News: Algeria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Algeria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Algeria: news

Ten die as Algeria rivers flood

Sunday, October 2nd 2011, 23:45

Several days of heavy rain trigger floods in Algeria which kill at least 10, including three children swept away by a swollen river, officials say.
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Algeria to end state TV control

Tuesday, September 13th 2011, 14:27

Algeria's president announces sweeping media reforms to allow private radio and television stations to exist for the first time since independence.
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Rumours and secrecy

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 15:49

Flight of Gaddafis to Algeria remains shrouded in mystery
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Gaddafi's forces given ultimatum

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 21:00
related countries: Libya

Libya's interim leaders give pro-Gaddafi forces until Saturday to surrender or face military force, after Col Gaddafi's wife and three children flee to Algeria.
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Gaddafi family 'flee to Algeria'

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 1:27
related countries: Libya

The wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have entered Algeria, officials say, prompting an angry reaction from Libyan rebels.
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Algeria suicide attack hits army

Friday, August 26th 2011, 23:20

A suicide bomb attack in Algeria kills 18 people at a military academy west of the capital, officials say.
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Many hurt in Algeria bomb attack

Sunday, August 14th 2011, 15:54
related places: Algiers

At least 29 people are injured in a suicide car bomb attack on a police station east of Algiers, local officials say.
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Anger over Algeria airline strike

Wednesday, July 13th 2011, 14:30
related countries: France
related places: Orly

Police at France's Orly airport confront angry passengers left stranded by a strike by Algeria's state-run airline.
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Amber ambitions

Saturday, July 9th 2011, 11:07

Will Scotland's popular drink Irn-Bru be a hit in Algeria?
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Algeria silent on Domenech link

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 8:38

The Algeria Football Federation reveals it has a shortlist of five for a new coach but will not say if Raymond Domenech is among the names under consideration.
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Battle for Algiers

Friday, June 10th 2011, 18:33
related countries: United States

The 1960s film the US uses to to learn about urban warfare
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Surprise icons

Saturday, May 21st 2011, 10:48
related places: Algiers

Tarzan and football - Western influences come softly to Algiers
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Sahara states to tackle militancy

Friday, May 20th 2011, 22:10
related countries: Mali

Algeria agrees to host an international summit on ways of tackling Islamist militancy in the Sahara desert, after four-nation talks in Mali.
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Algerian leader promises reform

Saturday, April 16th 2011, 0:29

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika says the constitution will be amended to "strengthen democracy", following months of protests.
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Algeria ends state of emergency

Thursday, February 24th 2011, 19:24

Algeria's state of emergency is lifted after an official notice is published in the state newspaper limiting the power of the military to get involved in politics.
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Algeria to end emergency powers

Tuesday, February 22nd 2011, 19:13

Algeria's state of emergency is to be lifted imminently under an order adopted by the government, the country's official news agency reports.
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Algerian police thwart new rally

Saturday, February 19th 2011, 15:43

Algerian police prevent anti-government protesters from staging a march through the capital - a week after breaking up a similar rally.
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Algeria 'cannot wait for change'

Thursday, February 17th 2011, 0:44

One of Algeria's founding fathers, 84-year-old Abdelhamid Mehri, says the country's president is no longer capable of addressing the nation's challenges.
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Algeria town hit by new clashes

Monday, February 14th 2011, 22:11
related places: Akbou

Hundreds of youths clash with security forces during protests in the northern Algerian town of Akbou, as police reportedly use tear gas and batons.
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Algeria, Yemen protests dispersed

Saturday, February 12th 2011, 20:53
related countries: Egypt, Yemen

Anti-government rallies in Algeria and Yemen, inspired by the toppling of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, are broken up by police and government supporters.
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