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Tunisian racketeers grow rich on state jobs scheme | Eileen Byrne
In western Tunisia, a government scheme to provide jobs is being undermined by threats and corruptionIt is the talk of the cafes in Kasserine, a town set in an arid plain overlooked by the Jebel ech Chambi mountain that separates Tunisia from Algeria. A year ago, as Tunisia rose up against the regime of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the town’s young people won heroic status by facing down police bullets.
published date:Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:03:06 GMT