Infidels Are Cool (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Six people have been sentenced to 4 years in prison for eating, and playing cards during daylight in Algiers, during Ramadan.
oil and energy news (Free subscription) | yesterday
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Supply and demand alone will set oil prices in coming months and OPEC will seek to balance the market at its December meeting after recent declines, OPEC President Chakib Khelil said in remarks published on Sunday. Prices had recently fallen from levels created by “perverse” speculative practices, Algerian government newspaper El Moudjahid [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
ALGIERS, Algeria -- A baby was found alive by rescuers after spending four days in a pool of mud following flash floods that killed at least 41 people in central Algeria this week, a local official said Sunday.
News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Six members of Algeria's security forces were killed in an ambush last week, the latest attack by Islamists in the country. The six were part of the communal guards, armed citizens who patrol rural areas. They were killed near Tisamsilt, west of the capital Algiers. The Algerian Al-Khabar newspaper said the attackers were members of Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (QOIM). QOIM has emerged as a prominent...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Algiers/Paris - At least 10 people have been killed in two attacks in recent days as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan came to a close, Algerian media reported Saturday. Six members of the security forces were killed in one attack when armed attackers...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
The death toll in floods caused by heavy rain in Algeria rose to at least 30 and some 50 others were injured, the Algerian Press Service (APS) reported Friday. The floods after torrential rains hit Ghardaia province, 600 km south of Algiers, leaving 30 people dead, 50 others injured and hundreds of homes damaged, the province's official told a press briefing. Eight communes out of 13 communes, namely...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Algiers - At least 29 people have died and more than 80 were injured in floods in the southern Algerian region of Ghardaia, some 600 kilometres south of the capital Algiers, the web site Everything about Algeria reported on Thursday. Army units have ...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Algerian media say a suicide bomber has killed three people and injured six in a village east of the country's capital.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Algiers - Three Algerian soldiers and a suspected suicide bomber have been killed in a terrorist attack in the Algerian city of Dellys, about 100 kilometres east of the capital Algiers, the website Everything about Algeria reported Monday. According ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Algiers - Two policemen were shot dead by Islamic terrorists in eastern Algeria in the fifth such deadly attack during the current fasting month of Ramadan, reports said Sunday. The newspaper Liberte said that the attack took place in Tizi Ouzou east...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
ALGIERS -- The head of OPEC said the oil producing cartel would like to welcome Russia as one of its members, but denied Wednesday that Russia has made any formal request to join.''I have received no...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
The leader of al-Qaida in North Africa has called for Muslims to unite in holy war against the region's governments and issued new threats against Western targets including France, Spain and the U.S. The message decried a "new colonial offensive" by the West in North Africa and warned Muslims not to back the local "regimes of apostasy and treason." It was signed by the leader of al-Qaida's North African...
Christians Under Attack (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Algiers, 22 Sept. (AKI) - A leader of the Al-Qaeda Organisation in the...
Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
He said, "Were imploding. You may want to stand back a bit." No, not exactly. "Terrorism: Al-Qaeda leader threatens France and Spain," from AdnKronos International, September 22: Algiers, 22 Sept. (AKI) - A leader of the Al-Qaeda Organisation in the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Algiers - Algerian security forces have prevented a suicide attack on the presidential palace, local press reports said on Thursday. Fourteen suspected terrorists have been arrested, according to the Algerian el-Khabar daily. ...
