In 1987 he was dismissed on grounds of senility and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali became president.
The iron-fisted government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali is allowing a smidgen of competition.
Zine has sponsored tougher punishment for photographers who break the law while stalking celebrities.
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The president is not as deeply loathed as Tunisia's fallen dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Three days later, longtime Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee the country.
This annoyed Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali (pictured), who has ruled Tunisia since 1987 with virtually no opposition.
His act triggered the Tunisian Revolution, ousted then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and inspired the Arab Spring.
In 2009 he was handed a lifetime ban for insulting the former president Zine al Abidine Ben Ali.
They have succeeded in that first phase: Gadhafi, Mubarak and Tunisia's Zine el Abidine Ben Ali are gone.
He had fled Tunisia for Qatar after the uprising that ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011.
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Another example: Last year, I was trying to interview the person behind a supposed Internet venture in Thailand, an e-zine.
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The country's president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, was forced from power on Friday and fled the country for Saudi Arabia.
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That desire led to us to create our first e-zine: Perspective: the Antidote to Brand Myopia, launching on Tuesday, November 13th.
Rhoads told me the new zine is designed to take maximum advantage of touchscreen technology and sees iQ moving further toward mobile.
This is not the same as having a weblog or e-zine sitting on a public server which does not filter incoming requests.
But the barrage of 'zine commentary, columnizing and contrarian analyses of the latest media spins can be numbing, not to say superfluous.
Reports are spreading that Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has left the country, after increasing unrest came to a head today.
Tunisia's revolution ousted President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and brought about a new government and political system, including a new draft constitution.
He was sentenced to life in prison in absentia on terrorism charges by the regime of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Ironically, in Tunisia, it is the youth who have perhaps been most disappointed following the ousting of long-time President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Ennahda was elected following the overthrow of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011, but Salafists want stricter Islamic laws imposed in Tunisia.
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Their recent products, including the Treo Pro and Motorola ZINE ZN5, are noteworthy but not part of the buzzy, heavily subsidized category, says Greengart.
It was two days after the departure from office of Tunisia's president, Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, signaled the full explosion of the Arab Spring.
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Unlike this month's overthrow of Tunisia's despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, they say there is little chance that the Egyptian military will abandon Mubarak.
"I expected to see a crash, " Zine said of the chase.
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It has been a year since Tunisians overthrew Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in a revolution that was as much about economics as it was about politics.
What started in Tunisia with the toppling of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January, swept across Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, Syria and other places.
Bahrain is one of several Arab countries to have experienced pro-democracy demonstrations since the fall of long-time Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January.
The moderate Islamist party Ennahda was elected following the overthrow of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali last year, but Salafists want stricter Islamic laws imposed in Tunisia.
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