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TUNIS, Tunisia - In a May 15 story about the Tunisian government taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups ahead of this past weekend's conference by the group known as Ansar al-Shariah, The Associated Press reported erroneously that about 40,000 people attended the group's conference last year. About 4,000 people attended the conference in Kairouan in 2012.]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:56:33 -0400Tunisia court convicts 2 veiled women in standoffhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/365258f599b1491b84defd5c6229aea3/ML--Tunisia-Veiled-Studenthttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/365258f599b1491b84defd5c6229aea3/ML--Tunisia-Veiled-StudentTUNIS, Tunisia - A Tunisian court has convicted two veiled students of destroying public property at the office of a university dean they accused of slapping one of them.]]>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:01:44 -0400