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ISIE Explains Reasons Behind Invalidation of Al Aridha Lists

Houssem Sta Ali — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:00:06 +0000

The invalidation of the Al Aridha party lists in several districts evoked both vigorous and ambivalent reactions throughout the country. While in Sidi Bouzid, the locals condemned ISIE’s decision and turned to violence, many Tunisians and political parties welcomed the decision. “We invalidated the lists that were condemned based on hard evidence,” reported Boubaker Ben [...]

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Bar Collapse and Suicide Attempt in Sfax

Houssem Sta Ali — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:35:14 +0000

Yesterday evening, October 28th, the roof of a bar collapsed in Sfax, resulting in the injuries of five individuals. According to Al Chourouk‘s examination of the scene of the incident, the accident caused minor damage and no human losses were reported. The bar is located in the ground floor of an obsolete building, in the [...]

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25 Hostages in Tazarka’s ENI Oil Refinery

Houssem Sta Ali — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:29:45 +0000

A persitent sit-in has been ongoing since last Friday, October 21st in front of the oil refinery center in Tazarka, Nabeul. The crowd paralyzed the activities of the firm, which belongs to Italian company ENI in cooperation with ETAP (Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières). There is no apparent solution in sight. On last Wednesday, October 26th, [...]

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Tunisian National TV Accused of Pro-Ennahda Bias

Houssem Sta Ali — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:17:39 +0000

Yesterday, at the end of the 8pm news of the Tunisian National TV (Wataniya), one sentence captured the ears of many Tunisians and caused them to take actions accordingly, with people on Facebook and Twitter calling for protests and demonstrations in front of the TV channel’s headquarters. Hamdi Ghidawi reported about the Constituent Assembly elections [...]

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Who Will be Tunisia’s Next President?

Houssem Sta Ali — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:29:46 +0000

Nominees for Tunisia’s President for the upcoming period are Mustapha Ben Jaafar, the General Secretary of Ettakatol, Moncef Marzouki, the head of the Congress for the Republic (CPR) and Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisia’s interim Prime Minister. El Maghreb reported that Ennahda contacted Beji Caid Essebsi in this regard, and that he “presumably” did not refuse [...]

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Impressions of Ettakatol and CPR on Preliminary Elections Results

Houssem Sta Ali — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:26:05 +0000

Preliminary results of the elections for Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly began to leak in yesterday morning from several sources. Rumors and unofficial feedback grew intense on radio stations and the Internet, depicting different attitudes on the subject. Tunisia Live investigated the impression of Ettakatol and CPR party members concerning the leaked results and inquired about the [...]

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Tunis Stock Market Reacts Badly to October 23rd Elections

Houssem Sta Ali — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:03:19 +0000

At 12.30 this afternoon, October 24th, Tunindex recorded a fall of 1.5% with 4,557.17 points in Tunisia’s stock market. This decline included top titles such as TUNBANK, TUNAUTO, TUNASS, and TUNFIN. Only five titles – TLS, MGR, SIAME, MNP, and ATB – averted the decline exhibiting a moderate increase ranging between 1% and 3%. According [...]

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Participation High, Organization Good in Yesterday’s Elections

Houssem Sta Ali — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:46:48 +0000

In a press conference held yesterday in downtown Tunis, Kamel Jendoubi the head of Tunisia’s electoral commission, stated that the participation rates in October 23rd’s Constituent Assembly elections exceeded 80% in electoral districts across the country. Jendoubi reiterated that full election results will be announced tomorrow, Tuesday October 25th. El Bayen reported that on the [...]

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Is Ben Ali More Than Just a Person?

Houssem Sta Ali — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:57:17 +0000

Shredded posters of candidates lists are the pervasive phenomenon in Tunisian streets these days. Despite the increased attention and awareness of the electoral campaign, people seem unable to stand the irritation of their political rivals’ faces and their slogans hanging on the walls. Sabotaging posters is one way to play out the hope of eliminating political [...]

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Ettakatol’s Declarations as Campaign Ends

Houssem Sta Ali — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:00:46 +0000

Mustapha Ben Jaafar, secretary general for the Forum for Work and Democratic Freedoms, also known as Ettakatol, explained that “after the January 14 revolution, Ettakatol moved from being an opposition party, to being a party preparing to govern and contribute to the country’s management, and insisted that the party had turned down any coalition with other [...]

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