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Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence. Complete Story...
An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face charges of links to terrorism, their defense lawyer said.
President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated.
Ten suspected Islamists and three soldiers were killed in a fierce gunbattle in the Sahara Desert when a convoy of heavily armed militants was attacked by the Algerian army, officials said Saturday.
All through the 1990s, when Islamic militants waged a ferocious war on the Algerian state and nightlife died in the city that once called itself "The Paris of Africa," the Hanani bar and restaurant stayed open. It was "an act of resistance," says owner Achour Ait Oussaid.
The Algerian government has issued a decree shifting the dates of the weekend to Friday and Saturday in a move viewed as a boost the North African nation's faltering economy.
Al-Qaida-linked militants ambushed a convoy of Algerian police escorting Chinese construction workers near a highway building site, killing at least 19 people and wounding several others, a local official and Algerian newspapers said Thursday.
Deep in the Sahara Desert, along the remote southern borders of Algeria, lies an immense no man's land where militants roam.
Young people climbed up the old marble columns of the hall for a better look at the band. The audience — including girls in headscarves — danced around the gilded balconies to oriental, hip-hop and jazz moves.
The U.S. special envoy to the Middle East stressed the importance of a two-state solution to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians, after meeting Tuesday with Algeria's president as part of a tour of Arab capitals.
A front-page cartoon in the Algerian press seems to sum up the many challenges facing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika following his landslide re-election last week to a third term at the helm of the North African country.
Government critics say there are plenty of ways to fix Thursday's presidential election despite official assurances that every effort has been made to avert fraud.
Some key issues in Algeria's presidential election Thursday, near certain to hand another five-year term to incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika hailed his landslide re-election for a third term as a "lesson in democracy" on Friday, but opposition politicians and independent media alleged fraud at the polls, and the U.S. government expressed concern.
The president pleaded Friday for national unity and an end to Algeria's violence as he campaigned for re-election in the Kabylie region, a hotbed of terrorists and a stronghold for the left-wing and ethnic Kabyle opposition.
Algerian officials and activists said they hoped France's pledge Tuesday to compensate victims of its nuclear tests in the Sahara Desert would be a first step toward broader atonement and reparation.
The Algerian interior minister Monday denied allegations of human rights abuses contained in a U.S. State Department report and advised Washington to "sweep its own doorstep," referring to the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Security forces have killed 120 militants linked to al-Qaida in Algeria over the past six months and arrested 322, the government said Sunday.
Weeks before his re-election bid, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced Saturday that the government will cancel billions of dollars (euros) worth of debt owed by farmers and livestock raisers, the state-run news agency reported.
Al-Qaida's North African offshoot claimed responsibility Thursday for the killing of nine security guards near an Algerian power facility, as well as eight other deadly attacks this month.
A bomb attack killed nine security guards and injured three in northern Algeria near a power facility, officials and Algerian media said Monday.
A series of attacks in Algeria has left seven soldiers and a suspected militant dead, security officials and local media said Monday as authorities ratcheted up efforts to secure the country before presidential elections.
Two roadside bombs have exploded in eastern Algeria, killing seven people hours after the president announced he would run for a third term, the state-run news agency said Friday.
The head of al-Qaida in Algeria slammed the Algerian president and government for not stepping in to protect Muslims and to prevent the departure of a CIA operative accused of rape in the North African country.
BBC News - Egypt recalls Algerian envoy as football row deepensThe Egyptian government has recalled its ambassador to Algeria following complaints about violence toward football fans, reports say. The move comes hours after Algeria's ambassador in Cairo was summoned to the Egyptian foreign ministry.
Al Qaeda calls for home-made bomb attacks in West and to "reap the heads of infidels""The leader of al Qaeda's wing in the Arabian Peninsula called on militants to attack airports and trains in the West and said they could easily make bombs from household materials, the group's Internet magazine said.
The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015
Algeria and Libya must improve the terms they offer international energy companies or risk them taking their capital and expertise elsewhere, industry executives operating in North Africa said on Wednesday.
BBC NEWS | Europe | 'Al-Qaeda-link' Cern worker heldFrance has arrested a researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) for suspected links with al-Qaeda, officials have said. The 32-year-old man of Algerian descent was one of two brothers detained in the south-east town of Vienne on Thursday.
Maritime expert flees Russia in fear of his life over the Lost ShipAn outspoken Russian journalist who alerted the world to the mysterious disappearance and likely hijacking of the Arctic Sea cargo ship this summer said on Thursday he'd fled Russia in fear of his life.
Algeria switches weekend, againAlgeria is changing its weekend, a transition that has caused considerable confusion and given public sector workers a three-day break.
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Debunking a YouTube hitBBC Magazine article by Richard Knight fact checks a xenophobic and anti-Muslim propaganda video which claims that Muslims will take over Europe and install Islamic Emirates.
China alert over 'al-Qaeda threat'China has warned its citizens in Algeria to be on heightened alert following warnings that al-Qaeda could be plotting attacks on Chinese workers in North Africa in retaliation for the recent crackdown on unrest in China's western Xinjiang region.
The 6th International Quality Conference for 2009 began in Tripoli on Monday under the theme "Quality Basis for the Promotion of Competitiveness". Expert and specialists from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Emirates in addition to Great Jamahiriya are taking part in the conference. …
Hamas Looks To Offset Dependency On IranOver the last few months, Hamas has maintained contact with several potential sources of military assistance. The sources identified them as Algeria, Morocco, Sudan and Turkey.
5 Questions for Robert OakleyRobert Oakley served as U.S. ambassador to Zaire (1979-82), Somalia (1982-84), and Pakistan (1988-92) and as Special Envoy to Somali (1992-1994) and directed State's Office of Combatting Terrorism (1984-86).
U.N. Staff Seeks Answers in 2007 Algiers Bombing"Why is the U.N. keeping its report on the 2007 terrorist attack in Algeria secret? The world body's staff union says it wants to know.
11 militants dead in Algeria security sweepsAlgiers: Police raids conducted east of the Algerian capital left 11 Al Qaida-linked militants and one officer dead, an official and local media said Saturday, as authorities intensified security measures before next week's presidential election.
Italy: Police carry out anti-terror raids across country "The anti-terrorism and organised crime investigators in March 2007 began probing alleged Islamic fundamentalists attending the Via Dei Mille mosque in Vicenza in the northern Veneto region. The mosque was led by a Yemeni imam, who is also being investigated for terror links.
Rare cheetah captured on cameraThe first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Northwest African, or Saharan cheetah, have been obtained in an experiment in Algeria.
Al-Qaeda Clamours for Image Makeover On January 31 this year, the world heaved a sigh of relief when a beastly commander of terrorist forces surrendered in Algeria before security forces after 12 long years of terror-related activities. His name was given out as Ali Ben Touati alias Abu Tamim Amine.
Algeria, the CIA, Rape, and the Black PlagueThe news that Andrew Warren, the CIA station chief in Algeria, allegedly drugged and raped two local Muslim women at his U.S. embassy residence in North Africa would be shocking anywhere around the globe — at anytime.
CIA Algeria case may hurt Obama initiative: reportsAllegations that the CIA station chief in Algiers drugged and raped Muslim women may hurt efforts by President Barack Obama to improve U.S. relations with the Muslim world, Algerian dailies said Saturday.
CIA Rape Scandal: Why Being in Foreign Nations is DangerousRape in Algeria proves that the CIA shouldn't be in Algeria; or in any country for that matter.
CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapeshe discovery of more than a dozen videotapes showing the CIA officer engaged in sex acts with other women has led the Justice Department to broaden its investigation to include at least one other Arab country, Egypt, where the CIA officer had been posted earlier in his career, ac …
Al-Qaeda cell killed by Black Death 'was developing biological weapons'The group of 40 terrorists were reported to have been killed by the plague at a training camp in Algeria earlier this month. It was initially believed that they could have caught the disease through fleas on rats attracted by poor living conditions in their forest hideout.
The Black Death Strikes al-QaedaThe disease which killed 25 million Europeans during the Middle Ages may prove to be an unlikely ally in America's War on Terror, according to British sources
Al Qaeda Bungles Arms Experiment But Demonstrates Biological or Chemical Weapons CapabilityAn al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after an experiment with unconventional weapons went awry, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday.
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