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More than half a million Tunisians hold public sector strike over wages

People stand outside a closed court during a nationwide strike in Tunis, Tunisia November 22, 2018. [REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi]

About 650,000 Tunisians went on strike on Thursday to protest the government’s refusal to raise wages amid threats from international lenders to stop financing Tunisia’s tattered economy.

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