Tunisia has drawn up 18 criminal charges, including manslaughter and drug running, against its former president, who triggered a wave of revolutions across the Middle East by fleeing into exile. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila. The former president’s brother has been arrested Photo: AFP By Damien McElroy 5:32PM BST 14 Apr 2011 Charges against President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisian courts on a variety of activities that resulted from abuse of office are to be laid before local courts. Mr Ben Ali fled with his wife and a large entourage of his wealthy clan to Saudi Arabia in January. Lazhar Chebbi, the Justice Minister in the caretaker government, said officials were…
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