Reuters: Tunisia News

Cannes festival opens with quirky comedy and a camel

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:36:06 +0000

CANNES, France, May 16 (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival kicked off on Wednesday with quirky U.S. comedy "Moonrise Kingdom", Wes Anderson's exploration of childhood and young love centred around two 12-year-olds who fall in love and run away together.

Baron Cohen's Dictator storms Cannes, camel in tow

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:04:28 +0000

CANNES, France, May 16 (Reuters) - It took no less than a live camel strolling the promenade in Cannes to steal the show on the film festival's opening day, a feat that comedian Sacha Baron Cohen pulled off with chutzpah on Wednesday.

Olympics-Ireland's Taylor books London boxing berth

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:29:52 +0000

QINHUANGDAO, China, May 16 (Reuters) - Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday.

Soccer-African Champions League fixtures

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:45:10 +0000

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - African Champions League fixtures after the draw for the group stages was made in Cairo on Tuesday: Group A: July 6-8 In Chlef: ASO Chlef (Algeria) v Etoile Sahel (Tunisia) In Ijebu Ode: Shooting Stars (Nigeria) v Esperance (Tunisia) July 20-22 In Sousse: Etoile Sahel v Shooting Stars In Tunis: Esperance v ASO Chlef August 3-5 In Ijebu Ode: Shooting Stars v ASO Chlef In Tunis: Esperance v Etoile Sahel August 17-19

Soccer-Top African clubs to renew rivalries in empty stadiums

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:17:37 +0000

CAPE TOWN, MAY 15 - Tunisian rivals Esperance and Etoile Sahel and Egyptian heavyweights Al Ahli and Zamalek can look forward to derbies after Tuesday's draw for this year's African Champions League but the matches are likely to be played in empty stadiums.

Qatar to proceed with $2 bln refinery in Tunisia

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:09:01 +0000

TUNIS, May 15 (Reuters) - Qatar has revived plans to build a $2 billion oil refinery in Tunisia after years of delays, Qatari and Tunisian officials said on Tuesday, potentially expanding the North African country's refining capacity more than four fold.

Soccer-African Confederation Cup draw

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:49 +0000

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Draw for the fourth round of the African Confederation Cup made on Tuesday: Maghreb Fes (Morocco, holders) v AC Leopards (Congo) Al Hilal (Sudan) v Club Olympique Bamako (Mali) Academie Football Amadou Diallo (Ivory Coast) v Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) Al Merreikh (Sudan) v Black Leopards (South Africa) Djoliba (Mali) v Club Africain (Tunisia) Dynamos (Zimbabwe) v InterClube (Angola) Stade Malien (Mali) v Olympique Meknes (Morocco)

Soccer-African Champions League draw

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:18:27 +0000

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Draw for the African Champions League group phase made on Tuesday: Group A: ASO Chlef (Algeria), Sunshine Stars (Nigeria), Esperance (Tunisia, holders), Etoile Sahel (Tunisia) Group B: TP Mazembe Englebert (Democratic Republic of Congo), Al Ahli (Egypt), Zamalek, (Egypt), Berekum Chelsea (Ghana) The group phase begins on the weekend of July 6-8. The top two finishers in each group advance to October's semi-finals. (Compiled by Mark Gleeson in C

Tunisian Islamists join jihad against Syria's Assad

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:55:15 +0000

BEN GUERDANE, Tunisia, May 14 (Reuters) - The first that Tunisian schoolteacher Mokhtar Mars heard of his brother fighting alongside rebels in Syria was a phone call from a foreign number, telling him Houssein was dead.

Tunisia expects large 2.5 mln tonne grain harvest

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:38:04 +0000

TUNIS, May 14 (Reuters) - Tunisia expects to produce 2.5 million tonnes of grain this year, up from 2.3 million tonnes last year and the biggest harvest in decades, Agriculture Minister Mohammed Ben Salem said on Monday.