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Oran, AlgeriaOur citizens work hard, but solely with the object of getting rich. Their chief interest is in commerce, and their chief aim in life is, as they call it "doing business". --Narrator describing Oran in opening pages of The Plague , by Albert Camus
(Topix.net)Women's Soccer Team Beats Algeria 1-0
Tunisia's National women's Soccer team defeated Algeria (1-0) following a Day 2 game played on Wednesday at a Women's Soccer Tournament held by the North African Football Union (NAFU) . (AllAfrica)
Algerian Tribes Demand Protection From AQIM
CAIRO [MENL] -- Algeria's loyalist tribes have demanded protection from attacks by Al Qaida.
(Topix.net)UN Anti-Corruption Meeting Develops Worrisome Trend: Algerian NGO Blocked and a Gabonese Activist Faces Difficulties
The Algerian government is blocking attendance of an Algerian NGO from an upcoming UN anti-corruption summit. This is a deeply worrying development, according to the UNCAC Coalition, a group of over 200 organisations seeking implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). (AllAfrica)
Chinese workers struggle to adjust to Algerian life
More than 25,000 Chinese work on huge housing projects and cross-country highways in Algeria, but few have any deep contacts with the local population.
(Topix.net)69 More Head for Algeria
SIXTY-NINE more Zimbabwean students have been awarded scholarships to study at Algerian universities as relations between Harare and Algiers in the political, educational and cultural fields continue to strengthen. (AllAfrica)
Energy Recovery, Inc. PX Devices to Be Implemented at Large Desalination Plant in Tenes, Algeria
To be constructed by Befesa, the plant will produce 200,000 m 3 of water per day.
(Topix.net)OFFICIAL
HE the Deputy Premier, Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah holding talks with the outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Qatar Mithat Rende on the occasion of the expiry of his tour of duty.
(Topix.net)Angola/Algeria Reconfirm Supremacy
They were in the final in both the women and men's categories. (AllAfrica)
Hijacked freighter Arctic Sea handed back to Finnish owners
According to the Times of Malta , the Arctic Sea has been released to its Finnish owners.
(Topix.net)Desert Locusts Threaten Region
A potentially serious infestation of desert locusts has broken out in Mauritania, but experts are hopeful that quickly implemented countermeasures will prevent a repeat of the plague that hit the region five years ago. (AllAfrica)
Polisario threatens to quit W. Sahara talks
ALGIERS: Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement on Tuesday threatened to pull out of negotiations with Morocco unless seven detained activists were freed, its Algiers representative said.
(Topix.net)Six security guards killed
Algiers: An armed Islamist group yesterday killed at least six private security guards in an ambush in the Kabylie region east of the capital, residents said.
(Topix.net)Cartooning, Algerian-style
One fun thing about being an editorial cartoonist is that I sometimes get invited to strange places as a cartoon celebrity.
(Topix.net)Algeria: Security Clampdown Conflicts With Bouteflika's Aims
The clashes between police and young people protesting poor housing conditions in Algiers earlier this week reflect growing efforts in recent weeks to stem public demonstrations by a government which, fearing terrorist threats, is determined to maintain a grip on order.
(Topix.net)Algeria riots reveal anger of a generation
Algerian riot poilcemen take cover as protesters throw stones during clashes at Diar Eshams suburb on Tuesday.
(Topix.net)Slum conditions spark clashes with police in Algeria
ALGIERS: Clashes that pitted police against stone-throwing youths from an Algiers slum this week are characteristic of the confrontations that take place in Algeria over poor living conditions.
(Topix.net)Security Clampdown Conflicts With Bouteflika's Aims
The clashes between police and young people protesting poor housing conditions in Algiers earlier this week reflect growing efforts in recent weeks to stem public demonstrations by a government which, fearing terrorist threats, is determined to maintain a grip on order. (AllAfrica)
Seven die in Algeria in attack on construction site
Algiers/Paris - Seven security guards were killed early Thursday by a group of suspected Islamic extremists near the eastern city of Tizi Ouzou, local security sources said.
(Topix.net)Algeria Plans New Energy Development
CAIRO [MENL] -- Algeria has approved plans for a major energy development project.
(Topix.net)Games as Platforms
I'm spending some time recently talking about the evolution of platforms, specifically computing platforms .
(Topix.net)Emir meets Algerian leader
HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika holding talks in Algiers yesterday Algiers: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani held a round of official talks with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, at the Villa Zeralda Complex here yesterday.
(Topix.net)Mauritania road link planned
Algeria's ministry of public works on Tuesday put out to national and international tender a feasibility study on a road link between the south-western town of Tindouf and Choum in north Mauritania.
(Topix.net)Scientist Under Terror Inquiry
A French court placed a physicist working at CERN , the high-energy research laboratory in Switzerland, under formal investigation on Monday for suspected "conspiracy with a terrorist enterprise." Although the physicist's name had not been officially released by the French police, an official with direct knowledge of the investigation identified ...
(Topix.net)Particle physicist 'falsely accused', claims brother
As AdlA ne Hicheur is investigated for terrorist links, his brother speaks out. Geoff Brumfiel The LHCb experiment might help explain the imbalance of matter and antimatter.
(Topix.net)[BOXOFFIC] The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers Opening Oct. 15 Drama. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. While incarcerated in a French goal in 1954, Ali la Pointe witnesses the execution of an Algerian patriot.
(Topix.net)Nine armed Islamists killed by security forces in Algeria
Nine armed Islamists were killed by the Algerian Security Forces on Friday in an area between the provinces of Ghardaia and Bechar, in the southwest of Algeria, reported the Arabic newspaper Echorouk on its website.
(Topix.net)Algerian Ambassador Bids Farewell to Angolan Premier
The prime minister, Paulo Kassoma, received farewell greetings this Thursday, in Luanda, from the outgoing ambassador of Argélia, Toufik Dahman, who reaffirmed his country's interest to strengthen cooperation ties with Angola. (AllAfrica)
Tucak Branko Warns Algeria
AMAVUBI head coach Tucak Branko has warned Algeria not to expect an easy encounter against Rwanda this Sunday. (AllAfrica)
Abedi Out of Algeria Clash
AMAVUBI forward Saidi Abedi Makasi will not play in Rwanda's crucial away 2010 World Cup/ Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Algeria. (AllAfrica)
Algerian journalist faces 16 politicized lawsuits
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Algerian authorities to drop charges against journalist and rights activist Hafnaoui Ghoul, who is on trial for writing articles critical of local authorities in Djelfa province.
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