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Tunisia
Ben Ali's Militia Use Libya as Rear Base

With fresh turmoil in the streets in Tunisia tension is [...]

Published on 18/01/2011 at 17:00 GMT

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Benghazi’s rising opposition

Benghazi has long been a thorn in Colonel Kadhafi ’s side. Libya’s second-largest "Egyptian" city has historically been a hotbed [...]

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SMS and clubs to quell a riot

Caught off balance by revolutionary winds from Tunisia and Egypt and confronted with an ever-bolder opposition, Muammar Gaddafi is planning a counter-attack - by whipping up the street. His efforts in recent weeks to dampen social unrest (MC 958/956) having [.

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A shaken Kadhafi plans reshuffle

Fearing the fate awaiting Hosni Moubarak, who has always backed his own regime, Muammar Gaddafi is seeking to defuse any [...]

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Ghannouchi’s troubled ties with Tripoli

It could prove a difficult test for Rached Ghannouchi, historical leader of Tunisia’s moderate Ennahda Islamist party banned since 1989. The party’s theologian is planning to return to Tunisia in coming days now that his political movement has once again [.

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Epilogue: Why Ben Ali fled the country

There’s some uncertainty over why Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali left the country in a panic on Jan. 14. Protest in [...]

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Revenge of RCD "old timers" against Trabelsi clan

Formed on January 17 following the flight of Zine el-Abidine and Leila Ben Ali, the transitional government led to the former elite of the ruling Rassemblement Constitutionnel Democratique (RCD) gaining the upper hand. However, the so-called RCD "technocrats," natives of [.

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Tunisia
Ben Ali's Militia Use Libya as Rear Base

Libya
Benghazi’s rising opposition

Spotlight | Libya
SMS and clubs to quell a riot

Libya
A shaken Kadhafi plans reshuffle

Spotlight | Libya, Tunisia
Ghannouchi’s troubled ties with Tripoli

Tunisia
Epilogue: Why Ben Ali fled the country

Spotlight | Tunisia
Revenge of RCD "old timers" against Trabelsi clan

Tunisia
How the Army is cracking down on the interior ministry

Tunisia
Who Can Ben Ali Still Trust ?

Tunisia
Army serves as Ben Ali’s last rampart

Tunisia
Ben Ali also reshuffles religious cards

Spotlight | Tunisia
Has Ben Ali played his last cards?