5,469,958 |
35.40417 |
8.12417 |
Algeria |
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The Algerian army killed three Tunisian militants on Saturday in the northeastern province of Tebessa near the border with Tunisia. |
5,471,548 |
27.19678 |
2.47913 |
Algeria |
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Residents in In Salah began protesting against the exploitation of shale gas in Southern Algeria. |
5,469,961 |
36.71183 |
4.04591 |
Algeria |
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About 300 people in a restive northern region of Algeria joined a public lunch Saturday during Ramadan to protest what they say is persecution of people who refuse to observe the religious fast. The lunch in Tizi-Ouzou, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Algiers, was not contested by either local Islamists or authorities. |
5,469,965 |
36.64115 |
3.88843 |
Algeria |
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Two soldiers were wounded in the evening on Sunday at the entrance to the main town in the municipality of Ait Yahia Moussa about 25 kilometres south of the city of Tizi Ouzou, when a blast occurred as they drove past. The explosive device, planted by the sides of the road, was allegedly triggered remotely. |
5,469,969 |
36.89306 |
4.42 |
Algeria |
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Gunmen have killed three policemen in an ambush in the eastern Algerian region of Kabylie and lost one of their own. A police patrol was attacked by a group of gunmen on the road to the new hospital in Azeffoun on Tuesday afternoon, some 60 kilometres (35 miles) north of the city of Tizi Ouzou. |
5,469,973 |
36.62481 |
3.47788 |
Algeria |
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Three members of the ex-Salafi Group for Call and Combat [GSPC] were on the heights of Keddara, 30 km to the south of Boumerdes during a clash with the People's National Army [ANP]. |
5,469,977 |
36.38 |
3.9014 |
Algeria |
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An Islamist fighter was killed and several were injured in an ambush by the Algerian army during the night from Thursday to Friday in the Kabyle region of Bouira, southeast of Algiers. He was later identified as Djamel Eddine Ben Toumi a senior member of the Salafi Group for Call and Combat (GSPC). |
5,469,981 |
36.81694 |
3.85722 |
Algeria |
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Four gendarmes and a 23-year-old woman were injured in the explosion of a home-made bomb yesterday [11 Aug], at about 13:30, at the Baghlia town exit, 50 km to the east of Boumerdes. |
5,469,984 |
36.89306 |
4.42 |
Algeria |
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Hundreds of citizens took part Sunday in Azeffoune in a march of de-nunciation to terrorism, accompanied with a general strike following the assassination of three policemen in this coastal city. |
5,469,992 |
21.3292 |
0.94791 |
Algeria |
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Initial reports stated two people died and several others were injured; later reports stated 6 dead and more than 30 wounded during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in tribal clashes in the Algerian town of Bordj Badji Mokhtar. Civil Defence told APS they struggled to evacuate the wounded in the midst of throwing stones on both sides, before the police deployed in the town to restore order. There was extensive damage due to vandalism, vehicle fires and looting of shops, |