Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 10/27/2003
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of October 27, 2003
- Algeria: arresting Balhah and then releasing him
The Algerian police yesterday arrested the second ranking official in the banned Salvation Islamic Front, Ali Balhah, and subjected him to 7 hours of investigation before releasing him. Algeria, Politics, 11/1/2003 - Sahara dispute, an issue between Morocco and Algeria, says ambassador
"We are not playing ping pong here. Algeria and Morocco must bear together a common responsibility in preparing a better future for the people of the Maghreb." Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 11/1/2003 - Belgian Le Soir investigates Moroccan POWs in Tindouf, Polisario's aid embezzlement
Belgian daily 'Le Soir' published Wednesday a whole-page investigation on the situation of Moroccan POWs held in Tindouf (southwestern Algeria) and Polisario's embezzlement of the Humanitarian aid destined to the populations sequestered in southeastern Algeria. Algeria-Belgium, Politics, 10/31/2003 - Algerian women want change to family law
Women's rights defense societies in Algeria consider that revision of the family law which portrays woman as "immature for life" is not enough and are demanding its abolition. Algeria, Politics, 10/30/2003 - Former deportee in Cuba tells bitter stories of despicable torture
Saadani Maalainine, a Sahrawi woman who was deported by the Polisario separatist group to Cuba at the age of five, told participants in a conference held over the week end "commitment for liberty" her bitter experience with polisario leadership and conditions of her deportation. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/28/2003 - Morocco needs to explain lawful retrieval of its southern provinces, former fm
Morcco's Former foreign minister, Mohammed Boucetta, called for using all means at the diplomatic, parliamentary, political and popular means to explain that the Moroccan southern provinces have been retrieved lawfully. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/28/2003 - Washington backs political solution to Sahara issue
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs William Joseph Burns, said in Algiers Saturday his country backs a political solution to the Sahara question and is not endeavoring to impose any solution in this question. Algeria-USA, Politics, 10/28/2003 - US anti-terrorism aid to Algeria estimated at us$ 700,000 in 2003 Algeria-USA, Military, 10/28/2003
- French daily: it's Algerian army officers that conduct interrogation of Moroccans held in Tindouf camps
All the Moroccans held in the Tindouf camps have been questioned by Algerian army officers and tortured by soldiers of the Polisario separatists, says Saturday the French daily Liberation. Algeria-France, Politics, 10/27/2003 - Sahara is not East Timor, French academic
French doctor of geopolitics at the War School and at the Sorbonne University, Aymeric Chauprade told a conference in Naples that drawing a parallel between the Sahara and East Timor issues is not a scientific approach. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/27/2003 - Burns in Algeria for cooperation talks
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs William Joseph Burns announced by the end of a visit to Algeria, the first leg in a Maghreb tour that cooperation with Algeria in "fighting terrorism" will increase, at a time when an Algerian Islamic group vowed loyalty to al-Qaida network. Algeria-USA, Politics, 10/27/2003