Tunisian rescue men head for Algeria

A Tunisian official source announced that Tunisian rescue men were sent on Wednesday to Algiers to help in the rescue operation following the floods which resulted in killing 651 persons and wounding other 318 by the beginning of last week in Algeria.

The source added that a unit from the Tunisian national bureau for civil defense and transport truck carrying rescue equipment headed for Algeria.

Also on Wednesday and on board of two military planes first aids shipment were sent already decided one day earlier ( Tuesday) by the Algerian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali. The aids included 28 tons of medicines, blankets and food- stuffs. Meantime, the government of Quebec in Canada has offered the victims of the floods in Algeria an urgent aid of 50,000 Canadian dollars ( USD 31,000).