Guest guest Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Dear List Members, This is the rectified chart of: TUNISIA Mar 20, 1956 5:40:40 PM -01:00 CET Tunis, Tunisia Longitude: 10E11 Latitude: 36N48 Lahiri Ayanamsha: 23:14 Current Period: ME/JU/VE Planet Deg Sign Speed SA Nakshatra Lord ================================================ Asc 27:19 Leo U.Phalguni Su Sun 06:48 Pis +00:59:35 WK U.Bhadra Sa Moon 19:38 Gem +14:10:56 FM Ardra Ra Mars 20:23 Sag +00:39:06 WK P.Shadya Ve Merc 21:48 Aqu +01:43:17 ST P.Bhadra Ju JuptR 29:25 Can -00:04:59 WK Aslesha Me Ven 21:08 Ari +01:06:06 WK Bharani Ve Sat R 09:30 Sco -00:00:50 ST Anuradha Sa Rahu 17:44 Sco -00:01:19 FM Jyeshtha Me Ketu 17:44 Tau -00:01:19 FM Rohini Mo True Node 365.25 Day Year - Internet Time: 737 beats Day: Tuesday Sunrise: 6:24 AM Tithi: Shukla Navami Yoga Pt: 29:46 Le Yogi:Su AviYogi:Sa Dup Yogi: Su Dagha Rashis: Leo Sco Rashi Chart ******************************************************* ** 6 * * 4 ** *7 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JUR29:25* * * * * * * * * * 5 AS 27:19 * 3 MO 19:38* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** SAR09:30 * * ** *8 RA 17:44 * 2 KE 17:44 * ** * * ** *9 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *MA 20:23 * 11 ME 21:48 * 1 VE 21:08* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SU 06:48 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** 10 * * 12 ** ******************************************************* Navamsha ******************************************************* ** 10 * * 8 ** *11* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AS * * MA * * * 9 RA * 7 VE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** MO * * SU ** *12 JUR * 6 SAR * ** * * ** *1 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *ME * 3 KE * 5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** 2 * * 4 ** ******************************************************* Some of the events/facts used in the rectification: March 20, 1956: Tunisia gains independence from France. Tunisia's bey, or hereditary ruler, assumes control of a new constitutional monarchy. A year later, Habib Bourguiba, president of the country's legislative body, the National Assembly, moves to adopt a constitution that ends the centuries-old tradition of rule by the bey. Bourguiba's policies over the next decade aim to further secularize and modernize Tunisian society. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/timeline/text/time4.html 20. After long and arduous negotiations, the Franco-Tunisian Conventions were signed on 3 June 1955. They provided for responsibility for all matters, except foreign affairs and defence, to be transferred to the Tunisian Government. Despite the opposition of its leader, Salah Ben Youssef, who was to be expelled from the party, the Convention was approved by the Néo-Destour congress held at Sfax on 15 November 1955. The National Movement took advantage of the success of the left in the French general election to demand independence for Tunisia. The negotiations which opened in Paris between the Governments of France and Tunisia rapidly concluded with the signing of the Protocol of 20 March 1956, abrogating the Bardo Treaty and recognizing Tunisia's independence. http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord1997/documentation/coredocs/hri-core-1-add46.htm 1956 March 20: More independence is given to Tunisia with a new protocol signed in Paris. With this protocol the Bardo Treaty of 1881 is abrogated, and Tunisia is consequently an independent nation. http://i-cias.com/e.o/tunisia_5.htm Le 20 mars 1956, la France finit par concéder à la Tunisie l'indépendance totale (à l'exception du port stratégique de Bizerte) et moins d'un mois plus tard fut élue l'Assemblée Nationale Constituante, dont Habib Bourguiba fut le premier président. http://www.tunisie.online.fr/histoire.html http://www.ena.lu/mce.cfm Top 10 Natural Disasters in Tunisia sorted by numbers of people killed and affected Disaster Date Killed Flood 24-Sep-1969 540 Flood 28-Oct-1982 117 Flood Dec-1973 59 Flood 21-Mar-1973 52 Flood 30-Oct-1964 44 Flood Nov-1962 40 Flood 21-Jan-1990 37 Flood 30-Sep-1986 23 Earthquake 20-Feb-1957 13 Flood 14-Jan-2003 8 Disaster Date Affected Flood 24-Sep-1969 271,269 Flood 21-Jan-1990 96,000 Flood 21-Mar-1973 41,000 Drought 1977 31,400 Flood 28-Oct-1982 30,000 Flood 14-Jan-2003 27,000 Flood 31-Dec-1964 16,000 Flood 30-Oct-1964 5,000 Flood Dec-1973 3,240 Flood 30-Sep-1986 2,500 Top 10 Technological Disasters in Tunisia sorted by numbers of people killed and affected Disaster Date Killed Transport Accident 20-Jun-2003 210 Transport Accident 2-Oct-2004 64 Transport Accident 20-Oct-2003 28 Transport Accident 21-Aug-1994 21 Transport Accident 7-Aug-1990 20 Transport Accident 23-May-2004 19 Transport Accident 7-May-2002 14 Transport Accident 25-May-2000 13 Transport Accident 30-Apr-2002 13 Transport Accident 4-Jun-2004 10 Disaster Date Affected Industrial Accident 7-Jul-1978 147 Misc Accident 1988 127 Transport Accident 21-Aug-1994 89 Transport Accident 7-May-2002 48 Transport Accident 20-Jun-2003 41 Transport Accident 23-May-2004 31 Transport Accident 2-Oct-2004 11 Transport Accident 20-Oct-2003 2 Transport Accident 4-Jun-2004 1 Transport Accident 7-Aug-1990 0 date type registration operator fat. location pic cat 07-MAY-2002 Boeing 737-500 SU-GBI EgyptAir 14 Tunisia A1 11-JAN-1997 Metro EC-GKK Ibertrans Aérea 0 Tunisia A1 11-FEB-1992 Boeing 727 TS-JHV Tunis Air 0 Tunisia O1 19-SEP-1991 DC-9 Alitalia 0 Tunisia H2 27-MAY-1982 Boeing 727 RAM 0 Tunisia H2 22-NOV-1974 Vickers VC-10 British Airways 1 Tunisia H2 19-JUN-1961 Noratlas 67 French AF 0 Tunisia O1 12-AUG-1957 Noratlas 82 French AF 0 Tunisia A1 19-FEB-1954 Noratlas ? French AF 15 Tunisia A1 1956 Mar 20, Tunisia was granted independence by France. Tunisia became an independent nation under the leadership of Habib Bourguiba. He launched a campaign advocating birth control. By 2003 the fertility rate plunged from 7.2 in the 1960s to 2.08. 1956 Jul 20, France recognized Tunisia's independence. [see Mar 20] 1957 Mar 30, Tunisia and Morocco signed a friendship treaty in Rabat. 1957 Jul 25, Monarchy in Tunisia was abolished in favor of a republic. 1958 Iraq’s Prime minister Fadhel al-Jamali (1903-1997) was sentenced to death after a military coup. He was freed after Morocco interceded and he later became an advisor to Pres. Habib Bourguiba who granted him citizenship. 1959 Nov 8, Tunisian Pres. Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party won every chair. 1960 The per capita income was under $200 and the illiteracy rate was more than 80%. 1966 Tunisia legalized abortion. 1969-1970 Bahi Ladgham served as premier. 1970 Sep, A cease-fire accord was signed in Cairo between the Jordanian army and Palestinian guerrillas by King Hussein and Yasser Arafat brokered by the Arab peace committee headed by Bahi Ladgham of Tunisia. 1970 Nov, Hedy Nouri succeeded Bahi Ladgham as premier. 1971 Habib Bourguiba was the first Arab leader to publicly advocate mutual recognition with Israel. 1982 Aug 30, Palestinian Liberation Organization left Beirut, Lebanon, and moved to Tunis, Tunisia. [see Aug 21] 1985 Oct 1, Israeli forces staged an air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis and 68 people were killed. Yasser Arafat narrowly escaped death. 1987 Nov 7, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali became president of Tunisia after doctors declared Habib Bourguiba medically unfit to govern. Mr. Ben Ali led a peaceful coup that ended the 30 year rule of Habib Bourguiba. " The Tunisians are Sunni Muslims and deny polygamy, admit abortion, and abjure the veil. " 1988 Apr 16, Abu Jihad, [Khalil al-Wazzir], PLO-leader, was murdered. The Palestine Liberation Organization accused Israel of assassinating al-Wazir, a top PLO military figure, in Tunisia. Palestinians reacted angrily, and at least 14 were shot and killed by Israeli troops during clashes in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank. 1988 Dec 15, U.S. Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau Jr. telephoned the PLO's headquarters in Tunisia, one day after President Reagan authorized direct talks. 1994 Tunisia held its first multiparty parliamentary elections. 1998 The Tunisian film " Honey and Ashes " opened in the US. 1999 Mar 26, Hillary Clinton continued her 12-day African tour with a speech in Tunis at a women's rights conference. 1999 Oct 25, In Tunisia Pres. Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali won a 3rd term in office with over 99% of the vote. It was the nation's first multiparty presidential vote. 2000 Apr 6, Habib Bourguiba former president and independence leader, died at age 96. 2002 Apr 11, In Tunisia a gas tanker truck crashed into the wall of a El Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba and killed 14 Germans, 6 Tunisians and a Frenchman. The government at first called it an accident. Later evidence indicated that it was an act of terrorism. Nizar Nawar (24), a Tunisian citizen who had studied in Canada, was the driver. Al Qaeda later claimed responsibility. 2002 May 7, An EgyptAir Boeing 737 with 62 people crashed in bad weather near Tunis. 18 were reported dead. 2002 Jun 17, It was reported that fundamentalist Tunisian Jews on Djerba Island were exempt from the country’s mandatory secular education. The numbered about a 1,000. 2002 Jun 21, Eleven people drowned off Tunisia while swimming to a boat they hoped would take them to Italy. 2002 Sep 2, Tunisia's highest court upheld jail terms against opposition leader Hamma Hammami, head of the outlawed Communist Workers Party, and two officials of his political party. 2003 Jun 20, A boat carrying some 250 people toward Italy sank off the Tunisian coast, killing at least 50 people. The boat's occupants were all thought to be illegal immigrants. 2003 Sep 30, In the largest terrorism trial in Belgium's history Nizar Trabelsi of Tunisia, who once played professional soccer in Germany, received the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison from a court that also convicted 17 other men and acquitted five others. 2003 Dec 5, In Tunisia an informal, two-day summit brought leaders from five southern European countries together with five of their counterparts from across the Mediterranean. 2003 Dec 6, The Europe and North Africa summit ended a 2-day meeting in Tunisia. The group, formed in 1990, gathered leaders from North Africa — Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Libya — with leaders from France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Malta. 2004 Feb 18, President Bush praised social progress in Tunisia and welcomed its leader, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as a partner in the fight against terrorism while also urging political reforms in the moderate Muslim nation in North African nation. 2004 May 22, An Arab League summit met for a 2-day session in Tunis. 8 Arab leaders, including Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, failed to show up and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi walked out on the 1st day. 2004 May 23, In Tunisia Arab leaders concluded a 2-day summit and committed their countries to political reforms. 2004 Oct 3, Twenty-two would-be immigrants drowned and 42 were missing after a boat that was to have carried them across the Mediterranean broke up and sank off the Tunisian coast. 2004 Oct 23, Tunisia’s Pres. Ben Ali (68) won elections with 94.5% of the vote. Best wishes, satva Jorge Angelino Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica Perpétua Azeitonense, 29 2925-598 Azeitão Portugal jorge.angelino tel: mobile: 210813674 963916784 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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