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  • 8
    Feb
    2013
    12:31pm, EST

    Mourning amid teargas: Funeral turns into violent confrontation with Tunisian police

    Anis Mili / Reuters

    Soldiers help mourners carry the coffin of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid during his funeral procession towards the nearby cemetery of El-Jellaz, where he is to be buried, in the Jebel Jelloud district of Tunis, on Feb. 8. Tens of thousands of mourners chanted anti-Islamist slogans on Friday at the Tunis funeral of secular opposition leader Belaid, whose assassination has plunged Tunisia deeper into political crisis.

    Anis Mili / Reuters

    A couple mourns next to a Tunisian flag during the funeral procession for the late secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid in the Jebel Jelloud district in Tunis, on Feb. 8.

    Hassene Dridi / AP

    Thousands of Tunisians are gathered at el Jallez cemetery to attend the funerals of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid, near Tunis, on Feb. 8. The Feb. 6 assassination of prominent government critic Chokri Belaid plunged the country into one of its deepest political crises since the overthrow of the dictatorship in 2011. The coffin is carried by pallbearers at center of picture.

    Amine Landoulsi / AP

    Tunisian women protects their faces from teargas while attending the funeral of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid at el Jallez cemetery near Tunis, on Feb. 8.

    By Tarek Amara and Alistair Lyon, Reuters

    Published 12:20pm ET: TUNIS, Tunisia -- Police and mourners clashed at the mass funeral on Friday of secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid, whose assassination has plunged Tunisia deeper into political crisis.

    Braving chilly rain, at least 50,000 people turned out to honor Belaid in his home district of Jebel al-Jaloud in the capital, chanting anti-Islamist and anti-government slogans.

    It was Tunisia's biggest funeral since the death of Habib Bourguiba, independence leader and first president, in 2000.

    Violence erupted near the cemetery as police fired teargas at demonstrators who threw stones and set cars ablaze. Police also used teargas against protesters near the Interior Ministry, a frequent flashpoint for clashes in the Tunisian capital.

    Continue reading.

    EPA

    Tunisians cover their faces as they stand at Jellaz cemetery amid teargas fired by police during the funeral of slain opposition politician Chokri Belaid, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Feb 8. Media reports state that Tunisian police fired tear gas outside the cemetery in the capital Tunis where thousands of people had gathered for the funeral of opposition leader Chokri Belaid. Belaid was shot dead by an unknown attacker outside his home on Feb. 6.

    Louafi Larbi / Reuters

    A protester flees from teargas fired by riot police during clashes with riot police near the cemetery where slain Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid is buried on Feb. 8.

    Hassene Dridi / AP

    Protestors burn cars next to the cemetery where thousands of Tunisians are gathered to attend the funerals of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid, near Tunis, on Feb. 8.

    Amine Landoulsi / AP

    Thousands of Tunisians attend the funeral of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid at el Jallez cemetery near Tunis, on Feb. 8. The Feb. 6 assassination of prominent government critic Chokri Belaid plunged the country into one of its deepest political crises since the overthrow of the dictatorship in 2011.

    Amine Landoulsi / AP

    A tunisian woman wrapped in her national flag makes her way through tombs while attending the funeral of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid at el Jallez cemetery near Tunis, on Feb. 8.

    Police and mourners clashed at the funeral of secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid, whose assassination has plunged Tunisia deeper into political crisis. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.

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  • 24
    Feb
    2012
    1:34pm, EST

    Several hundred pro-Assad protesters disrupt 'Friends of Syria' meeting in Tunisia

    Mohamed Messara / EPA

    Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad scuffle with Tunisian police near the venue where Friends of Syria conference is convening, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Feb. 24.

    Mohamed Messara / EPA

    Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad shout slogans outside the venue where Friends of Syria conference is convening, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Feb. 24.

    TUNIS, Tunisia -- The main opposition Syrian National Council outlined on Friday its vision for a post-Assad Syria, and appealed for the weapons required to make that happen.

    The SNC announced it was proposing an interim presidential council of national leaders and a truth and reconciliation committee at a meeting of the “Friends of Syria” group of 70 Western and Arab nations in Tunisia Friday.

    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said ahead of the meeting that rebel fighters would become “increasingly capable,” saying they will “from somewhere, somehow, find the means to defend themselves as well as begin offensive measures."

    There was drama as the conference got under way at the Palace Hotel in Tunis, when several hundred pro-Assad protesters breached the grounds, forcing Clinton to be diverted to her hotel and delaying her appearance at the meeting. Police wielding batons stopped them getting inside the hotel itself and drove them out the parking lot after about 15 minutes.

    Read the full story.

    -- msnbc.com staff and news services

    Fethi Belaid / AFP - Getty Images

    Tunisian police wielding batons beat back several dozen protesters trying to enter the venue of an international meeting on the Syria crisis in Tunis on Feb. 24.

    Fethi Belaid / AFP - Getty Images

    Tunisian and Syrian's Bashar al Assad Supporters shout slogans during a demonstration in front of the conference hotel during the first "Friends of Syria" conference in Tunis on Feb. 24. Western and Arab nations are to challenge Syria to allow in desperately needed humanitarian aid at a meeting today aimed at tackling President Bashar al-Assad's increasingly bloody crackdown.

    International pressure is mounting on Syrian leader Bashar Assad, as diplomats from about 80 nations gather in Tunisia to discuss the crisis. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

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  • 24
    Nov
    2011
    12:37pm, EST

    AP

    Demonstrators clash with police forces, unseen, in Kasserine, Tunisia, on Nov. 23. Photo made available Nov. 24.

    Protests in Tunisian town over lack of recognition for casualties of uprising

    The AP reports:

    A peaceful demonstration in the town of Kasserine over the exclusion of local residents from a list of those killed in last year's uprising against the dictatorship turned violent late Wednesday as protesters clashed with police and military.

    Demonstrators attempted to set fire to the local prison, rob a bank and loot the local branch of a government agency. They also set fire to tires and vandalized local businesses, said the state news agency.

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    • Slideshow: Tunisia unrest, January 2011

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  • 22
    Nov
    2011
    8:20am, EST

    Nervous smiles as Tunisia enters new democratic era

    Fethi Belaid / AFP - Getty Images

    New Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, left, of the Congress for the Republic Party, smiles on November 22 during the opening of the first session of the constituent elected assembly in Tunis.

    msnbc.com news services report:

    Fethi Belaid / AFP - Getty Images

    Deputies stand before interim President Fouad Mbazaa's speech during the inaugural session of the elected constituent assembly on November 22.

    Tunisia entered a new era of democracy on November 22 with the inaugural session of its democratically elected constituent assembly, 10 months after a popular uprising ended years of dictatorship. 

    As the country that set off the wave of pro-democracy movements that engulfed the Arab region, Tunisia's efforts to build a democracy are being closely watched around the world.

    The Islamist Ennahda Party won the most seats in elections on October 25 and partnered with the liberal Congress for the Republic and the left-of-center Ettakatol Party to form a ruling coalition and divide up the top posts between them.

    The mother of Mohamed Bouazizi, the fruitseller whose self-immolation sparked the revolution, attended the opening session of the assembly.

    "I'm an optimist. I wish success for my country and I hope that the parties will work together and avoid problems," Manoubia Bouazizi told Reuters last month. "That's my message to them."

    "I hope they are worthy of the loss that I suffered."

    Fethi Belaid / AFP - Getty Images

    Manoubia Bouazizi, left, the mother of Mohamed Bouazizi, the fruitseller whose self-immolation sparked the revolution that ousted a dictator and ignited the Arab Spring, attends the opening of the first session of the constituent elected assembly in Tunis.

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    My heart goes out to the Tunisian nation as they make a transition to democratic rule. How ever difficult and ardous the journey might be i remain optimistic that the Tunisian nation is up to the task. It is sadly not only the question of governance that impacts on their socio-economic well-being bu …

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  • 9
    Nov
    2011
    4:41pm, EST

    Zoubeir Souissi / Reuters

    Salafists pray during a sit-in protest in front of the foreign ministry in Tunis Nov. 9, 2011. The demonstrators are demanding the release of prisoners sentenced to death in Iraq for their involvement in the Gulf war.

    Salafists in Tunisia demand release of prisoners in Iraq

    By Rich Shulman

    One of the results of the Arab Spring is the re-emergence of ethnic and religious minority groups. In Tunisia, the Salafists are an Islamist party that suffered repression under ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's government.

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  • 25
    Oct
    2011
    2:54pm, EDT

    Tunisians protest first election results

    Zacarias Garcia / EPA

    Tunisians shout slogans during a demonstration aganist what they call 'an election fraud' in front of the press center in Tunis, October 25, 2011.

    Zohra Bensemra / Reuters

    A demonstrator holds a banner during a protest against the Islamist Ennahda movement in Tunis October 25, 2011. Tunisia's moderate Islamist party was preparing to lead a coalition government Tuesday after its election win sent a message to the region that once-banned Islamists are challenging for power after the "Arab Spring." With election officials still counting ballots from Sunday's vote -- the first since the uprisings which began in Tunisia and spread through the region -- the Ennahda party said its own tally showed it won and several of its biggest rivals conceded defeat.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    Full story on the election results in Tunisia.

    Reuters analysis: Democracy can work for Arab Islamists

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  • 14
    Mar
    2011
    7:46am, EDT

    Humanitarian emergency on Libya's borders

    Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

    Stars trail across the night sky above a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 13. As fighting continues in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, tens of thousands of guest workers including men women and children from Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Sudan and other countries continue to flee to the border of Tunisia. The situation has turned into a humanitarian emergency as Tunisia is overwhelmed with the workers.

    Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

    A man's name is called as men from Bangladesh wait patiently for information about their repatriation at a United Nations displacement camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 13.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

     See more images in our Libya slideshow.

    1 comment

    with all these humanitarian crises Japan, Lybia... I am happy to have my warm bed and my piece of bread for lunch, but a green grass warm and clean to sit on, my dog and a blue sky with peace and happiness and safety for my family

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  • 12
    Mar
    2011
    3:45pm, EST

    Jim Hollander / EPA

    Migrant workers from Bangladesh who fled from Libya line up in the UN refugee camp in Ras Jdir, Tunisia, on March 12 as they wait to board buses to transport them to the airport in Djerba for repatriation flights back home. According to media sources, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that over 200,000 workers have fled Libya, but there are over 1-million left in the country. The UNHCR has called on the international community to urgently help with a massive evacuation to their home countries of tens of thousands of foreigners stuck at Tunisia's border with Libya.

    Many migrant workers still stuck in Libya

    By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

    Before reading the caption, this picture caught my eye, as it looked like a fictional scene of people walking through the gates of either heaven or hell. For more on the situation in Libya, read here.

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  • 9
    Mar
    2011
    8:22am, EST

    Migrants fleeing Libya left in limbo across the border in Tunisia

    Reuters reports that more than 215,000 migrants have left Libya since fighting began but that the flow slowed late last week, according to UNHCR and IOM officials.

    Emilio Morenatti / AP

    Men, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, wait for information regarding their repatriation in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 9.

    The number of migrants fleeing Libya has dropped over the past days and it was not clear if they were being held back deliberately or were afraid to make the journey, aid officials said on Tuesday.

    Fewer than one-fifth of the foreign workers believed ready to flee Libya have made it to the Tunisian border or into Egypt, they said.

    Mohamed Messara / EPA

    Bangladeshi refugees who fled unrest in Libya queue for food at the UNHCR tent refugee camp in Tunisia, several kilometers from the border crossing at Ras Jdir on March 9.

    "Things are going on in Libya in a very worrying way and we need to be prepared if by any chance outflows take place. It is impossible to know exactly what is happening on the other side," said U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres at the Ras Jdir crossing into Tunisia.

    Emilio Morenatti / AP

    A man from Bangladesh, who used to work in Libya but recently fled the unrest, waves as he rushes to pick up his passport after being called for repatriation back to his country in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Jdir, Tunisia on March 9.

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  • 1
    Mar
    2011
    10:27am, EST

    Zohra Bensemra / Reuters

    An Egyptian man fleeing the unrest in Libya receives help from his compatriots after he fainted as they wait at the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir March 1, 2011.

    A man is lifted by the crowd after fainting at the border between Libya and Tunisia.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    More photos from Libya.

    2 comments

    Let us all - all - pray for their liberation - let us all pray that the good lord (whatever name one calls out) that he/she grants them the freedom & democracy that they want / demand. Simple human freedom is not such a great request - may the good lord (whatever name one calls out) grant them  …

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  • 23
    Feb
    2011
    7:25am, EST

    Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

    A Tunisian woman carries her belongings as she crosses into Tunisia at the Ras Jdir border crossing after fleeing unrest in Libya on Feb. 23. Thousands of Tunisians are fleeing Libya, many across its western land border, after a bloody crackdown on protests against the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, state media reported on Tuesday. Tunisia has at least 30,000 nationals in Libya and officials fear they could become targets because of Tunisia's role in inspiring uprisings across the Arab world.

    Tunisians flee Libya

    Italy's foreign minister has estimated that as many as 1,000 people may have been killed in the unrest in Libya. Human Rights Watch had previously estimated 233 had been killed, with 62 killed in Tripoli in the past two days. Follow the latest developments here.

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  • 7
    Feb
    2011
    8:09am, EST

    Fethi Belaid / AFP - Getty Images

    A man stands among debris of a police station burnt during clashes between protesters and police in Kef, northern Tunisia on Feb. 7. Protesters set the police station ablaze amid fresh clashes on Feb. 6, calling for the city's police chief, Khaled Ghazouani, to be sacked for abuse of power.

    Police station burned down in Kef, Tunisia

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    Read more on the disturbances in Kef.

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