Day: November 7, 2016

Clinton, Trump in final sprint to finish line

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Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are poised to fight late into the night Monday as they barnstorm across battleground states on the final full day of campaigning. As Election Day approaches, each candidate has a path to victory. Clinton is better positioned than Trump with a narrow lead in national polls and an advantage in many battleground states. But her leads are far from dominant and a strong turnout for Trump or a poor response from sections of her own coalition could open the way for the billionaire real…

Tunisia ranks 93rd on Legatum Prosperity Index, leading Maghreb countries

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Tunisia is the most prosperous country in North Africa, it ranks eight places above the second most prosperous country in the region, Morocco. It ranked 93th among the most prosperous countries in the world in 2016, according to the report published by “Legatum Prosperity Index,” on Thursday, November 3 by the Dubai-based Investment Company and Think Tank Legatum Institute. Tunisia has the second smallest prosperity deficit in North Africa: it is slightly larger than Morocco’s but a great deal smaller than Algeria, Egypt, and Libya’s. Tunisia stood ahead of Morocco…

Inflation rate down 3.9%, October 2016

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The inflation rate dropped to 3.9% in October 2016, against 4.2% in September, breaking the upward trend noted early 2016 and cut off only during the month of July,  the latest statistics released Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INS) reveal. The fall in inflation is a factor of a year-on-year deceleration of  clothing and footwear group, declining from 9.3% in September 2016 to 7.1% in October. The inflation registered was notably due to the leap in prices of the food group by 2.7%, beverages, year-on-year, as prices of fruits…

Tunisian-Libyan fraternity Day in Tunis

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The Maghreb Centre for Research on Libya held on Saturday, November 5 in Ibn Rachiq Cultural centre in Tunis, the Tunisian-Libyan fraternity Day with the participation of a number of historians, diplomats, journalists and civil society activists to commemorate the “Zalaj” events of November 7, 1911, when blood of the Tunisian martyrs was shed in solidarity with their Libyan brothers against the Italian invasion. Speaking at the event, Researcher and Professor Khaled Abid highlighted the historical background of the Tunisian-Libyan solidarity in the face of colonialism. In turn, ambassador, Salaheddine…

Iraq peshmerga attack Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul

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(Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces attacked an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, trying to clear a pocket of militants outside the city while Iraqi troops wage a fierce urban war with the jihadists in its eastern neighborhoods. As the campaign against Islamic State’s Iraqi stronghold entered its fourth week, fighters across the border launched an offensive in the Syrian half of the jihadist group’s self-declared caliphate, targeting its base in the city of Raqqa. The assault on Raqqa, held by Islamic State for nearly three years,…