The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Frances Leviston is charmed by a vision of northern England in a debut collection "O collapser of delicate moods and arch lyrical poignancies! / damper of youthful enthusiasms! / user of out-of-date prophylactic sheaths!" The target of this vatic homage is the mostly fictitious Julian Metcalfe, a "lecherous old time-travelling scoundrel", object of equal parts disgust and fascination,...
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
(IFJ/IFEX) – 17 November 2009 – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the abduction of Omar Mestiri, director of Radio Kalima, a private radio station based in Tunis. Mestiri was attacked by unidentified assailants in Tunis around midday, Monday, before being bundled into a car and driven to an unknown location. “We are appalled [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
TUNIS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Tunisia have appointed Faouzi Benzarti to take charge at next year's African Nations Cup finals after the dismissal of Portuguese coach Humberto Coelho, officials said on Thursday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
National Defence Minister Kamel Morjane Wednesday received in Tunis Brigadier General Ahmed Aoun, Executive Secretary of North Africa Sector Unit within the African intervention forces, who handed over to him a message from Lieutenant-General Abou Bakr Younes Jaber, Secretary of Libya's Interim General Defence Committee, regarding the next meeting of defence ministers of this structure's member states....
Maghreb Confidential (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The frosty weather between Paris, Tunis and Algiers has worked in Rabat’s favor. The kingdom’s envoy to Paris, El Mostapha Sahel, was the lone North African ambassador to attend the inauguration of the exhibition entitled Generations, A Century in the Culture of North Africans in France, on November 17th. (...) [168mots]
Maghreb Confidential (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Telecom SudParis, an engineering school attached to the Institut Telecom group, has formed a partnership with the Ecole Superieure de Communications de Tunis (Sup’Com), a public institution, to launch an affiliate to help students prepare for competitive exams in Tunisia. (...) [68mots]
Maghreb Confidential (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
French railway experts have kicked off a charm offensive in Tunis. Thirteen companies were due to take part in a “facts-finding mission” in the sector organized by Ubifrance on Nov. (...) [211mots]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) approved on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Tunis, a UA 10.21 million (US$ 16.23 million) loan to finance a Rural Income and Employment Enhancement Project (RIEEP) in Uganda.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali returned to Tunis after participating in the World Summit on Food Security and the World Food Situation in Rome.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Under the patronage of Mrs. Leila Ben Ali, the Spouse of the President of the Republic and President of the Arab women Organization (AWO), a reception was held on Monday evening at Dar Hssine in Tunis Medina, in honor of creative Arab theatre women currently taking part in the event.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Under the patronage of the President of the Republic, Tunisia is hosting from November 17 to 19, 2009 in Gammarth (North of Tunis), the sixth Annual conference of the Mediterranean Network for Sustainable Development (AREMEDD) under the slogan "Building of NGOs working capacities in the environment and sustainable development sectors in the Arab and Mediterranean Space".
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Under the high auspices of Mrs. Leila Ben Ali, wife of the President of the Republic and Arab Women Organisation (AWO) chairwoman, a reception was hosted, on Monday evening at Dar Hssine, in the Tunis Medina, in honour of the Arab theatre women who are taking part in the 14th edition of the Carthage Theatre Days, with attendance of Culture and Heritage Preservation Minister Abderraouf el Basti and...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Tunis Planetarium (Cité des Science) hosted on Saturday a Maghrebi Conference on higher education reform.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Tunisia now has its own electron accelerator. The First of its kind and in the country and in North Africa, the accelerator is located at the Nuclear Technologies Centre in Sidi Thabet, near Tunis.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Mr. Mondher Zenaidi, Minister of Health and Mr. Afif Chelbi, Minister of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises, chaired on Saturday in Tunis, a signing ceremony of a spin-off contract between between both ministries and the Tunis Pasteur Institute.
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