Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 12/20/1999
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of December 20, 1999
- Bouteflika assigns Benbitour to form new government in Algeria
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stressed Algeria's backing to Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians in the Middle East peace process negotiations. Algeria, Politics, 12/24/1999 - Bouteflika: No Algerian contacts with Israel
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has asserted that his country has no secret or open contact with Israel. Algeria, Politics, 12/24/1999 - King Mohammed condoles Algerian president over quake
King Mohammed VI sent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika a condolence message following the earth quake that jolted Algeria, claiming 28 lives. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 12/23/1999 - Twenty killed, tens wounded in Algerian earthquake
Algerian television broadcast on Wednesday that an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale hit on Wednesday night in western Algeria and resulted according to preliminary estimates in the death of 20 persons, wounding tens and causing material losses in Ain Temouchent, 450 KM west of the capital. Algeria, Politics, 12/23/1999 - Algerian budget ratified
An Algerian official source said that the Algerian Nation's Council (parliament) on Sunday ratified the state's draft budget for the year 2000, which is expecting a deficit of US $3.4 billion. Algeria, Economics, 12/22/1999 - Some 250 Algerian gunmen surrender
The Algerian daily al-Khabar said on Sunday that some 250 members of the Islamic Salvation Army surrendered on Saturday to the specialized authorities under the "civil concord law." Algeria, Politics, 12/20/1999