Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika visits Iran
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) hugs Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Tehran, Iran on August 11, 2008. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Groups in Egypt funded by the U.S. Congress and other human rights and pro-democracy organizations were closed by the Egyptian military, accused of interference in domestic politics. They didn’t have much to brag about anyway.
ALGIERS, Algeria, May 31 (UPI) -- Two Algerian Islamist leaders have written to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, arguing for "historic reconciliation."
ALGIERS, Algeria, April 18 (UPI) -- Algeria, a major oil and gas producer, appears to have ridden out the political upheaval gripping the Arab world, largely because the government has bought some time by pledging economic and political concessions.
ALGIERS, Algeria, April 16 (UPI) -- An attack by militants on an army outpost in Azazga left 14 Algerian soldiers dead and a dozen wounded, security sources told Ennahar Online.
ALGIERS, Algeria, March 23 (UPI) -- Algeria's energy industry, backbone of the country's economy, is in trouble as President Abdelaziz Bouteflika struggles to avert a popular uprising while locked in a power struggle with the military.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has lifted his country's 19-year state of emergency, officials said.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Protesters in Algiers Saturday were met by a strong police response that included the arrest of scores of activists seeking to topple the Algerian government.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- The Algerian government deployed some 35,000 police and security personnel Saturday to rein in a banned pro-democracy rally in Algiers, local media said.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Opposition groups in Algeria, demanding the "establishment of genuine democracy," have called for protests Saturday in defiance of a ban on demonstrations.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The state of emergency in Algeria will be lifted soon, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said in response to anti-government protesters.
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