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NEWS ABOUT: Algeria

Algeria stories: 14 news summaries

 Hadron Collider 
 Physicist Admits He 
 Was Al-Qaeda Mole 


Standford University Ph.D. was about to mount attack: officials

Oct 12, 09 2:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top-level nuclear physicist working on the Hadron Collider has admitted being an Al-Qaeda spy, French officials are reporting. Adlène Hicheur, 32, is expected to be charged today after investigators discovered he suggested targets to the terror organization, reports the Independent. French officials believe the Stanford University Ph.D.... More »

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Algeria • France • physicist • scientist • al-Qaeda • terror network • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • terror attack • Adlène Hicheur

CIA Official Accused of Raping Two
Muslim Women

Station chief in Algeria under investigation

Jan 28, 09 8:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A CIA station chief in Algeria is under investigation for allegedly raping two Muslim women after knocking them unconscious with date-rape drugs, ABC News reports. The agency sent him back to the US in October after the women came forward a month earlier about the separate attacks. The allegations surface... More »

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CIA • Algeria • rape • Muslim women • date rape drugs

 Black Death 
 Wipes Out 
 al-Qaeda Camp 
 in Algeria 

Bubonic plague wiped out 40 recruits at Algerian base

Jan 20, 09 5:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Bubonic plague is believed to have wiped out dozens of al-Qaeda recruits at a terror training camp in Algeria, the Daily Mail reports. The epidemic came to light when security forces found a militant's diseased body dumped on a roadside. Security sources say the plague forced the group to turn... More »

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Algeria • plague • epidemic • terrorist • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

Christians Secretly Target Converts in North Africa

Islamic leaders oppose 'unethical' tactics

Dec 15, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Islamic leaders in north Africa say they are incensed by the tactics of Christians bent on secretly converting their followers, Reuters reports. Religious authorities gripe that missionaries in Morocco and Algeria are using “unethical” methods, such as spreading false information and preying on the weak. “People respond positively... More »

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Christianity • Algeria • Morocco • worshippers • missionary • Christians • convert • conversion

 Twin Algeria Bombings Kill 11

Second day of violence leaves dozens wounded in Bouira

Aug 20, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two car bombs killed 11 people and left 31 wounded in the Algerian city of Bouira, just a day after a suicide bombing in Algiers killed dozens more. Today's bombs targeted a hotel and a military command center, and one of the explosions occurred as a passenger bus drove past.... More »

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terrorism • insurgents • Algeria • suicide bombing • Algiers • car bomb • Bouira

Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens
in Algeria

Attack occurs at police training academy near capital of Algiers

Aug 19, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(AP) - A suicide car bomber struck a police academy in Algeria today, killing at least 43 people and injuring 38, says the country’s Interior Ministry.  The toll was a "preliminary estimate" for the attack in Boumerdes, some 35 miles east of Algiers. The attack occurred as young applicants... More »

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Africa • Algeria • suicide bombing

 Yves Saint
 Laurent Dead
 at Age 71 

French designer shocked fashion world in 1960s and 70s

Jun 1, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twentieth-century fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent died today at his home in Paris, AFP reports. The reclusive designer, who was battling illness, said when he retired in 2002 that he had “always given the highest importance of all to respect for this craft, which is not exactly an art,... More »

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fashion • Algeria • Paris • Christian Dior • Yves Saint Laurent

US Embassy in Algiers
on Terror Alert

Americans warned to restrict movements

Jan 20, 08 7:29 AM CST
(Newser) - US Embassy officials have warned employees in Algiers to take increased security measures to guard against the heightened risk of terror attacks, Reuters reports. It was the second warning since double bombings in the city two months ago that were claimed by al-Qaeda. All Americans were urged to limit their... More »

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Algeria • bombing • Algiers • al-Qaeda

Sarkozy Shrugs Off Jewish Flap, Visits Algeria

Case closed, says French prez, focusing on energy contracts

Dec 3, 07 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy downplayed an Algerian minister's comment last week that he gained the French presidency through a "Jewish lobby that has a monopoly on French industry" and arrived in the country today, the AP reports. On a 3-day visit to the former colony, Sarkozy hopes to lock up a... More »

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Algeria • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Jews

Al Qaeda Expands With "Corporate Takeovers"

Gives groups arms, training, and support

Sep 16, 07 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Qaeda is expanding its size and abilities through "corporate-style takeovers" of regional extremist groups—offering arms, training, and support in return for allegiance. Analysts say this expansion represents a huge threat to the West, as the terrorist organization gains thousands of willing foot soldiers.  "They are... More »

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terrorism • Algeria • extremism • Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda Claims Algeria Attacks

North African group says it launched suicide bombings that killed 50

Sep 9, 07 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for bombings that claimed more than 50 lives in Algeria in the last two days. The group, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, took credit for the attacks in an Internet statement , BBC reports. An explosives-laden truck drove into a naval barracks in a port... More »

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Algeria • suicide bombing • Algiers • Maghreb • truck bomb • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

Ortega Snubs US, Seals Iran Trade Pact

US wary of Iranian toehold in
Latin American 'backyard'

Aug 6, 07 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicaragua has finalized a trade deal with Iran worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite bitter opposition from Washington, the Guardian reports. The deal will exchange Nicaraguan  bananas, coffee and meat for farm equipment and Iranian funds for infrastructure projects, including a hydroelectric dam, milk-processing plants, housing and a health... More »

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Iran • North Korea • Algeria • Cuba • Libya • trade • Nicaragua • Daniel Ortega • allies

Gitmo Prisoner Fights His
Own Release

Algerian prefers detention to torture as terrorist—or by terrorists—at home

Jul 31, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A detainee at Guantanamo Bay is doing everything he can in court—to stay in prison. Algerian Ahmed Belbacha, 38, is contesting his imminent release from the notorious detention camp because he fears he'll be tortured by Algerian security agents as a  suspected terrorist—or killed by Islamic terrorists for... More »

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torture • terrorism • Algeria • Washington DC • Guantanamo Bay • court • Ahmed Balbacha • Guantanamo prisoners

Bombers Hit Algerian Capital

Apr 11, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two bombs, including one targeting the prime minister's office, killed at least 23 people in Algiers today, in the latest in a round of suspected Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror attacks that have rocked North Africa in recent weeks, the New York Times reports. More »

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terrorism • Algeria • Morocco • Tunisia • bombing • Algiers • North Africa • Salafist • Maghreb • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

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