Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 9/8/2003
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of September 8, 2003
- Arab writers and poets meet in Algeria Regional-Algeria, Local, 9/13/2003
- Madani prepares an initiative to stop violence in Algeria
The historical leader of the banned Islamic front for salvation in Algeria, Abbas Madanai, announced yesterday that he is working on formulating "an initiative" in order to put an end to violence which has been continuous in the country since 1992, which resulted in killing more than 100,000 Algeria, Politics, 9/11/2003 - European body ready to press for release of Moroccan POWs in Algeria
A European body said it will continue efforts for the release of all Moroccan prisoners of war still detained in the Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) by the Polisario separatists. Algeria-European Union, Politics, 9/9/2003 - Amnesty international calls Polisario to release remaining POWs
Amnesty International reiterated on Friday its call for the immediate release and repatriation of the more than 900 remaining Moroccan prisoners of war still being detained by the Algeria-backed Polisario. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 9/8/2003