Tag: Algeria
Guantanamo detainees win court challenge
A US judge has ordered the release of five Algerian terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay.[MORE]
Desert floods kill 13 in Sahara town: govt
Floods have killed at least 13 people in the Algerian oasis town of Ghardaia in the Sahara Desert, the Algerian Government said. [MORE]
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Algeria bombing
Al Qaeda's north Africa wing said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing in Algeria, according to a statement posted on the internet.[MORE]
Algerian suicide bombs kills 12
Two car bombs in Algeria have killed 12 people and wounded 42 in the latest attacks in the bloodiest week of unrest in years. [MORE]
Double bombing in Algeria kills 11: report
A double bombing in Algeria has killed at least 11 people, a day after an attack that killed 43 people at a military academy, the Algerian press agency APS said, quoting the Interior Ministry.[MORE]
Algeria bomb blast kills 43: official
A bomb attack east of Algiers has killed 43 people and wounded 38, the Algerian interior ministry said.[MORE]
Algeria suicide bomb kills 8: report
A suicide car bombing has killed eight people east of Algiers in the second such attack this month, OPEC member Algeria's official APS news agency has reported.[MORE]
Mali, Tuareg rebels agree to peace deal
Mali's Government and Tuareg rebels have reached an agreement to end almost a year of sporadic clashes in the country's vast northern desert, Algeria's official news agency APS said.[MORE]
WWF warns Africa nearing 'ecological limit'
Conservation organisation WWF says many African countries are rapidly running down their natural resources as growing populations push the continent towards its ecological limits.[MORE]
Bomb attacks kill 12 in Algeria
Two bombs exploded at a railway station east of Algiers, killing 12 people including eight soldiers and two French engineers, security sources said.[MORE]
Beijing still within reach for Aussie volleyballers
Asian volleyball champions Australia kept its slim Olympic hopes alive after posting its third win in the men's final qualifiers in Tokyo.[MORE]
Bombs kill two in Algeria: security sources
Two bombs have exploded in a cafeteria east of the Algerian capital, killing two people and wounding several others, security sources said.[MORE]
Algerian soldiers killed in rebel ambush: reports
An Algerian newspaper has reported that rebels linked to Al Qaeda's north African wing killed six Algerian soldiers in the deadliest attack on government forces in three months.[MORE]
Anthropologist, Ravensbruck survivor Tillion dies aged 100
French anthropologist, feminist, resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, Algeria peacemaker and writer Germaine Tillion has died aged 100, the chairman of the foundation named after her announced.[MORE]
Austria receives ultimatum from Al Qaeda
Austria's Foreign Ministry has confirmed it has received an ultimatum from Al Qaeda's North Africa branch demanding the release of prisoners in Tunisia and Algeria in exchange for freeing two Austrian tourists it claims to have kidnapped.[MORE]
Wrongly-accused terrorism suspect 'can claim compensation'
A court in London has ruled an Algerian airline pilot who was wrongly suspected of training men involved in the September 11 attacks on the United States, can claim compensation. [MORE]
Two killed in Algeria car bomb attack
A car bomb has killed two people in a town east of Algiers today, the second such bomb attack in a month, security sources say.[MORE]
UN probes Algiers attack
The United Nations is setting up an independent panel to investigate a bombing that killed 17 UN employees in the Algerian capital of Algiers on December 11.[MORE]
Al Qaeda claims Algeria suicide bombing
Al Qaeda's North Africa wing claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide bombing in Algeria in a recording aired by Al Arabiya television.[MORE]
Three killed, seven hurt in bomb blast in Algeria: interior ministry
The Algerian Interior Ministry says three people were killed and seven injured on Wednesday in a bomb blast in Naciria, 50 kilometres east of the capital.[MORE]
Five UN staff still missing after Algeria blast
The UN says five of its staff are still missing after a bombing in Algeria in which 11 other UN employees died.[MORE]
Bali security increased after Algiers attack
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has expressed his deep condolences to the families of those killed and injured in the twin suicide bombings in Algeria overnight.[MORE]
Aussies warned to avoid Algeria
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) has reissued its warning for Australians to avoid Algeria, after the bombings which killed dozens of people overnight.[MORE]
11 UN staff among Algiers bomb casualties
A UN spokeswoman says 11 UN employees are believed to have been among those killed when car bombs hit UN and other buildings in Algiers overnight, and more UN staff were still unaccounted for.[MORE]
Al Qaeda claims Algiers attacks
Al Qaeda's Branch in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for double car bomb attacks in Algiers, in a statement published on an Islamist website.[MORE]
