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- noun Plural form of
Tunisian .
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Examples
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Having worked in many African countries, the Tunisians are the most radical and politically motivated people from most of the african countries.
timesofmalta.com 2009
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In the meantime, my colleagues Shehani Fernando and Mona Mahmood have published this video of Tunisians yesterday casting their first free votes:
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Like the Tunisians and Egyptians, they are also demanding their dignity and an end to the disdain and contempt with which their rulers have treated them.
Alastair Crooke: The Saudi Counter-Revolution Alastair Crooke 2011
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He had many suggestions, but on the speed of its success he said: "It took Gandhi 30 years to walk across India and spread the spirit of satyagraha, the Serbs 10 years to remove Milosevic, the Georgians and Ukrainians two to three years to win, the Tunisians a month and a half, and the Egyptians 19 days -- a real nonviolent blitzkrieg!"
John Jackson: The Professors of Protest and the University of Revolution John Jackson 2011
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In response, hundreds of thousands of Tunisians defied the regime, bravely marching upon the dreaded Interior Ministry and a general strike effectively shut down the country.
Stephen Zunes: Libya: Was Armed Revolt and Western Intervention the Only Option? Stephen Zunes 2011
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The prospect of his political breakthrough appears to have left many Tunisians aghast.
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How Tunisians vote in this district will be a microcosm of the polity that will emerge after the elections.11.28am: This morning's Tunisian papers leave no doubt as to the pride the country's people feel at their first free elections.
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• France- the former colonial power whose foreign minister at the time of the revolution resigned over her links with the old regime- has pledged its support for the Tunisians.
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Libération, the left-liberal French paper, has annoyed some Tunisians by running as its front page headline "La Tunisie pass au vert - victoire des islamistes"; Tunisia's gone green - victory for the Islamists.
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They have said that they got the votes of 50% of Tunisians abroad.
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