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Video Tunisia Struggles With Religious Divisions

The shooting death of opposition politician Chokri Belaid has brought to a head simmering tensions in Tunisia and deep political and religious divisions. As Lisa Bryant reports for VOA from Tunis, this North Africa country, once heralded as a model for Arab democracy, is struggling for a way forward.
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President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President John Biden and House Speaker John Boehner delivers his State of the Union speech Feb. 12, 2013

European Leaders Welcome US Free-Trade Plan

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Israel's high-security Ayalon prison, where 'Prisoner X' Ben Zygier is alleged to have died, near Tel Aviv, Feb. 13, 2013.

Israel Struggles to Keep Spy Story Cloaked in Secrecy

Death of Australian 'Prisoner X', a purported member of Israel's Mossad spy agency, tests military censorship limits in Internet age More

Africa

Gamal Mubarak, left, son of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, with Zakaria Azmy, Cairo, Oct. 31, 2009.

Egyptian Court Orders Release of Top Mubarak Aide

Zakaria Azmi, deposed president's former chief of staff, was sentenced last May on charges of making illegal gains More

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Gamal Mubarak, left, son of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, with Zakaria Azmy, Cairo, Oct. 31, 2009.

Egyptian Court Orders Release of Top Mubarak Aide

Zakaria Azmi, deposed president's former chief of staff, was sentenced last May on charges of making illegal gains More

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The "Isleworth Mona Lisa," seen here on September 27, 2012, in Geneva, is purported to be an earlier version of the "Mona Lisa" painted by Leonardo da Vinci, although some experts said the claim was unlikely.

Purported Proof Found for 'Original' Mona Lisa

New tests suggest artwork is the original version of the famous painting More

Health

Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows four different breeds of lab mice that are being crossbred into a new large population of mice intended to mimic the genetic diversity of the human population for advanced studies that could lead to treatments for peopl

Study: Mice Not Best Models for All Human Disease

Researchers compared genetic changes in people treated for trauma for first time, found consistent responses to different types of trauma More

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President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President John Biden and House Speaker John Boehner delivers his State of the Union speech Feb. 12, 2013

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