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

Algerian 'terror gang' broken up

Friday, November 13th 2009, 10:18
related countries: Italy

Italian police say 17 Algerians have been arrested in Italy and elsewhere on suspicion of stealing money to finance terrorism.
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Hottest ticket

Friday, November 13th 2009, 7:22

Tension over key Algeria-Egypt World Cup qualifier
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Violent clashes in Algiers slums

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 8:37
related places: Algiers

At least nine police officers are hurt in clashes with protesters in a slum district of the Algerian capital, Algiers.
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Algeria swaps the days of its weekend - again

Friday, August 14th 2009, 1:15

Algeria changes its weekend, causing considerable confusion and giving public sector workers an extra day off.
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Migrant dies in patrol boat crash

Saturday, August 8th 2009, 15:25

One person dies and 11 are missing off Algeria after a coast guard boat collides with one carrying migrants, reports say.
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Chinese migrants in Algiers clash

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 18:31
related countries: China
related places: Algiers

A violent clash erupts between Chinese migrant workers and locals in the Algerian capital's Chinese quarter.
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Algerian soldiers 'die in ambush'

Thursday, July 30th 2009, 9:44

Islamist militants kill at least 15 Algerian soldiers and injure 20 in an ambush, reports say.
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China issues alert in Algeria

Wednesday, July 15th 2009, 12:46
related countries: China

China urges its citizens in Algeria to take care, after reports that Islamist militants might target them because of unrest in China.
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Rai star jailed for abortion bid

Friday, July 3rd 2009, 14:58
related countries: France

Algerian Rai music star Cheb Mami is jailed for five years in France for trying to force his former partner to have an abortion.
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Sahara gas pipeline gets go-ahead

Friday, July 3rd 2009, 14:47
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria, Niger and Algeria agree to build a giant multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline across the Sahara desert.
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Rai star 'forced French abortion'

Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 9:30
related countries: France

Cheb Mami, star of Algeria's Rai scene, faces trial in France on charges of forcing a woman to have an abortion.
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Algerian named in Briton killing

Thursday, June 4th 2009, 11:53
related countries: Mali, United Kingdom

An alleged Algerian militant is a suspect in the killing of a British citizen in Mali, officials say.
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US sets free test case Algerian

Friday, May 15th 2009, 20:08
related countries: United States

An Algerian who won a test case on Guantanamo detainees' rights has been set free, officials say.
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US sets free test case detainee

Friday, May 15th 2009, 16:59
related countries: France, United States

Algerian detainee Lakhdar Boumediene has left the US-run Guantanamo Bay prison camp for France, officials say.
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Landslide win for Algeria leader

Friday, April 10th 2009, 15:10

Incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika is re-elected with 90% of the vote after presidential elections in Algeria, officials say.
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Algeria claims high voter turnout

Friday, April 10th 2009, 9:01

Some 74% of voters took part in Algeria's elections despite an opposition boycott, officials say, as results are expected.
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Algerians vote in poll 'charade'

Thursday, April 9th 2009, 11:01

Algerians are voting in a presidential election which opposition groups have described as a charade.
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Dangerous mix

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 17:38

Bouteflika tipped to win Algeria poll, but resentment festers
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Rare cheetah captured on camera

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 0:52

The first camera-trap photographs of the endangered Northwest African, or Saharan cheetah, are obtained in Algeria.
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Deadly raid on east Algerian base

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 15:24

Suspected Islamist militants in Algeria kill nine security guards guarding energy facilities in Jijel Province, east of the capital.
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