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- Tunisia rapper gets 2 years prison for police song
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian court convicted on Thursday a rap artist for insulting police with a song calling them dogs and sentenced him to two years in prison, his lawyer said.
June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News - Tunisian rapper in court to hear sentence for insulting police
TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian rapper who was sentenced to two years in jail in absentia in March for insulting the police was handed the same punishment on Thursday after he surrendered to the authorities. The ruling, which critics called another blow to free speech in Tunisia, came a day after three European feminists were jailed for four months for staging a topless demonstration in the capital ...
June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feminist protesters sentenced to 4 months in Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia, June 13 (UPI) -- Three feminists, who staged a topless protest in Tunisia to support a fellow activist, were convicted of offending public decency and threatening public order.
June 13, 2013 - UPI
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- Nwankwo Kanu in AFP
The standings in our group shows clearly that the match in Tunis will go a very long way in determining who qualifies for the World Cup,said Kanu, who was first capped by Nigeria in 1993. "We all know the importance of this match. It's a... - Kofi Annan in TMCnet
I am convinced that the holding of this summit in Tunis offers a good opportunity for the government of Tunisia to address various human rights concerns,Annan wrote. - Condoleezza Rice in Washington Post
We are not meeting today because Tendai went away to Tunisia and nothing can move when one of the negotiators is not available. I am not aware of the purpose of his visit to Tunis but, he just confirmed to us that he will not be available for... Welshman Ncube http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welshman_Ncube&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEiBhuFvQo2I2b1gQqG3b3IL0_o2Q New Zimbabwe.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-1828-No%2Bprogress%2Bin%2BGPA%2Btalks%2BNcube/news.aspx&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHlPox-NoXW2frZsegZnUkAkQMNPw Feb 14, 2010 102549 136156 tunisia We talked about internal matters here in Tunisia and about the course of reform," Rice told reporters after meeting President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the capital, Tunis.