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Saied has regularly accused NGOs of receiving suspicious funds, speaking of "huge sums" sent from abroad, which he has called "blatant interference in Tunisia's internal affairs".

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It had been an end-to-end affair, chaotic and uncontrolled.

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The BBC has reached out to the ministry of external affairs.

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As for Russia's alleged role in the red-hands affair, even the defence lawyers openly admitted that "we suspect" Moscow's hand.

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But adultery is a creepy, outmoded idea to Cora and Sam’s generation: “Even the word ‘affair’ had the ring of obsolescence, like a cigarette or an adman or a chaise lounge.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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