Tunis , August 31, 2007 -- According to a survey carried out by the International History Institute for Football and Statistics, the Tunisian Football Championship which is credited with 270, 5 points ranks first in the Arab world and fifteenth in the world.
Spain (602 points), according to the same study, ranks first in the world and is followed by Brazil (568 points) and England (550 points) who respectively occupy the second and third position.
It is worth noting that Egypt with 258,4 points ranks second in ...
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Tunis, August 30,2007 --Figures recently released reveal that Tunisia 's tourism revenues have increased by 9% to 1,8 billion dinars for the January -August 2007period in comparison with the same period in 2006.
With 4,411 million visitors, tourism was up 3,7% from last year.
It is expected that tourism will yield 3 billion dinars in 2007, representing an increase of 8,6% with 2006.
Tourism is Tunisia 's top foreign currency earner, as well as the country's biggest employer.
Last year the ministry of tourism launched a major upgrading campaign ...
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Tunis , August 30, 2007 --An American movie by a Tunisian producer will open the official competition of the Estepona international fantasy and horror film festival on the Costa del Sol in Spain (September3-8, 2007).
“Left for dead”, a movie by Albert Pyun and produced by Mohammed Najjar, a Los Angeles resident and the organizer of the Sufetula (Sbeitla) annual Festival in Tunisia , will launch the festival on September 3.
The film which was shot in Buenos Aires , features a number of renowned American and ...
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Tunis , August, 29, 2007 --The renowned Tunisian filmmaker Nouri Bouzid has been named as the president of the jury of the 23 rd edition of the Alexandria International Film Festival in Egypt . The festival will run from September 7 to 11, 2007 .
The Tunisian filmmaker who was awarded the ‘Golden Tanit', the highest distinction at the 21 st edition of the International Carthage Film Festival this year for his movie ‘Making off', will also be honored by the Alexandria film festival which will ...
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Tunis , August 28, 2007--Tunisia has dispatched on Monday humanitarian aid, including medicine to the Palestinian territories, it was announced by the Tunisian official Press agency TAP.
The aid was dispatched on board a special Tunis air freight plane upon instructions from President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as a token of support for the Palestinian people in this difficult juncture marked by the deterioration of both the security and humanitarian situation in the territories.
The Ambassador of Palestine in Tunis who attended the operation at the ...
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Tunis , August 27, 2007-- Tunisia finished first of group E with a clean 100% after defeating Tajikistan 1-0 on Sunday in the first round of the U-17 World Cup Qualifier in Korea. Previously, Tunisia had successively defeated Belgium 4-2 and the USA 3-1.
The victory enables the Carthage Eagles to face France , thus avoiding Spain , the current title holders, in the round of 16 qualifying stage of the event.
The game which is scheduled on Wednesday August 29, promises to be a tough encounter ...
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Tunis , August 27, 2007--Tunisian athlete Hatem Ghoula won a bronze medal for Tunisia in the World Athletic Championship in Osaka , Japan , when he came third behind Ecuador 's Jefferson Perez (gold) and the Spaniard Francisco Fernandez (silver) in the 20km race- walk.
Initially, the Tunisian athlete was awarded the silver medal after the officials disqualified the Spanish athlete for a foul.
However, following an appeal lodged by Fernandez and after reviewing the video footage of the race, officials confirmed Fernandez' second standing awarding him ...
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