Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 3/29/2004
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of March 29, 2004
- Algeria: elections committee calls on the government to limit violence
The elections committee in Algeria called on the government to halt the series of the acts of violence which overwhelmed the presidential campaigns in preparations for the elections to be on April 8th. Algeria, Politics, 4/3/2004 - Boufelika: I will never let an Algerian die for Western Sahara
Campaigning Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he would "never" let a compatriot die for the cause of the Western Sahara, a disputed territory between Morocco and the Algeria-backed separatist movement "Polisario." Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 4/2/2004 - Morocco urges algeria to free 514 POW
Morocco reiterated Thursday its call for Algeria to immediately and unconditionally free some 514 prisoners of war (POW) still in captivity in Tindouf camps (southern Algeria). Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 4/2/2004 - Polisario threatens peace in maghreb and the world, experts
A group of international experts highlighted Wednesday in a conference held at the University of Geneva the threat of the "Polisario" separatist group " to peace, security and democracy, "not only in the Maghreb but also in the rest of the world." Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 4/2/2004 - Clashes on Teizi Ozo because of Butaflika's visit
The election campaign tour of the Algerian president Abdul Aziz Butaflika in one of the largest cities of the Berber Kabayel area of Teizi Ozo, coincided with violent confrontations between the police and the protesting Berbers that ended in detaining many of them. Algeria, Politics, 4/1/2004