Bechar, Algeria News

Rossella Urru, who comes from Sardinia, and her Spanish colleagues, Ainhoa Fernandez Rincon and Enrico Gonyans, were abducted on October 23 from the Rabuni refugee camp in southwestern Algeria.

Sunday, May 15, 2011 Shortwave Is NOT Dead ! My readers know that I have ben saying for years that shortwave radio is NOT dead! It is true: In recent time, several major shortwave stations have left the air permanently, some have curtailed their programming significantly, and others have announced the possibility that changes may be coming soon.

Tomorrow is the 21st anniversary of the Arab Maghreb Union , founded in the Moroccan city of Marrakech in 1989.

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Nine armed Islamists were killed by the Algerian Security Forces on Friday in an area between the provinces of Ghardaia and Bechar, in the southwest of Algeria, reported the Arabic newspaper Echorouk on its website.