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Tunisia seeks UNESCO status for Jewish pilgrimage isle

 Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa's oldest synagogue and an annual Jewish pilgrimage, its culture minister said on Sunday. Speaking on the last day of the pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue, Mohamed Zine El-Abidine said the...

Profile: Syrian dissident Riad Seif

( BBC )- Veteran dissident Riad Seif is a widely respected figure among Syria's opposition groups, known for more than a decade of his activism against President Bashar al-Assad. Mr Seif's latest initiative is a proposal to set up a new leadership body to unite the various opposition...

Paris Pompidou Center museum shut by security guard strike

The Pompidou Center modern art museum – one of the biggest tourist draws in the French capital – will remain closed this weekend because of a week-long strike by security guards, its management said. Around 100 guards walked out on Monday over a new law which forces them to become civil...