Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 7/21/1997
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of July 21, 1997
- Villagers butchered in Algeria
Muslim rebels killed 56 people, mostly by cutting their throats, in two attacks south of the capital Algiers. Algeria, Politics, 7/25/1997 - Violence continues in Algeria as 56 more die
Islamic fundamentalist rebels have killed as many as 56 people in the last three days. Algeria, Local, 7/24/1997 - Algeria's parliament meets amid bloodshed
Algeria's newly elected parliament met for the first time to examine ways of accelerating economic reform and easing political strife in the insurgency-torn country. Algeria, Politics, 7/24/1997 - Ben Bella in Beirut
Ahmed Ben Bella, the former Algerian president and hero of his country's independence war, arrived in Beirut on July 20. Algeria, People, 7/23/1997 - Algerian forces kill 90 rebels
Algerian troops have so far killed more than 90 rebels in a huge continuing operation, an Algerian newspaper said on July 21. Algeria, Local, 7/22/1997 - Bombs kill one, wound 49 in western Algeria
Two bombs exploded almost simultaneously in two cafes in the western Algerian town of Tlemcen, killing one person and wounding 30, an Algerian newspaper said on July 20. Algeria, Local, 7/21/1997 - Madani vows to end violence
As Islamist leader Abassi Madani vowed he would do all he could to end the violence that has shaken Algeria for five years, his own group issued a statement on July 17 boasting that it had killed more than 100 members of the security forces in the past two months. Algeria, Politics, 7/21/1997