Tunisia Crackdown Raises Fears Of Rights Rollback

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press: World
Fri, 08/22/2014 - 2:12am

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Mosques are being closed, local organizations banned and at least 1,000 people have been arrested as Tunisia cracks down on those suspected of sympathizing with radical Islamists....

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