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ALGIERS, Algeria, June 13 (UPI) -- Algerian courts appear to be making greater use of the death penalty, though there hasn't been an execution in Algeria since 1993, officials say.
About 30 Islamic insurgents have been sentenced to die, all but one believed to belong to al-Qaida and all but two in absentia, the Med Basin Newsline reports.
All were convicted of terrorist offenses, including attacks on security forces. One suspect convicted in absentia in eastern Algeria allegedly killed a mayor and seven members of the paramilitary Village Guards.
Algeria has also sought to quell al-Qaida-inspired unrest in prisons through transfers, Med Basin Newsline said.
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