Boumerdes, Algeria News

People listen to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on May 8, 2012 during a commemoration ceremony of the May 8, 1945 massacre in Setif when French authorities open fire against local demonstrators.

Figures released by the Association des Concessionaires Automobiles d'Algerie in January 2012 show that 280,803 new cars were sold in Algeria in 2011 .

Poyry's Urban and Mobility business group has been awarded a site supervision project by Algerian National Agency for Design Studies and Monitoring of Implementation of Investment in Railways , for the biggest railway project ever realized in Algeria.

Algiers is the capital city as well as an important port. The country has a number of ports with Bejaia, Dellys and Jijel being only three examples.

Two Algerian paramilitary police were killed Wednesday in a bomb attack in a traditional stronghold of al Qaeda's north African wing, a security official said.