Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 10/23/2000
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of October 23, 2000
- Algerians support opening the borders with Morocco
Most of the Algerians showed their support to the idea of reopening the land borders with Morocco while some others expressed their refusal to this procedure. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 10/28/2000 - Algeria and Iran exchange ambassadors
Algerian President Abd El-Aziz Bu Taflika agreed on appointing Seyab Mohammed Reda Mefalizada as an ambassador extraordinary for the Iranian Islamic Republic in Algeria. Algeria-Iran, Politics, 10/28/2000 - Algeria:The municiple guard will turn to an administrative police
Nour El-Din Zerhouni, the Algerian state minister for internal affairs and local groups, said "the municiple guard units will become an adminstrative police in the future to serve the local groups to apply the law and to solve the daily problems of these groups," referring that the municiple guard will assume special assignments especially in the shadow of restoring internal peace and guaranteeing the adminstration security as well as its development. Algeria, Politics, 10/26/2000 - On Butaflika's visit to Libya
The Algerian President Abd El-Aziz Bu Taflika visited the night before last Tripoli where he held talks with the Libyan President Moammar El-Ghaddafi following his participation in the Arab summit in Cairo on last Saturday and Sunday. Algeria-Libya, Politics, 10/24/2000 - Arab banking foundation allowed to increase capital by $ 20 million
The Algerian loan and monetary council, the highest monetary authority in Algeria, has approved a $ 20-million increase in the capital of the Bahrain-based Arab banking foundation. Algeria, Business, 10/24/2000 - Indian foreign minister starts visit to Algeria
Developments in the Middle East are expected to figure prominently during talks the Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh will have with Algerian official on his three-day official visit to that country from October 23 Algeria-India, Politics, 10/23/2000 - Algerian authors gets German libraries peace prize
Algerian author and director, Assia Djebbar, received on Sunday the German libraries peace prize at the world book and publishing fair. Algeria, People, 10/23/2000