June 21, 2011 10:51 AM
Ex-Tunisian Prez, wife sentenced to 35 years in absentia
Former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila Trabelsi have been sentenced in absentia to 35 years each in prison. Tunisian television last evening said, the court in Tunis also fined the couple 91 million dinars. The trial examined the charges of theft, corruption and drug sm...