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UN: 22 deaths worldwide from 44 cases of new coronavirus
GENEVA (AP) — A new coronavirus has now claimed 22 lives worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases, mostly in Saudi Arabia, World Health Organization officials said Thursday. The latest fatal case of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus,...Tags: Health Organizations, Saudi Arabia, International Organizations, Viral Diseases and Infections, Politics
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ANALYSIS-Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
Reuters* Moderate Islamist-led government cracks down on Salafists * Rupture raises risk of fuelling armed radicals in N.Africa * Main Salafist group rejects state, shuns elections * Secular Tunisians fear for freedom, stability By Tarek Amara TUNIS, May 23...Tags: Al-Qaeda, National Government, Revolutions, Afghanistan, Religion and Belief
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Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities. The...Tags: Justice and Rights, Revolutions, Religion and Belief, Tunisian Revolution (2010-2011), Career and Workplace
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Swiss seek to facilitate restitution of dictator loot
Reuters* Draft law first of its kind - Swiss Foreign Ministry * Swiss blocked $1 billion of Arab Spring loot ZURICH, May 22 (Reuters) - Switzerland proposed on Wednesday a new law to make it easier to freeze assets stolen and salted away by foreign leaders and...Tags: Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Egypt, Swiss Confederation, Libya
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Officials say more evidence being gathered as Benghazi suspects remain under surveillance
AP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to...Tags: Trials, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Religion and Belief, Police Investigations, White House
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Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus
ReutersTunis (Reuters) - A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The man, a diabetic, died in hospital in the...Tags: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Saudi Arabia, Medical Procedures and Tests, French Literature, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Tunisia: Man back from Saudi Arabia dies from coronavirus, 2 children treated and recovered
Associated PressRABAT, Morocco (AP) — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since...Tags: Pneumonia, Respiratory Disease, Heart Problems, Family, Diseases and Illnesses
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Heavy Tunisian security crackdown blocks hardline Muslim rally, 1 dead in clashes
Associated PressKAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) — Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Islam, Revolutions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief
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With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era
Reuters* Bouteflika believed to be seriously ill * Energy wealth and scars of war will keep Algeria stable * Bouteflika last of old guard who fought for independence By Lamine Chikhi and Myra MacDonald ALGIERS, May 19 (Reuters) - Three weeks after being...Tags: France, Elections, Algiers (Algeria), Politics, Energy Resources
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A YOUNG TUNISIAN DIES IN CLASHES WITH POLICE IN
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Tunisian Islamist protester dies in clash with police
ReutersTUNIS, May 19 (Reuters) - A Tunisian man taking part in a pro-Islamist protest in Tunisia on Sunday died after clashing with police, the state news agency said. The agency identified the man as 27-year-old Moez Dahmani. A Reuters witness saw several...Tags: Tunisian Revolution (2010-2011)
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Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - One protester died and several were injured when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed with police on Sunday. The 27-year-old man was killed in the violence in the capital Tunis which continued into the...Tags: Witnesses, Al-Qaeda, Feminism, Military Equipment, Religious Conflicts
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