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Four years of legal manoeuvring on two continents ended Thursday for Cheb Mami. Fans now wonder whether the rai legend's career will survive five years in a French prison. By Lyes Aflou for Magharebia in Algiers – 05/07/09 [Benoit Peyrucq/AFP/Getty Images] A court sketch shows Algerian singer Cheb Mami at his trial in Bobigny, France. Rai music superstar Cheb Mami was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday (July 2nd) by a French court, bringing an end to a long legal battle over a 2005 forced-abortion attempt on his ex-girlfriend. Fans of the French-Algerian singer fear the ruling will also spell an end to his career in music. The Bobigny court found Cheb Mami – whose real name is Mohamed Khelifati – guilty on a variety of charges, including accessory to abduction, false imprisonment, violence, administration of... [read full story]
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First Recorded Labor Strike in History Egyptian workers who carved out and painted the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings stopped working to demand delivery of their proper pay. The workmen who built the tombs of the New...
