Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 3/1/2004
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of March 1, 2004
- Family exchange seeks to relieve blockade of Moroccans sequestered in Tindouf, official
The exchange of visits between Moroccans sequestered in the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf (southwestern Algeria) and their relatives in the Moroccan Sahara is meant to relieve the blockade imposed on the captives, said Hamid Chabar, the Moroccan governor in charge of coordination with the MINURSO (French acronym for the UN mission in the Sahara). Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/6/2004 - Benflis accuses Butaflika of obstructing justice; Algerian state council freezes liberation front assets
The official spokesman for the liberation front party, Abdul Salaam Mujahid, who supports Ali Benflis criticized the sentence of the state's council and considered it as an unprecedented step because it is in contradiction with the sentence issued by the same council in the case of convening the extraordinary conference. Algeria, Politics, 3/4/2004 - Six Algerians including Butaflika, Benflis qualified for presidential elections
The Algerian constitutional council has announced the final list of candidates for the presidential elections due to be on April 8th. Algeria, Politics, 3/3/2004 - Acts of protests in Algeria over formation of electoral committee
Acts of violence erupted in Jejil province to the east of Algiers during which the demonstrators on Saturday and Sunday stole public buildings's contents in protest of organizing ballot centers for the presidential elections due on April 8th, 2004. Algeria, Politics, 3/2/2004 - Two military men killed in Algeria
Two Algerian military men were killed last Friday at the hands of an armed group in Boukerdan town, situated 40 Km from the capital Algiers, according to the Algerian dailies. Algeria, Local, 3/1/2004