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Thousands demand reforms in Algeria; 400 arrested

AOMAR OUALI Yahoo! News 02/13/2011

Egyptian, Algerian, Mauritanian set selves alight

HAMZA HENDAWI Yahoo! News 01/17/2011
Thousands demand reforms in Algeria; 400 arrested

Heavily outnumbered by riot police, thousands of Algerians defied government warnings and dodged barricades to rally in their capital Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after mass protests toppled Egypt's autocratic ruler.

Egyptian, Algerian, Mauritanian set selves alight

Protesters set themselves on fire in Egypt, Mauritania and Algeria on Monday in apparent copycat self-immolation attempts inspired by the act that helped trigger a popular uprising in Tunisia.

Iraq has top terror risk, Thai danger up: ranking

William Maclean Reuters 02/16/2010
Iraq has top terror risk, Thai danger up: ranking

Iraq is the country most at risk from terrorist attacks for the second straight year, according to a ranking by global analysts Maplecroft, while Thailand has joined the nine countries most in danger for the first time.

China warns citizens in Algeria of possible al Qaeda attacks

China has warned its citizens in Algeria about possible attacks from al Qaeda in retribution for a Chinese government crackdown in the Muslim region of Xinjiang, and security has been tightened around Beijing's missions in the Philippines.

Algeria's Bouteflika Re-Elected to 3rd Term

Scott Stearns VOA News 04/10/2009
 
Algeria's Bouteflika Re-Elected to 3rd Term

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been re-elected in a vote boycotted by some opposition parties who were upset by changes to the electoral law allowing him to run for a third consecutive term.