Blida, Algeria News

The Algerian FLN regime got away with it, after 200,000 dead - compared to the mere 10,000 killed so far in Syria's war Bashar al-Assad will get away with it.

Algeria's ruling party tightened its grip on power in an election that bucked the regional trend of Islamists gaining strength since the Arab Spring, according to results Friday that drew accusations of fraud.

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In the popular neighbourhood of Bab al Oued, a former Islamist stronghold in Algeria, most election propaganda has been scratched off the walls Credit:Magharebia/CC-BY-2.0 ALGIERS, May 8, 2012 - "Is that your photo on the poster?" a policeman asked a woman standing in front of an electoral campaign board in Algiers.