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Twelve Tunisian migrants drowned in shipwreck off Djerba

Twelve Tunisians, including women and babies, tragically drowned while attempting to illegally migrate to Europe when their boat sank off the coast of Djerba, a tourist island in southeastern Tunisia, according to a judicial source. The accident occurred at dawn under unknown circumstances. Some 29 would-be migrants were rescued. Fethi Baccouche, spokesperson for the Medenine […]

What Arab Spring? The Folly that is Henry Kissinger

When the 26-year-old fruit vendor, Mohammed Bouazizi – after being slapped around by local authorities one time too many – in an act of desperation and protest, set himself on fire in the Tunisian city of  Sidi Bouzid, no analyst or politician could have foreseen the wave of regional uprisings that were to follow. What […]

Countdown Started for Launch of Mohammed VI-B Satellite

The countdown has started for the launch of the Mohammed VI-B satellite, which is being installed on its launch pad at the Kourou base in French Guiana, before the official launch scheduled for the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. Images posted by Arianespace website from the Kourou military base in French Guiana (South America) have […]