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Tunisian president calls for constitutional amendment

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Wednesday called for amending the country's constitution for what he called "differences in interpretation of some chapters."  Essebsi was speaking at the Carthage Palace on the occasion of 63rd anniversary of Tunisia's independence from France...

UN to hold all-party conference on Libya 'roadmap'

The United Nations said Wednesday it will organize an all-party conference next month to draw up a "roadmap" to lead Libya out of the chaos in which it has plunged since a 2011 revolution. The national conference aims to fix dates for legislative and presidential elections in the North...

Bouteflika will hand over power to elected president

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has agreed to hand over power to an elected president, and the opposition will be allowed to take part in the Cabinet that will oversee elections, the country's new deputy prime minister said on Monday. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow with...