashes Egypt Is Test of Obama’s Promises Reagan’s Epoch Shatters in Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 7 February, 2011
7 February, 2011 — creative-i.info French minister in Tunisia gaffe BBC News French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has admitted she was wrong to fly on a Tunisian businessman’s plane during the country’s uprising. … www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-12380163 Continue reading
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