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(Topix.net)FA Notify Fifa On Algeria Terrorist Threat
The Gambia Football Association has written world football governing body FIFA informing them of the alleged threat to harm the Scorpions contingent in Algeria. (AllAfrica)
Statesman Condemns Bashir Arrest Warrant
Former Algerian president Ahmed Ben Bella on Thursday condemned the International Criminal Court's (ICC) indictment of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for genocide as a dangerous measure. (AllAfrica)
Reviving Algeria's Once-Robust Cinema Industry
European film aficionados are noting a resurgence in North Africa's film industry.
(Topix.net)High Heat Returns to Algeria
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(Topix.net)Faith Under Trial
By Father John Flynn, LC ROME, JULY 13, 2008 .- The small Christian community in Algeria has undergone a rough period in the last few months.
(Topix.net)U.S. seeks asset freeze on al Qaeda-linked Algerians
The U.S. Treasury moved to freeze assets on Thursday of four Algerians it said were leaders of an al Qaeda-affiliated group responsible for deadly bombings in Algeria last month.
(Topix.net)EXTRA: Damage to aircraft delays German chancellor in Algeria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's return to Germany from a two-day visit to Algeria was delayed Thursday as a result of damage to her German Air Force aircraft.
(Topix.net)France denies citizenship to Muslim woman in full-body veil
A Muslim woman who sheaths herself in a head-to-toe veil is denied French citizenship because she hasn't assimilated enough into this society.
(Topix.net)Merkel on first official visit to Algeria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to travel to Algeria for a two-day visit.
(Topix.net)Nortel Speeds Algerian Wireless Railway Communications With New GSM-R Contracts
Nortel has been selected to provide wireless communications with its GSM-R technology for two new railway lines in Algeria.
(Topix.net)Iran calls for Iran-Algeria cooperation
Iran - Algeria - Cooperation Iran's Minister of Housing and Urban Development Mohammad Saeedi-Kia on Monday called for expanding cooperation between Tehran and Algiers.
(Topix.net)Desert Dances
VISITING ALGERIA FOR THE first time, one may expect to observe a strict Islamic dress code in force, with women covered from head to toe, and veiled faces. However, this is not the case, as I found out recently. (AllAfrica)
Difficult Birth for Sarkozy's Mediterranean Club
Some are sworn enemies, others deeply distrust each other, but leaders from the Middle East, Europe and north Africa are to sit down at the same table on Sunday after much diplomatic coaxing by President ...
(Topix.net)Algeria to open domestic fuel market
The government of OPEC-member Algeria approved a decree on Tuesday to open domestic distribution of oil products to competition, a minister said.
(Topix.net)Turkey agrees to attend Mediterranean union launch
Sarkozy yesterday initiated a telephone conversation with Erdogan in order to personally invite the PM to the summit, officials say.
(Topix.net)Trying times: Christians face a wave of persecution in Africa's second-largest country
After being yanked from a bus just outside of her hometown in Algeria, 35-year-old Habiba Kouider was searched and questioned about her faith.
(Topix.net)AU Commission Chairman Ping taken to hospital in Hokkaido
African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping was taken to hospital after complaining of feeling unwell during an outreach session of the Group of Eight major nations' summit in Hokkaido on Monday afternoon, a ...
(Topix.net)Bush, Fukuda lay out goals for G-8 summit in Japan
Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth's rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, but first he set out to soothe emotions on a sensitive Japanese issue ...
(Topix.net)First Algerian detainees repatriated
The sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound called Camp Delta at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(Topix.net)Terror Goes a Lot Further With Good Advertising
A basic argument in Washington's war on terror, an argument that one might think settled by now, concerns whether al-Qaida is the powerful global organization the Bush administration says it is or whether it ...
(Topix.net)Algeria Donates 150,000 Dollars to Elkader
The North African Country, Algeria is giving Elkader 150-thousand dollars for flood relief.
(Topix.net)Elkader receives $150,000 in flood relief from Algeria
ELKADER, Iowa - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has presented the city of Elkader with a gift of $150,000. The donation from the country of Algeria to the Clayton County Disaster Relief Committee is to ...
(Topix.net)Algerian President Urges AU to integrate NEPAD
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has stressed the urgent need to finalise the integration process of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) into the African Union (AU). (AllAfrica)
A Ragtag Insurgency Gains a Qaeda Lifeline
Harold Ickler, who was kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, displaying a photo of his captors, including one of the group's top operatives, Amari Saifi, right.
(Topix.net)Algerian court quashes conviction of reporter
ALGIERS: An Algerian journalist and her newspaper boss have seen their 2006 conviction for defamation quashed by an appeal court in Oran, El Watan daily said Monday.
(Topix.net)Bouteflika brings back former PM after power struggle within ruling coalition
ALGIERS: Algeria has named a new prime minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, to replace Abdelaziz Belkhadem, a presidential statement said Monday.
(Topix.net)OCI receives Skikda LNG work in Algeria
Cairo, Egypt / June 24, 2008 OCI Receives New Construction Awards for the Skikda LNG Project in Algeria Orascom Construction Industries confirmed that it has been awarded two construction contracts by Kellogg, ...
(Topix.net)Olpec's Secretary-General Turned Back At Algerian Border
OLPEC Secretary General Sihem Bensedrine was turned back by Algerian border police on 18 June 2008 as she attempted to cross at the Oum Tboul border near Tabarka, in the northwest. She was on a private visit to the country accompanied by her husband, Omar Mestiri. (AllAfrica)
Group to Probe UN Staff for Deadly Attack
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he is setting up a group to examine whether any United Nations staff should be held individually accountable over last December's deadly terrorist attack on the world body's premises in Algiers. (AllAfrica)
Ouyahia named Algerian prime minister
Algerian President Abdulaziz Bouteflika Wednesday named Ahmed Ouyahia prime minister, his third time in the post, replacing Abdul Aziz Belkhadem.
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