Prophecy Fellowship Forums (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
The village of Beni Djemaa, in Blida wilaya, was plunged into shock after a group of terrorists ransacked a farmhouse and beheaded its 66-year-old owner on the evening of Saturday (July 12th). The Algerian press has been largely silent on the...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Algeria climb to the top of Group Six of the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers after beating Gambia 1-0.
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
By The Tripoli PostLibyan football supporters had every right to feel elated as the national football team won its third World Cup qualifier on the trot, convincingly beating Lesotho at the June 11 Stadium in Tripoli by 4-0 Friday night. This victory has catapulted Libya to the top of the Group 5 as they take command of the group’s World Cup 2010 and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, three points ahead...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Algeria's Desert Foxes seal a 3-0 win over Liberia to go top of 2010 World Cup qualifying Group 6.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Algiers, Algeria - The second leg of the fifth edition of the Arab footba ll champions league final between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and ES Setif of Al g eria is slated for 22 May in Blida, west of Algiers, the President of the Algeri a n club, Abdelhakim Serrar, said on national radio on Friday.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
Girl scouts stand behind a box containing cluster bomb shells to mark the Global Day of Action Against Cluster Bombs in BeirutREF: RTR1VOU5 U.S. and Lebanese deminers working with RONCO demining organization search for cluster bombs in a field in Tebnin village southern LebanonREF: RTR1S2DS Hussein Marji displays to journalists Israeli munitions stored in his house in Blida villageREF: RTR1RRLT To...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
Egypt lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favorites by claiming Africa's lone volleyball slot at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games after topping the ten-day qualifiers' tournament that climaxed on Saturday in Durban, South Africa.
devo's volleyball (Free subscription) | 02/03/2008
The positions for an Olympic birth are filling fast. There is now only the men's African, the Asian men and women, and the olympic qualifying tournaments to go. Ten African Men's Volleyball teams will be competing for one African Vacancy in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China when they compete together in the Olympic qualification [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/28/2008
A dejected Kenya volleyball team is expected back home Tuesday after losing out to Algeria in the battle for Africa's sole Olympic berth.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/23/2008
Kenya defeated Senegal in straight sets to launch their bid for a ticket to the Olympic Games on a high note in Blida, Algeria.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/20/2008
The International Olympic Committee has funded the national women's volleyball team's preparation for the Africa Olympic qualifiers to the tune of $33,000 (Sh2.2 million).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/20/2008
THE senior women's volleyball squad is excepted to leave for Algeria today for what will be Zimbabwe's first appearance at an Olympic Games qualifying tournament.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 10/26/2007
The explosion ripped through the tiny garden in rural South Lebanon, hurling Naemah Ghazi to the ground. The shrapnel from the bomb sliced through her legs, and she rapidly lost consciousness. "There was a lot of blood," her mother Khadija recalls. "All her body was bleeding."
And, yes, I DO take it personally (Free subscription) | 10/22/2007
of course, it's not just lebanon... these vicious instruments of maiming, permanent disability and death are in use all over the world... lebanon just so happens to be one of the countries most heavily carpeted with them... (note: i posted both this past february and in may on cluster bombs...) Lebanon has a devastating cluster bomb problem . Hit hard during the final days of last summer's conflict...
Pajamas Media (Free subscription) | 10/20/2007
Poland goes to the ballot box tomorrow. Many see it as the most crucial election since the fall of communism in 1989. At stake is whether Poland wants to move on into the future or, if the present Law and Justice government manages to hang on to power, it is in for another four years of settling scores with the past. PJM Warsaw correspondent Peter Gentle reports.
