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Self-Immolation Rises As Desperate Tunisians Seek Escape From Poverty

3:00pm January 19, 2018

When a fruit seller set himself on fire, it helped start a revolution in Tunisia seven years ago. Since then, the suicide method has grown more common, especially among young, unemployed men.

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Tunisian women gather to celebrate Women's Day on Aug. 13 in Tunis. On the same day, the country's president announced the review of a law requiring that a man receive twice the share of an inheritance as a woman.

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As Tunisia Weighs Women's Rights Proposal, Some Of The Staunchest Opponents Are Women

11:30am August 17, 2017

by Ruth Sherlock

Tunisia's president is pushing for his country to become the first in the Arab world to ensure equality between men and women in inheritance laws. Currently, a man's share equals that of two women.

Forensic police investigate a truck at the scene of a terror attack on the Promenade des Anglais on Thursday evening in Nice, France. A French-Tunisian attacker killed 84 people as he drove a truck through crowds gathered to watch a fireworks display duri

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What We Know About The Suspect In The Nice, France, Attack

2:12pm July 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Law enforcement and judicial officials have identified 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel as the suspect who they believe plowed into a crowd, killing at least 84 people.

Pamela, the cow prize, hangs out in the backyard of DigitalMania Studio's office in Tunis, Tunisia.

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It Sounds Udderly Ridiculous, But Video Gamers In Tunisia Can Win A Cow

7:25pm May 18, 2016

by Vicky Hallett

That's one way to get people — and especially farmers — to play. After all, a cow is worth $1,500 in Tunisia.

Tunisian Olfa Hamrouni points at pictures of her daughters Rahma (above) and Ghofran. The teenage girls were exploited by extremist recruits and left their homeland to join ISIS in neighboring Libya.

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She's Lost 2 Daughters To ISIS; Will Her Younger Girls Be Next?

2:07pm April 06, 2016

by Leila Fadel

A Tunisian mother says poverty and a lack of education and opportunity drove her older daughters to join ISIS. Without help, she fears that her younger girls will become "two little bombs."

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Jilan Abdul Kabir stands next to the spot where his cousin, Abdul Atti al-Kabir, was shot and killed by ISIS militants in a battle earlier this month in southern Tunisia, near the Libyan border.

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Tunisia's Fragile Democracy Faces A Threat From Chaotic Libya

3:41pm March 30, 2016

by Leila Fadel

Islamic State fighters from neighboring Libya stormed into a Tunisian border town this month. The Tunisian security forces beat ISIS back — this time. But the Tunisians fear more attacks are coming.

Tunisians celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring on Thursday in Tunis.

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5 Years After Ousting A Dictator, Is Tunisia Backsliding On Human Rights?

3:02pm January 14, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Amnesty International says it has evidence of deaths in custody and torture in Tunisia, which has been heralded as a bright spot in a troubled region.

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Authorities Identify Suicide Bomber In Deadly Tunisia Bus Attack

10:24am November 26, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Tunisian authorities identified the bomber as a 27-year-old Tunisian man named Houssem Abdelli. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Police officers take positions as they arrive at scene of a bus explosion in the center of Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, Tuesday.

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Tunisian President Declares State Of Emergency Following Deadly Explosion

4:29pm November 24, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The Tunisian President declared a state of emergency for 30 days and an overnight curfew following the explosion that ripped through a bus carrying presidential security on a main road in Tunis.

December 2013: A Tunisian boy waves a flag as he runs at a rally in Tunis, marking the third anniversary of Tunisia's revolution. A prominent member of the group that's credited with averting civil war in the country says the group acted "to give hope to

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How Tunisia's 'Quartet' Saved A Country From Civil War And Won The Nobel Peace Prize

4:01pm October 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Before the Quartet was formed, Tunisia seemed doomed to walk the same path of violence, retributions and political chaos that had wreaked havoc in Egypt.

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