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  • Tunisia "Tunis," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907) "Tunisia," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th...
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  • Britannica, Volume 27 Tunisia by Harry Johnston 25240261911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 27 — TunisiaHarry Johnston ​TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis), a...
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  • CIA World Fact Book, 2004 Tunisia 8149CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Tunisia This page was last updated on 1 January 2003 This is a snapshot of the CIA World...
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  • The World Factbook (1982) the Central Intelligence Agency Tunisia 2030510The World Factbook (1982) — Tunisiathe Central Intelligence Agency ​ 164,206...
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  • Central Intelligence Agency Tunisia 2230434The World Factbook (1990) — TunisiaUnited States Central Intelligence Agency   ​Tunisia  See regional map VII Geography...
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  • Britannica, Volume 26 Susa (Tunisia) 19410241911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 26 — Susa (Tunisia) ​SUSA (Fr. Sousse), a city of Tunisia, on the Gulf of Hammamet...
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  • Campaigns of World War II Series/Tunisia by Charles R. Anderson 223267US Army Campaigns of World War II Series/TunisiaCharles R. Anderson ​ ​ Introduction...
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  • Having considered the letter dated 19 April 1988 (S/19798), in which Tunisia made a complaint against Israel following the new act of aggression committed...
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  • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Enfidaville (category EB1911:Cities:Africa:Tunisia)
    Britannica, Volume 9 — Enfidaville ​ENFIDAVILLE [Dar-el-Bey], a town of Tunisia, on the railway between Tunis and Susa, 30 m. N.E. of the last-named place...
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  • Council, Having examined the application of Tunisia [1], Recommends to the General Assembly that Tunisia be admitted to membership in the United Nations...
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  • sovereignty and territorial integrity of Tunisia, Having heard the statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia,2 Having noted with concern that the...
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  • about his birth and parentage. In early boyhood he was in the hands of a Tunisian slave-dealer, by whom he was sold to Hamuda Pasha, then bey of Tunis, who...
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  • 26615341911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11 — Gabes ​GABES, a town of Tunisia, at the head of the gulf of the same name, and 70 m. by sea S.W. of Sfax...
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  • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Kairawan (category EB1911:Cities:Africa:Tunisia)
    Britannica, Volume 15 — Kairawan ​KAIRAWAN (Kerouan), the “sacred” city of Tunisia, 36 m. S. by W. by rail from Susa, and about 80 m. due S. from the capital...
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  • of the true Arabs. The Kabbabish have a tradition that they came from Tunisia and are of Mogrebin or western descent; but while the chiefs look like...
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  • STATUS REVIEW BOARD 260 UNCLASSIFIED Exhibit R-1 When this document was first released, in March 2005, the location "Hamam Lif, Tunisia", was redacted....
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  • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Sfax (category EB1911:Cities:Africa:Tunisia)
    24 — Sfax ​SFAX (Arabic Asfākis or Safākus, the cucumbers), a city of Tunisia, second in importance only to the capital, 78 m. due S. of Susa, on the...
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  • 25814671911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 27 — Tunis ​TUNIS, capital of Tunisia, the largest city in North Africa outside Egypt, in 36° 48′ N., 10° 12′...
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  • in Egypt is made by the sultan of Turkey through the khedive. In Tunis “bey” has become the hereditary title of the reigning sovereigns (see Tunisia)....
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  • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Porto Farina (category EB1911:Cities:Africa:Tunisia)
    Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 22 — Porto Farina ​PORTO FARINA, a town of Tunisia about 20 m. E. of Bizerta, on the Ghar-el-Mela, a lagoon, also known as...
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  • the east, a distance of some 1500 m., traversing Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. To their south lies the Saharan desert. The Atlas consist of many distinct...
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  • the Atlas, from the eastern confines of Morocco to Tunisia. He also examined the Algerian and Tunisian shats and explored the interior of western Tripoli...
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  • and N. by the Mediterranean, comprising the states of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Tripoli. The name is derived from the Berbers, the chief inhabitants...
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  • Ben Habib Jdey(Abd ar-Rawūf Jda; Canadian citizen (asylum seeker from tunisia) and suspected terrorist found swearing to die as a shaheed (martyr) on...
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  • middle of the 16th century to the end of the 17th century the ruler of Tunisia was also called dey, a title frequently used during the same period by...
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  • French resident-general, the British consul, other officials, and many Tunisians have country-houses, surrounded by groves of olive trees. Before the opening...
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  • brother ‘Abd Al-Raouf Bin Al-Habib Bin Yousef Al-Jaddi, born in 1965 in Tunisia and residing in Canada since December 8, 1991. Before traveling to Canada...
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  • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Kef (category EB1911:Cities:Africa:Tunisia)
    Britannica, Volume 15 — Kef ​KEF, more correctly El-Kef (the Rock), a town of Tunisia, 125 m. by rail S.S.W. of the capital, and 75 m. S.E. of Bona in Algeria...
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  • Security Council, Considering the gravity of the situation prevailing in Tunisia, Pending the conclusion of the debate of the item on its agenda, 1. Calls...
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  • Robert Anderson Egypt-Libya Air Offensive Europe Algeria-French Morocco Tunisia Sicily Naples-Foggia Rome-Arno Anzio Normandy Northern France Southern...
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  • Bizerta ​BIZERTA (properly pronounced Ben Zert; Fr. Bizerte), a seaport of Tunisia, in 37° 17′ N., 9° 50′ E. Pop. about 12,000. Next to Toulon, Bizerta is...
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  • coast of North Africa in the Gulf of Gabes, forming part of the regency of Tunisia. It is separated from the mainland by two narrow straits, and save for...
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  • Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,150 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459km Coastline: 1,770 km Maritime claims: Territorial sea: 12 nm Gulf...
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  • Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tromelin Island Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United...
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  • very summary representations. Dolmens, however, occur in great numbers in Tunisia and the province of Constantine. Tumuli, too, are found throughout northern...
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  • Reclus3900347Africa by Élisée Reclus — Chapter 81892A. H. Keane   ​ CHAPTER VIII. TUNISIA. ITHIN its present limits, Tunis does not form a geographical unit distinct...
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  • 1911) "Mandingo," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part) "Tunisia," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) "Uganda," in Encyclopædia...
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  • wool rugs. It is well watered, has magnificent palm-trees, and is an important centre for French military and civil administratlon in Tunisia. S. VAILHÉ...
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  • Decides to appoint a sub-committee consisting of Argentina, Italy, Japan and Tunisia, and instructs this sub-committee to examine the statements made before...
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  • known as Henshir Oudna, near a station on the railway from Tunis to Kef, Tunisia. These ruins occupy a surface nearly three miles in circumference, covering...
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  • Proconsular Africa. Its ruins are called Ain Tounga, south-west of Testour, Tunisia. They are very extensive and cover the summit and slopes of a series of...
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  • VIGILIUS). The ruins of Thapsus are located at Ras Dimas, near Bekalta in Tunisia. They consist of the remains of a mole, a fortress, and amphitheater, and...
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  • and they have been similarly active in politico-religious movements in Tunisia and Tripoli. See L. Rinn, Marabouts et Khouan (Algiers, 1884); and the...
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  • Tunis developed in this period into a much dreaded pirate state. The Tunisian galleys sailed along all the coasts of the Mediterranean, devastating and...
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  • Henshir Sbia, four miles west of Cape Kapoudia (north of the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia), its name being preserved at Koudiat Rosfa near Ras el Louza. It seems...
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  • revolutions of Morocco must be sought under the heads of Turkey, Tripoli, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. In dealing with the pirates, it will be sufficient...
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  • provided to carry a statue or a vase. Although in Syria, Asia Minor and Tunisia the Romans occasionally raised the columns of their temples or propylaea...
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  • port easily accessible to large vessels for over 1000 m., between Sfax in Tunisia and Alexandria, for, although there is safe and deep anchorage in the recess...
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  • extensively in Europe on cycling tours; also in S. Africa, Algeria and Tunisia, Canada, &c.; b. 21st Oct., 1859; 2nd son of J. J. Cole, Architect; m....
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  • headquarters of the civil administration between Kairouan and the Kef, in Tunisia, situated 950 metres above the sea-level, in a well-watered region. Punic...
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  • Byzacene, 641. The ruins of Thelepte may be seen at Medinet el-Kedima, in Tunisia, a little to the north of Gafsa. The Byzantine citadel, in utter ruins...
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  • 22° E. long., and from 27° to 33° N. lat., between Egypt on the east, Tunisia on the west, the desert on the south, and the sea on the north. Its area...
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  • Graham of 'Travels in Tunisia' (Times, 10 Aug. 1888), and in 1889 he brought out his 'Bibliography of the Barbary States — Tunisia,' a model, like all his...
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  • Arabized Berber tribe of the Hanensha, whose territory bordered on the modern Tunisia. Thagaste is now Souk Ahras, capital of a commune of 7500 inhabitants of...
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  • city of Beja, centre of a civil district of about 100,000 inhabitants in tunisia, and a railroad station in the heart of that rich agricultural region....
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  • shallower areas. The most important fisheries extend along the coasts of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco; but red coral is also obtained in the vicinity of...
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  • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Sbeitla (category EB1911:Cities:Africa:Tunisia)
    Britannica, Volume 24 — Sbeitla ​SBEITLA (anc. Sufetula), a ruined city of Tunisia, 66 m. S.W. of Kairawan. Long buried beneath the sand, this is the most...
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  • occupation they sometimes penetrated into the very heart of Algeria and Tunisia. Among the Imghad serfdom is hereditary, and whole tribes are vassals to...
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  • Ghat—which with the intervening sandy and stony wastes occupy the space between Tunisia and Egypt, extend from the Mediterranean southwards to the Tropic of Cancer...
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  • village on the road from Tebessa to Kairwan about 70 miles east of Tebessa (Tunisia). It has important Roman ruins: three temples, a triumphal arch, a theatre...
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  • Venezuela: draft resolution and Annex thereto, as a whole, amended by Togo and Tunisia (A/C.4/L.650, as orally revised) and with drafting change proposed orally...
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  • Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic...
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  • Theveste, midway between Musti (Mest) and Drusiliana (Khanguet Kdim), Tunisia. It is mentioned by Ptolemy (IV, 3), the "Tabula Peutinger.", and the "Geogr...
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  • Treaty with Tunis (1797) (category Tunisia)
    the corsairs of Tunis. Nothing to be exacted for visits.Art. VI. If a Tunisian corsair shall meet with an American merchant vessel and shall visit it...
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  • On his way home he attended the teachers of the mosque at Ķairawān, in Tunisia, who soon learnt from him that his people knew little of the religion they...
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  • ([}https://permanent.fdlp.gov/LPS33140/CMH_Pub_72-8.pdf external scan]) Tunisia (1993) (transcription project) Leyte (1994) Western Pacific (1994) East...
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  • Kwon (Republic of Korea) Mr. Liu Daqun (China) Mr. Abderraouf Mahbouli (Tunisia) Mr. Richard George May (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)...
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  • Volume 17 — Mahdia ​MAHDIA (also spelt Mehdia, Mehedia, &c.), a town of Tunisia, on the coast between the gulfs of Hammamet and Gabes, 47 m. by rail S...
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  • front rank of discoverers. On the establishment of a protectorate over Tunisia by France, Nachtigal was sent thither as consul-general for the German...
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  • Bay Tree: A Tale of To-day (1894, in three volumes) with W. H. Wilkins Tunisia and the Modern Barbary Pirates (1899) Abyssinia: Through the Lion-Land...
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  • m. by rail E. of Bona and 10 m. W. of the Tunisian frontier. It is the centre of the Algerian and Tunisian coral fisheries and has an extensive industry...
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  • lived in Oriental style during the next four years, visiting Algeria, Tunisia and other parts of the Mediterranean. In January 1869 she started from...
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  • Kairouan, Tunisia Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: a) Abu Abdullah b) Abdellah c) Abdullah Nationality: Tunisian Passport no.: Tunisian passport...
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  • Golea, where no European had ever set foot; southern Constantine and the Tunisian Soudan; the country of the Tuaregs; and the Chots of southern Tunis....
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  • the edge of the submarine platform which extends along the east coast of Tunisia, from which (at Mahadia) it is 90 m. distant eastwards. The soil is calcareous;...
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  • 484. This town must not be confounded with Leptis Minor, to-day Lemta in Tunisia. Gams, Series episcoporum (Ratisbon, 1873), 466, col. 3; Toulette, Géog...
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  • 15 — Kabyles ​KABYLES, or Kabail, a confederation of tribes in Algeria, Tunisia, and a few oases of the Sahara, who form a branch of the great Berber race...
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  • was affected by this week's violent events, President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia. Farseeing and wise, President Bourguiba has been a true friend to America...
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  • their own hands. That story of self-determination began six months ago in Tunisia. On December 17th, a young vendor named Mohammed Bouazizi was devastated...
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  • adventure) (transcription project) 1925 Below the Line 1926 In Barbary: Tunisia, Morocco and the Sahara (travel and adventure) 1927 The Danger on the Danube...
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  • name has become the definite designation of certain districts, e.g. the Tunisian coast between the gulfs of Hammamet and Gabes. Another region so called...
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  • S.: September 1919. Overseas: August 7, 1942. Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central...
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  • It appears afterwards to have fallen under the power of the rulers of Tunisia, then to a native dynasty which reigned at Tripoli, and in the 16th century...
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  • with the Atlas mountains. Eastward it is continued, south of Algeria and Tunisia, by the Western Erg and Eastern Erg, Sand- dunes. separated by a narrow...
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  • various editions of his collected works do not contain the dramas. The "Tunisias", an epic in twelve cantos, describing the conquest of Tunis by Charles...
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  • to 1883, when he took the same chair at Marburg. In 1886 he visited the Tunisian Sahara, and in 1888 made a tour through Morocco and Algeria. In addition...
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  • whose dialect and costume still prevail. In 1798 it was attacked by the Tunisians and 933 inhabitants taken away as slaves. They were ransomed after five...
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  • wonderful hot baths at Hamman-Meskoutine, which are situated near the Tunisian border of Algeria, on the railroad leading from Constantine to Tunis, one...
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  • "on May 17," although the report is dated 21 May.] UNUSAL OBJECT OVER TUNISIA—Algiers, Écho d'Alger, 4 Jun 52. On 3 June, at about 2000 hours, many inhabitants...
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  • currency known as flous, consisting of obsolete copper coins of Algerian and Tunisian dynasties. Seven flous are regarded as equal to the French five-centime...
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  • women is plumpness, both in Morocco and Tunis. It is every Moorish and Tunisian woman's ambition to be fat. The stouter a woman is, the more she is desired...
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  • also have roots in Canada. The April 11, 2002 bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia may be linked to al-Qaeda operatives who planned the attack while living...
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  • Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Republic and Upper Volta. Representatives of several...
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  • Carniolan race gather the smallest quantities of propolis and those of the Tunisian race the greatest amount; on this account the former are better suited...
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  • km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km. Western Sahara 42 km Coastline: 998 km Maritime claims: Territorial...
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  • Gharsa, and El-Jerid, or Fejej. About one-half is in French territory, the Tunisian boundary line cutting the western bank of Shott El-Rharsa. This great depression...
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  • since become famous as the Pères Blancs. From 1881 to 1884 his activity in Tunisia so raised the prestige of France that it drew from Gambetta the celebrated...
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  • of 5,563,828, all but 795,522 Europeans being natives—Arabs, Berbers, Tunisians, Moroccans and Musulmans. The extent of French possessions in Africa is...
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  • native races are subjects and not citizens. To this rule Tunisia presents an exception, Tunisians retaining their nationality and laws. In addition to Algeria...
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  • nowhere else to go. During World War II, an unknown soldier in a trench in Tunisia left behind a scrap of paper with the verses: Stay with me, God. The night...
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