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Algeria Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Algeria.

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  1. Yasmina Khadra: tools in the war for truthRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Independent

    ... was born in Kenadsa, in the Sahara, in 1955. His mother, of nomadic origins, was her tribe's chief storyteller. As Algeria began its struggle for independence from France, his father, then a nurse, joined the ALN (Algerian National Liberation Army). ...

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    Related Topix: Terrorism, Kenadsa, Algeria

  2. Algeria dream of reviving the memories of 1982Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | South Africa News.Net

    ... carrying to South Africa the hopes and aspirations of the Arab World as their lone representative. In the 1980's Algeria was one of the strongest teams on the continent and played in the 1982 and 1986 World Cup finals and won the African Cup of ...

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    Related Topix: FIFA Soccer, Algeria

  3. Arctic Sea unloads cargo in Algeria under scrutinyRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | RIA Novosti

    ... completed on Thursday, the paper said. The Arctic Sea, sailing under a new 14-member crew, left the Maltese port for Algeria on November 11, to resume its route interrupted by hijackers. The vessel disappeared in the Atlantic on July 24 while ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Bejaia, Algeria

  4. Algeria: An Open Letter to EgyptiansRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | Global Voices Online

    ... to the people of Egypt. He writes: The Egyptians are becoming innovative in creating the worst descriptions for Algeria, its people, government or regime, as the opposition in the Arab world refer to it. They have become creative in swearing and ...

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  5. Egypt-Algeria World Cup violence used to rally support for Mubarak regimeRead the original story

    Yesterday | Christian Science Monitor

    Street-level clashes between fans that began over a soccer game between Algeria and Egypt last week have escalated into an international diplomatic incident that goes to the core of Egypt's identity and its waning role as Mideast powerbroker.Libyan leader Col.

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  6. More to Egypt riots than footballRead the original story

    Yesterday | Guardian Unlimited

    The tribalistic violence that followed the World Cup defeat to Algeria was fuelled by a genuine set of grievances The chauvinistic brand of nationalism that swept across Egypt last week a ' the violent fringe of which saw riots outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo a ' really isn't about the football, despite what Joseph Mayton says in his Cif ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Egypt, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, Riot

  7. Gaddafi to mediate in football rowRead the original story

    Yesterday | Al Jazeera

    Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has accepted an Arab League request to calm tension between Egypt and Algeria sparked by their football World Cup play-off matches, Libyan state media has reported.

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  8. Football fanaticismRead the original story

    Yesterday | Online Journal

    The dispute between Egypt and Algeria over World Cup qualifiers played in Cairo and Khartoum should never have happened.

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    Related Topix: Egypt, FIFA Soccer

  9. Qaddafi to Mediate Between Algeria and EgyptRead the original story

    Yesterday | New York Times

    North Africa has been facing a new source of strife since last Thursday, when the Egyptian national soccer team lost its World Cup bid to rival Algeria 1-0. Egyptians rioted outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo, and riots broke out in Sudan, where the match was held, and in Cairo.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  10. December Natural History Auction to Feature the Ed Francis Collection of Human ArtifactsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Art Daily

    Collection of Seventy-four Neolithic Points. 5,000 - 9,000 years old Brezina - Laghouat Area, Algeria.

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    Related Topix: World News, Laghouat, Algeria, Auctions, Geology, Science, Archaeology, Anthropology

  11. Hans Ulrich Obrist and Three Artists to Hold Panel Discussion at Art Basel Miami

    Tuesday | Art Daily

    Akram Zaatari, "Saida June 6, 1982" 2006-09. Composite Photograph, C-Print, 92 x 190 cm.

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    Related Topix: Saida, Algeria

  12. Mubarak steps into row as football riots spreadRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | The Peninsula

    CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak vowed yesterday that Egypt will be firm in dealing with attacks on its nationals, amid hot tempers and a diplomatic spat with Algeria over a World Cup football showdown.

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  13. 'Hate matches' draw Mubarak's furyRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | TheNational

    CAIRO // The Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, weighed in yesterday on the bitter and increasingly political row between Egypt and Algeria following two football matches between the countries that resulted in violence.

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  14. Morocco expels Western Sahara rights activistRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 3 | Maktoob Business

    ... 8 at Casablanca airport after they visited Western Sahara refugee camps run by the Polisario at Tindouf in southwest Algeria. The members of the group are to appear before a military tribunal in Rabat on charges of supporting secession, Moroccan ...

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  15. Egyptian soccer fans riot against AlgeriaRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | News Chief

    ... after their countries' teams squared off in a World Cup qualifier in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, this week. Algeria won the game 1-0, giving them a spot in the 2010 Cup in South Africa. Several hundred Egyptian fans rampaged in the streets ...

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  16. This Time, Soccer Stirs Egyptian Riot, Not BreadRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | HendersonvilleNews.com

    ... bread. Another is soccer, as was proved again this week after Egypt's national team was defeated by its bitter rival Algeria, losing a berth in the World Cup tournament next year and sparking a riot outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo late ...

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  17. Algeria: 11 new casesRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | Crofsblogs.typepad.com

    Via Ennahar Online: Swine flu: Eleven new cases confirmed in Algeria . Excerpt: Eleven new cases of A/H1N1 influenza were confirmed Thursday by the Health Ministry, bringing the total number of reported cases to 168 nationwide.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

  18. Dozens hurt as Egyptians clash with policeRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 28 | Maktoob Business

    Protesters injured dozens of police near the Algerian embassy in Egypt's capital on Friday, fanning the flames of a diplomatic spat that erupted after Algeria won a football World Cup qualifier.

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  19. 35 Egyptian police hurt as football violence simmersRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Raw Story

    Violent protestors injured dozens of police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, fanning the flames of a diplomatic row that erupted over a football World Cup qualifier won by bitter rivals Algeria.

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  20. Islamic scholar condemns football violence in EgyptRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 20 | The Peninsula

    DOHA: Noted Islamic scholar, Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi , yesterday described as devils those who introduced the game of soccer, while decrying the row between Egypt and Algeria over the World Cup qualifying playoff in Khartoum.

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