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After the disaster of Iraq, Bush turns his attention to Algeria By Leonard Doyle, The Independent, 9 February 2007 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/ article2251347.ece War, it is said, is God’s way...

Parliamentary elections Electorate summoned to vote on May 17 El Khabar, 17 February 2007 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has yesterday summoned the electoral body to parliamentary polls on May...

Algerian accused of training 9/11 pilots refused compensation for a shattered life By Ian Herbert, THe Independent Published, 23 February 2007 Lotfi Raissi had modest aspirations for a...

Algerian police break up conference seeking to shed light on insurgency The Associated Press, International Herald Tribune, February 7, 2007 ALGIERS, Algeria: Police broke up a seminar Wednesday...

Foreign human rights activists were to take part in Authorities ban conference El Khabar, 8 février 2007 Authorities obstructed yesterday, foreign and Algerian lawyers to organise a conference...

Algeria-Germany Security cooperation between Algeria and Germany El Khabar, 5 February 2007 German Interior Ministry spokesman discloses, in a press statement, yesterday, Germany and Algeria intend to reinforce...

Algeria president plays down rebel attacks Reuters, 15 march 2007 MADRID, March 15 (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika played down recent rebel attacks targeting the country’s key...

President Vladimir Putin Gas coalition is interesting El Khabar, 6 février 2007 European countries’s fear is growing eager as gas coalition project comes true especially after Russian President...

Hydrocarbons law amendment anger Americans Anadarko may resort to international arbitration El Khabar, 6 February 2007 Richard Holmes, Chief executive Officer of US Company Anadarko didn’t ruled out...

Khalifa trial Al-Khalifa bank creation based on false documents El Khabar, 10 January 2007 President of hearing, Fatiha Brahimi, opened the second day of Khalifa trial yesterday by...

Abdelaziz Belkhadem Constitution revision to take place in 2007 El Khabar, 4 January 2007 Secretary General of National Liberation Front (FLN) Abdelaziz Belkhadem has confirmed referendum for constitution’s...

Accused in El Khalifa case Keramane brothers issued explanation statement El Khabar, 10 january 2007 Mr Abdelouahab Keramane, former governor of the Bank of Algeria, and Mr Abdennour...

Algeria’s biggest bank scandal trial starts Khalifa Bank scandal trial opens with its owner Rafik Khalifa, six other defendants on the run. By Abdellah Cheballah – BLIDA, Algeria,...

After Vladimir Poutine President Bouteflika backs up the idea of the creation of OPEC Gas El Khabar, 14 march 2007 President Bouteflika considers that the idea of the...

Reconciliation – Amnesty Families of Algeria’s disappeared say government compensation not enough (Herald Tribune, 02.10.06) National Reconciliation: The deadline is not to be extended now (EK, 10.09.06) Algerian...

‘5+5 Forum’ discusses relaunch of Med Union Senior officials from 10 countries meet in Cordoba to discuss relaunch of Mediterranean Union. Middle East Online, 21 avril 2009 CORDOBA...

Bouteflika and the Parody of Algerian Democracy About.com, Thursday April 9, 2009 Algeria pretended to have a presidential election today. Two-term president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 72, in power since...

Algeria’s Presidential Elections: The Stakes Have Been Set in Advance Mustafa Muhammad, 3 April 2009 http://arab-reform.net/spip.php?article1975 On the 9th of April, Algeria will hold the country’s fourth multi-candidate...

Bouteflika’s Triumph and Algeria’s Tragedy Jacob Mundy, Merip, April 10, 2009 http://www.merip.org/mero/mero041009.html (Jacob Mundy is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of...

Introducing Algeria’s President-for-Life Ahmed Aghrout and Yahia H. Zoubir, April 1, 2009, http://www.merip.org/mero/mero040109.html (Ahmed Aghrout is research fellow at the University of Salford in Great Britain. Yahia H....

Algeria’s security tied to political freedom * Bouteflika hopes to use third term to end violence * Former rebels lack political voice * Bouteflika victory expected as reward...

Mauritania: US dirty tricks in the Sahara area by Charlie Kimber, 20 August 2005 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=7150 The fall last week of Mauritania’s leader, president Taya, emphasised how fragile the...

US targets Sahara ‘terrorist haven’ By Catherine Fellows,BBC, Mauritania, 8 August 2005 US airmen cross the air base in Bamako, Mali, during operation Flintlock 2005 Critics say the...

U.S. Expresses Concerns Over Algerian Elections By REUTERS, The New York Times, January 25, 2004 ALGIERS (Reuters) – The United States is concerned by reports that presidential elections...

Poll fraud claims as Algerians re-elect president By Roula Khalaf in Algiers, Financial Times, April 10 2004 Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika yesterday won a second five-year term after...

The French connection by Gordon Campbell, New Zealand Listener, February 14-20 2004 Helen Clark has kept the Americans at arm’s length over Iraq. So why is she now...

An Algerian Presidential Free-for-All Youcef Bouandel*, Merip, April 6, 2004 http://www.merip.org/mero/mero040604.html The Algerian presidential elections coming up on April 8 have captured the imagination of the electorate like...

Algerian leader wins poll with ‘laughable’ 83 per cent of vote By John Lichfield in Paris, The Independent, 10 April 2004 The Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, swept back...

Prisoner ‘A’: no charge, no trial, no conviction and no release date. Welcome to Britain’s war on terror In the first interview with a detainee under the government’s...

Authorities acknowledge but not acting on problem of missing thousands, HRW Algeria Interface, 27 February 2003 US-based rights organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just published an extensive...

Caged Prisoners leave Algiers cold Algeria Interface, 21 March 2003 The Algerian authorities have shown not the slightest concern nor paid a single visit to Algerians being held...

Resentment and relief in quieter Kabylia Algeria Interface, 13 March 2003 Two years after the Kabyle Black Spring uprising there is both resentment and relief in provincial capital...

INTERFACE INTERVIEWS Roger Clark of Amnesty International Algeria Interface, 28 february 2003 Algiers, 28/02/03 – Roger Clark is head of Amnesty International’s delegation to Algeria. It has just...

Quake Demolishes Confidence in Algerian Rulers By Craig S.Smith, New York Times, 30 May 2003 ERGANA, Algeria, May 28 — More than just buildings collapsed in the earthquake...

INTERFACE INTERVIEWS Eric Goldstein of Human Rights Watch Algeria Interface, 5 march 2003 Paris, 05/03/03 – Eric Goldstein is North Africa and Middle East Research Director for US-based...

Interface Interviews rights activist Ali Yahia Abdenour Algeria Interface, January 15, 2003 Algiers, 15/01/2003 – Ali Yahia Abdenour presides the independent human rights watchdog, the Algerian League for...

New rights watchdog has little bark, less bite Algeria Interface, January 29, 2003 Algeria’s former human rights watchdog was seen as a lapdog of the authorities. Its successor,...

The double standards, dubious morality and duplicity of this fight against terror Meanwhile, we are ploughing on to war in Iraq, which has oil, but avoiding war in...

Sahara warning as 31 tourists vanish Paul Webster in Paris, The Observer, April 13, 2003 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,935828,00.html The endless dunes and towering rock formations of the southern Sahara have...

Commando raid frees Algeria hostages Staff and agencies, The Guardian, May 14, 2003 Detail from a German poster showing tourists missing in Algeria since February 2003. 17 of...