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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10298
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/tunisia

EU considering freezing Ben Ali's assets

Brussels, 20/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Union stated on Thursday 20 January that it was looking at the possibility of freezing the assets of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family. “It's one of the options on the table”, the spokeswoman for EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton told press. COREPER (the committee of member states' permanent representatives to the EU) will discuss the matter on Friday 21 January. The EU decision...

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