Tuesday, February 1, 2011

France seizes Ben Ali plane near Paris

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PARIS Feb 1 (Reuters) - French authorities have seized a
small aircraft belonging to ousted Tunisian President Zine
al-Abidine Ben Ali's family at an airport near Paris, the Paris
prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.


The European Union agreed on Monday to freeze assets
belonging to Ben Ali and his wife after he was driven from power
last month in a popular revolt. France had already opened a
preliminary investigation into his

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