40 minutes ago ALGIERS (AFP) - Algeria on Thursday denied reports it and Khartoum may ask the United Nations to suspend war crimes proceedings against Sudan's leader, instead saying the African Union was mulling such a move. Remarks by Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci on national radio Wednesday in no way suggested "that Algeria would seize the UN Security...
Algeria invites UN rights experts for assessments
Middle East Online
Middle East Online
ALGIERS - Algeria has invited rapporteurs of the United Nations to assess the state of human rights in the north African country, the head of the national human rights commission announced Thursday. "The prime minister...
Algeria drops Orascom Tel ads from state TV-source
The Guardian
The Guardian
* Source says state TV refused to renew ad contract * Orascom Telecom, Algerian television make no comment * Orascom in dispute with Algeria over local unit By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Algeria has...
Spanish hostages release: Al-Qaeda active in Polisario-controlled area
Middle East Online
Middle East Online
NOUAKCHOTT - North African sources expressed their shock at the deportation of Omar Ahmed Ould Sidi Ould Hama, alias Omar Sahraoui, by Mauritanian authorities to Mali. The deal, which saw the release of the two Spanish...
U.S. Wary of Example Set by First Military Tribunal Case
The New York Times
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — After working for a year to redeem the international reputation of military commissions, Obama administration officials are alarmed by the first case to go to trial under revamped rules: the...
Triumph of a nationalist
Gulf News
Gulf News
The development of Algerian nationalism may be traced to the post-First World War period, when an estimated 300,000 Algerian workers and soldiers fought with the French but were denied any rewards for their heroic...
Illegal aliens from terrorist nations released in U.S. by DHS
The Examiner
The Examiner
In what it termed a reprehensible move for an agency charged with protecting the nation, a non-partisan legal group is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security has released nearly 500 illegal aliens -- who...




