Month: October 2012

Tunisia sets dates for polls

by Antoine Lambroschini – TUNIS (AFP) Tunisia will go to the polls next June, the Islamist-led government said on Sunday, after striking a deal on a new constitution for the North African state which was the cradle of the...

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More conflicts ahead!

THE NATION – Pakistan By: Eric S. Margolis Welcome Mali, our newest crisis! Open your maps. Mali is a huge, arid nation extending from the Sahara Desert and Algeria’s border in the north to the steamy south along the Niger...

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Mauritania president shot

PARIS (AFP) Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was admitted to a French military hospital on Sunday after being shot and wounded when soldiers “accidentally” fired on his convoy near the capital...

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