Briefs Bound

Tunisia: Rough start of the year for commuters in Tunis, as tram and bus workers go on strikeF

Tram and bus workers in the Tunisian capital staged a strike over delays in salaries and the lack of an end-of-year bonus Monday, creating traffic jams across Tunis. The strike is the latest in a string of similar actions as Tunisia grapples with a grinding economic...
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Egypt: Stolen sarcophagus lid returns to EgyptF

Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry announced the recovery of the artefact, known as the...
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Egypt: Three policemen killed, others wounded in attack in Suez Canal cityF

Three Egyptian policemen were killed and four others, including a police officer, wounded Friday in an attack in the Suez  Canal city of Ismailia, security and medical sources said.  Two cars approached a checkpoint in a residential neighbourhood of the city and two...
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Sahel: 46 Ivory Coast soldiers detained by Mali get 20 years in prison, setting stage for regional diplomatic crisisF

Update: Mali court sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison: prosecutor Forty-six Ivorian troops whose detention in Mali sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the public prosecutor said Friday. Three...
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