Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 5/19/2003
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of May 19, 2003
- Number of Algerian quake victims increasing
Rescue teams in Algeria are completing the search for survivors amid hills of ruins inflected by the worst quake that hit the country in 23 years. The rescue teams continued their work using trained dogs and advanced instruments. Algeria, Local, 5/24/2003 - Strongest quake in two decades hits Algeria, 1100 killed, thousands homeless
Algeria yesterday announced a three- day mourning as from today for the victims of the destructive earthquake which hit the capital Algiers and surrounding towns on Wednesday and resulted, according to preliminary estimates the death of 110 persons, 7,000 wounded. It was at 7.7 grade at Richter scale and was the most violent since two decades as residential buildings collapsed easily. Algeria, Local, 5/23/2003 - Morocco sends urgent humanitarian aid to earthquake-stricken Algerians
Morocco decided to sent an urgent humanitarian aid and technical assistance to support the Algerian earthquake-stricken populations, upon instructions of King Mohammed VI's. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 5/23/2003 - Red Cross worried by situation of Moroccan POWs in Algeria
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was "extremely worried by the very long captivity" of Moroccan POWs by the Polisario in Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 5/20/2003 - Another group of European hostages in the Algerian desert freed Algeria-European Union, Local, 5/20/2003