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	Tunisia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1159, Tunisia was conquered by the Almohad caliphs of Morocco.
		Tunisia is in north Africa, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert and between Algeria and Libya.
		Tunisia's association agreement with the European Union (EU) entered into force on March 1, 1998, the first such accord between the EU and Mediterranean countries to be activated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tunisia (1435 words)

	Economy of Tunisia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tunisia received considerable economic assistance during this period from the United States and European and Arab countries and is one of the few developing countries in the region to have moved into the "middle income" category.
		In 1990, Tunisia acceded to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
		Unemployment continues to plague Tunisia's economy and is aggravated by a rapidly growing work force.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Tunisia (803 words)

	Tunisia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Occupying the eastern portion of the great bulge of North Africa, Tunisia is bounded on the west by Algeria, on the north and east by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the southeast by Libya.
		Tunisia’s economy, traditionally based on agriculture, now has important mining, energy, tourism, and manufacturing sectors, and the country has become increasingly middle class.
		Tunisia is governed under the 1959 constitution, as amended in 1988; the president and members of the chamber of deputies are popularly elected every five years.
	www.bartleby.com /65/tu/Tunisia.html (1302 words)

	Economy (from Tunisia) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Tunisia is strategically important in the Mediterranean region, where its location and ease of access have made it vulnerable to virtually every historical influence in the area.
		Tunisia was the site of ancient Carthage and, as the province of Ifriqiyah, or Africa Minor, was a keystone of Arab and Turkish empires in North Africa.
		In the years preceding the dissolution of the union in 1991, the economy of Russia and the union as a whole was in decline.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-209112 (1133 words)

	Tunisia (09/05)
		Tunisia's judiciary is headed by the Court of Cassation, whose judges are appointed by the president.
		Tunisia served as the headquarters of the Arab League from 1979 to 1990 and hosted the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) headquarters from 1982 to 1993, when the PLO Executive Committee relocated to Jericho and the Palestinian Authority was established after the signing of the Oslo Agreement.
		Tunisia and Algeria resolved a longstanding border dispute in 1993 and have cooperated in the construction of a natural gas pipeline through Tunisia that connects Algeria to Italy.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5439.htm (4133 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2004 - Countries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Tunisia is one of the Arab world’s most modern, stable, and cosmopolitan countries.
		Tunisia’s diverse economy includes important agricultural, mining, energy, tourism, and manufacturing sectors; and its association agreement with the European Union, which entered into force in 1998, was the first such agreement between the EU and a Maghreb country.
		Tunisia is open to foreign investment generally but does restrict it in some sectors.
	cf.heritage.org /index2004test/country2.cfm?id=Tunisia (740 words)

	Welcome to Tunisia Online, your digital gateway to news and information on Tunisia.
		A member country of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Tunisia is also the first country on the southern coast of the Mediterranean to have concluded a partnership and cooperation agreement with the European Union, the main component of which is the establishment of a free-trade zone.
		Preservation of domestic financial balances through control of budget deficit which was limited to an average annual rate of 3% of the GDP in spite of the impact of the program of removal of tariff barriers which caused a decrease in value of 470 million dinars at the end of 1999.
		For this reason, such subjects as the reinforcement of the competitiveness of the economy, the promotion of the private sector, the establishment of quality infrastructures and the development of human resources occupy a prominent place in Tunisia's development project for the years to come.
	www.tunisiaonline.com /economy (748 words)

	Economy, Tunisia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Due to its limited natural resources, Tunisia has focused on developing its human resources: the bulk of the national budget has been allocated to education, health care, housing and social services, while a comparatively small amount was spent on defense.
		Tunisia benefits from the most modern telecommunication systems, with an automated telephone network covering the whole country and linked to the international network and direct dialing.
		Many of these firms were attracted by Tunisia's proximity and preferential trading relations with the European Community and the Arab Maghreb Union, as well as by the newly revised Investment Code which offered tax and customs concessions to foreign investors and reduced the administrative "red tape" required for project approval.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/theo-3/data/web_type/Economy/tunisia.econ.html (1023 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Near East and North Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Tunisia's constitution was revised in 1988 to permit the president to serve for three five-year terms.
		Tunisia is a leader in the Arab world in the promotion of equal status for women under the law.
		Tunisia and Algeria resolved a long-standing border dispute in 1993 and have cooperated in the construction of a natural gas pipeline through Tunisia that connects Algeria to Italy.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/nea/tunisia9407.html (2416 words)

	Tunisia: Country Profile - Geography, History, Government and Politics, Population and Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Tunisia is situated on the Mediterranean, in the centre of the North African seaboard.
		Tunisia's official religion is Islam and the constitution states that the president must be a Muslim.
		Tunisia is committed to a free trade regime and export-led growth, underlined by its accession to the World Trade Organisation in 1995, which was also the same year it was founded.
	www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com /country.asp?country=20 (2382 words)

	The Washington Times - Tunisia
		Tunisia has led a peaceful revolution, one that is characterized by a population of nine million with a standard of living three times higher than that of 12 years ago.
		Tunisia has taken on the formidable task of restructuring its economy, raising its living standards to the level of industrial nations and decreasing unemployment.
		IT: The backbone of the new economy in Tunisia
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /africa/00/tunisia/16.html (1112 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tunisia
		The Tunisian Republic (الجمهرية التونسية), or Tunisia, is a Muslim Arab country situated on the North African Mediterranean coast.
		Its coast was settled by Phoenicians starting as early as the 10th Century B.C. In the 6th Century B.C., Carthage rose to power, but it was conquered by Rome (2nd Century B.C.), and the region became one of the granaries of Rome.
		Tunisia is going for its Municipal Elections in May 2005.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Tunisia (835 words)

	Internet Filtering in Tunisia in 2005: A Country Study
		We found that Tunisia blocks significant content that is critical of, or opposed to, the current government and its practices in areas such as human rights, treatment of political prisoners, and conduct regarding opposition political movements.
		Tunisia's focus is clear: the state concentrates on preventing access to sites that provide information opposed to the current government politically or critical of its practices.
		Tunisia focuses its efforts on four areas: political opposition, criticism of the government's human rights record, methods of circumventing filtering, and pornography.
	www.opennetinitiative.net /tunisia (6627 words)

	Tunisia - Gurupedia
		Tunisia is a Muslim Arab country situated on the North African
		Tunisia was the site of Carthage, a state conquered by the Roman Empire, which withdrew in the
		In 2008, Tunisia is a completely associated member of the E.U. (comparable to the status of Norway or Iceland).
	www.gurupedia.com /t/tu/tunisia.htm (437 words)

	Tunisia on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Tunisia and the USA: Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's visit to the United States at the invitation of US President George W Bush has become a crucial watershed in the political and economic relations between America and the Arab world.(Special Report: Tunisia and the United States)
		TUNIS, TUNISIA - FEBRUARY 11: (L-R) U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld listens to President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Al during a meeting at the Tunisia presidential palace February 11, 2006 in Tunis, Tunisia.
		Tunisia: relationship with the European Union: the fruits of strategic foresight.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Tunisia.asp (2052 words)

	SESRTCIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Northern Tunisia, which is the most heavily populated part of the country, is a mountainous area relatively more fertile.
		Tunisia’s climate is temperate with mild winters and hot summers.
		Tunisia has a diversified economy with agriculture, mining, energy, tourism, and manufacturing as the important economic activities.
	www.sesrtcic.org /members/tun/tunhome.shtml (305 words)

	Tunisia
		Tunisia was settled by the Phoenicians in the 12th century B.C. By the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., the great city-state of Carthage (derived from the Phoenician name for “new city”) dominated much of the western Mediterranean.
		However, Tunisia's economy continued to improve in the late 1990s, making the country one of the most attractive in Africa for foreign investors.
		Tunisia: Government - Government Tunisia is governed under the 1959 constitution, as amended in 1988; the president and...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108050.html (746 words)

	Tunisia - Economy
		Progressive social policies also have helped raise living conditions in Tunisia relative to the region.
		Tunisia is gradually removing barriers to trade with the European Union.
		Broader privatization, further liberalization of the investment code to increase foreign investment, improvements in government efficiency, and reduction of the trade deficit are among the challenges ahead.
	www.exxun.com /Tunisia/e_ec.html (493 words)

	BikeAbout: Tunisia Sites on the 'Net
		Location: Tunisia is located along the north African Mediterranean coast, between Algeria, which is to its south and west, and Libya, which is to the south and east.
		Climate: Tunisia enjoys a Mediterranean climate (hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters) in the north and along the coast, but is semi-arid in the interior and to the south (some Saharan areas get no rain for years).
		In 1881, the French colonial forces invaded Tunisia, and in 1883 it was declared a French protectorate, which it remained until its independence on March 20, 1956.
	www.bikeabout.org /resource/tunisia.htm (1096 words)

	Country Business Intelligence Reports - Emerging Markets Series: Tunisia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		It looks at the current state of Tunisia’s economy and finds it wanting in a number of departments, not least the continued dominance of the public sector and the masses of red tape that increase the cost of business.
		As Tunisia prepares to host the UN’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and makes its bid to be North Africa’s telecoms hub, we take a close look at the state of the industry.
		Finally, there is a profile of Tunisia’s film industry, which has played host to such classics as “Star Wars”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Life of Brian”, and is looking to score some more big hits in the near future.
	www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com /publication.asp?country=20 (1340 words)

	Capitol Grilling: Tunisia - A Successful Arab Economy
		Tunisia, erstwhile sanctuary of Barbary pirates that bedeviled the U.S. in its infancy, is, after all, much closer to Europe than the Middle East.
		Tunisia in fact has the most developed tourist infrastructure in all of Africa and employs a large segment of the population all the way down to street vendors peddling ceramics and other handicrafts.
		Tunisia: This small but relatively prosperous nation was struck with football (or soccer, to Americans) fever after winning its first ever African Cup of Nations title in a home-turf game on the 14th.
	www.capitolgrilling.com /cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/1/11248.html (3701 words)

	Tunisia Economy
		In April 2002, Tunisia's first dollar-denominated sovereign bond issue since 1997 raised U.S.$458 million, with maturity in 2012.
		In October 2002 the U.S. and Tunisia signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) designed to provide a forum for discussions on expanding trade and investment between the two countries.
		TIFAs can be the first step towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and the Government of Tunisia has expressed interest in concluding an FTA with the United States at some point in the future.
	www.traveldocs.com /tn/economy.htm (829 words)

	The Washington Times - Tunisia
		Tunisia offered its protection and assistance to American trading vessels during their operations in this part of the world.
		Tunisia’s economic progress led however to the discontinuation of direct assistance and to the end of such programs as US-AID and the Peace Corps.
		Tunisia, which has welcomed the US-North Africa partnership initiative, better known as "the Eizenstat Initiative", is signatory to an association and free trade area agreement with the European Union.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /africa/00/tunisia/19.html (692 words)

	Economy defines Tunisia's direction - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Now, 33 percent of industrial workers are women, and by next year Tunisia will have 300,000 students in its 10 universities.
		The economy develops as the slogan "up to the international level" opens doors to the European Union and other foreign investors.
		The hourly minimum wage here is the equivalent of 60 U.S. cents — compared with $6 in France, Tunisia's former colonial master.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20030819-094817-6650r.htm (391 words)

	Tunisia - Economy
		Better rains in 2003, however, pushed GDP growth up to an estimated 6 percent, and tourism also recovered after the end of combat operations in Iraq.
		Tunisia has agreed to gradually remove barriers to trade with the European Union over the next decade.
		Broader privatization, further liberalization of the investment code to increase foreign investment, improvements in government efficiency, and reduction of the trade deficit are among the challenges for the future.
	www.classbrain.com /art_cr/publish/printer_tunisia_economy.shtml (243 words)

	Welcome to Tunisia
		Economy—overview: Tunisia has a diverse economy, with important agricultural, mining, energy, tourism, and manufacturing sectors.
		Governmental control of economic affairs has gradually lessened over the past decade with increasing privatization of trade and commerce, simplification of the tax structure, and a prudent approach to debt.
		Further privatization, the attraction of increased foreign investment, and improvements in government efficiency are among the challenges for the future.
	www.middleeastnews.com /tunisia.html (1003 words)

	IngentaConnect Tunisia: Economy, Politics and Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		However, with its track record on structural adjustment and moves towards a free market economy, Tunisia remains a friend of the West.
		Economic growth in the 1990s was largely based on phosphate mining, oil and gas, the development of the textile industry and the development of the tourism industry.
		The economy section focuses on monetary, fiscal and trade conditions before analysing sectoral, infrastructure and regulatory developments.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/woi/216/2001/00000001/00000001/216tunis (356 words)

	Tunisia
		"The determinants of urban and rural poverty in Tunisia," by Samir Ghazouani, Mohamed Goaied (June 2001).
		"Inequality in expenses: the case of Tunisia," by Salma Zouari-Bouattour, Kamel Jallouli (1998).
		Le développement de l'éducation en Tunisie, 1996-2000, septembre 2001 (Tunisia, Ministère de l'Education.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Tunisia.html (663 words)

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