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Algeria : Four dead in bomb attack on bus in Algeria

on 2012/2/20 10:02:48

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A roadside bomb blast killed four people and injured 10 other passengers on a bus east of the Algerian capital on Sunday, local news websites reported.

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Algeria : Algerian opposition mulls upcoming elections

on 2012/2/18 10:09:48

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Upcoming elections may spark real change in Algeria, an opposition leader said Friday as political figures came forward to launch parties after the relaxing of laws in the wake of the Arab Spring.

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Algeria : Algeria demands death sentence for top Qaeda boss

on 2012/1/23 10:06:36

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Algerian prosecutors on Sunday requested the death sentence for Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top leader in Al-Qaeda's north African branch, and another person in a trial on the deaths of two Algerian soldiers.

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Algeria : Algeria begins trying top Qaeda boss

on 2012/1/23 10:03:33

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An Algerian court on Sunday began trying Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top leader in Al-Qaeda's north African branch, in absentia for the deaths of two Algerian soldiers.

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Algeria : Abducted Algerian official expected to be freed: officials

on 2012/1/18 11:19:34

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An Algerian regional security official who was kidnapped by armed youths from a town near the border with Libya is expected to be released Tuesday, according to a local senator.

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Algeria : Algeria sentences Guantanamo detainee to prison

on 2012/1/17 10:21:51

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An Algerian court on Monday sentenced a former Guantanamo Bay detainee to three years in jail for membership of an extremist group active overseas.

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Algeria : 10 injured, several arrested in Algeria protests

on 2012/1/11 11:50:00

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Police fired tear gas Tuesday on protesters angry over unemployment and housing shortages in a southern Algerian gas industry town, leaving at least 10 injured, officials said.

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Algeria : Algeria to buy 51% stake in Djezzy mobile phone outfit

on 2012/1/9 10:19:58

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Algeria is to buy a 51-percent stake in mobile phone operator Djezzy, a government spokesman said on Sunday, after talks with the main shareholder in the group's Egyptian parent company.

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Algeria : Algeria kills senior Qaeda operative

on 2012/1/4 14:53:30

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Algerian security forces have shot dead a senior operative of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the interior minister announced Tuesday.

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Algeria : Algeria sentences Qaeda leader to life in prison in absentia

on 2012/1/3 10:50:36

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An Algerian court sentenced one of the most radical leaders of Al-Qaeda's north Africa branch in his absence Monday to life in prison for creating "an international terror group", his lawyer said.

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Algeria : Algeria 'names general as counter-terror chief'

on 2011/12/27 9:56:25

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Algeria has named retired general Athman Tartag to head up the country's fight against armed extremists, the daily El Watan reported Monday.

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Algeria : Algeria, Mauritania pledge to boost Sahel security

on 2011/12/14 16:18:34

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Algeria and Mauritania's leaders Tuesday vowed to beef up security in the Sahel region, where Islamist militants are holding a dozen Western hostages.

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Algeria : Algerian Islamists hope for "Arab Spring" revival

on 2011/12/10 16:23:26

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(Reuters) - Algeria's Islamists, in the political wilderness since their last attempt to win power dissolved into civil war, are now trying again, galvanized by the success of their brethren elsewhere in north Africa in the wake of the "Arab Spring".

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Algeria : Algeria says Nigeria's Boko Haram tied to al Qaeda

on 2011/11/16 10:40:47

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(Reuters) - Intelligence reports show there is coordination between the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram and the Algerian-based north African branch of al Qaeda, the Algerian deputy foreign minister said Sunday.

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Algeria : Algeria raid kills five militants: security source

on 2011/9/28 15:39:53

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian security forces killed five Islamist militants in a sparsely populated area east of the capital on Tuesday, a security source told Reuters.

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Algeria : Algerian suicide attack wounds 29: official media

on 2011/8/15 13:08:25

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TIZI OUZOU, Algeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters in the Algerian city of Tizi Ouzou early on Sunday, injuring 29 people, the official APS news agency reported.

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Algeria : Al Qaeda group claims Algerian bombings: SITE

on 2011/7/20 15:53:08

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LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in North Africa has claimed responsibility for suicide bombs in Algeria at the weekend that a security source said had killed at least two people, the SITE online monitoring service said on Tuesday.

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Algeria : Algeria security services seize 67 kg drugs on border with Morocco

on 2011/6/28 17:50:00

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ALGIERS, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Algeria security services managed foiling an attempt to smuggle 67 kg drugs on the border with Morocco.

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Algeria : Algeria says no plans to open border with Morocco

on 2011/5/30 15:30:00

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Reopening Algeria's border with Morocco is not on the agenda, Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said on Sunday, dismissing media reports that a thaw over the issue was imminent.

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Algeria : Algeria to free jailed militants: Islamist leaders

on 2011/5/16 16:29:52

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reuters

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika will soon release several thousand Islamists from prison to help draw a line under a conflict that killed an estimated 200,000 people, two prominent Islamists told Reuters.

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