ALGIERS, Algeria, July 6 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida is no longer directing the movements of its former affiliates in Algeria, who are moving to reconcile with the national government, leaders say.

ALGIERS, Algeria, April 10 (UPI) -- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term in a landslide with 90.24 percent of the vote, election officials announced Friday.

ALGIERS, Algeria, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Cuban President Raul Castro continued his African tour Saturday with a stop in Algeria, officials said.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, on an official visit to Damascus, has signed a series of agreements for economic cooperation with Syria.

ALGIERS, Algeria, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is playing coy about his intentions of running for an unprecedented third term as the country's leader, observers say.

ALGIERS, Algeria, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday Washington would return Guantanamo detainees to their home countries when safety measures were met.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Although no one has claimed responsibility for the series of deadly bombings this week in Algeria, suspicion immediately focused on the Islamic extremist group that now calls itself al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Algeria will return 15 MiG-29SMT -- Fulcrum -- fighters purchased from the MiG Corp. in 2006-2007 to Russia. The deal on the return was signed shortly before Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika visited the Russian Federation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Attacks on French companies in Algeria by an Islamist group associated with al-Qaida are moving some of those companies to evacuate their employees, but a relatively quick response by security forces there and increasing global demand for the nation's oil and gas make it likely that energy production and export will be little affected by the violence.