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August 14, 2019
'I put two bullets in German officer's head' recalls French Resistance heroine
August 14, 2019
Giant penguin fossil found in New Zealand
CARTHAGE, TUNISIA - Saber Sessi was working the night shift at a municipality vehicle depot in Carthage, Tunisia, when he signed off on five bulldozers in the early hours of July 9.Unbeknownst to him, the intended target for those bulldozers was his home."I opened the gate, I handed (the keys) over and then I saw them drive around to my house," said Sessi, 50, who lived beside the depot in the working-class neighborhood of Mohamed Ali, in the northern suburbs of the Tunisian capital.Sessi's house and nine other buildings were razed to the ground that night in a government operation to clear illegal homes from the area that used to be a battleground for gladiators in the Roman Empire - the Circus of Carthage.Today, two-thirds of Carthage - about 430 square km - is...
August 14, 2019
Battle of Carthage: Tunisia demolishes homes to protect ancient site
August 14, 2019
Climate deniers get more media play than scientists: study
August 14, 2019
Body odour? Bacteria-embedded bodysuit may help
GABES, TUNISIA - As soon as the sun is up, people in southern Tunisia rush out to buy a glass or bottle of legmi, a coveted date palm drink that is too delicate to be sold far from the oasis.At 7:00 am, at the busy Ain Slam roundabout in the center of the coastal city of Gabes, bicycles, cars and military vehicles are clustered around three men seated on plastic chairs.Next to them are jugs brimming with the precious juice, a testament to the Gabes saying: "Even if the legmi attracts mosquitoes, people will stick around."Favored particularly during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan for its high sugar content, this drink, typical of Saharan oases, is primarily consumed from March to October.Many Tunisians enjoy legmi for breakfast, such as Akram, who has walked to the roundabout...
August 13, 2019
The 'gift' of Tunisia's delicate date palm drink
August 13, 2019
'Hobbs & Shaw' loses speed but still leads N.American box office
August 13, 2019
Caution: remove false teeth before surgery
ABIDJAN — DJ Arafat, an Ivorian singer with a huge following in francophone Africa, has died after a road accident in Abidjan, the state broadcaster RTI said on Monday."Death of artist DJ Arafat... today at 8 a.m. as a result of a road accident overnight," it tweeted.According to messages and pictures circulating on social media, he had been driving a motorbike and smashed into a car. Critically injured, the singer, 33, was taken to an Abidjan hospital, where he later died.Born in Abidjan in 1986, DJ Arafat — real name Ange Didier Huon — had a massive audience in French-speaking western and central African countries.He issued 11 albums, mainly of "coupe-decale" — a dance music form combining rapid percussion, choppy rhythms with hip hop-style vocals."We are...
August 12, 2019
Leading West African singer DJ Arafat dies in road crash
August 12, 2019
China's Ivy League dreams fuel lucrative admissions industry
