Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 1/24/2005
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of January 24, 2005
- Algerian liberation front reconvenes 8th conference
The Algerian National Liberation Front is preparing to convene its conference next Saturday and Sunday with the aim to unify their ranks after the split that took place prior to the recent presidential elections took place in the country. Algeria, Politics, 1/29/2005 - Morocco urges for immediate release of Moroccans sequestered in Tindouf
Morocco called on Thursday for the immediate release of Moroccans that are sequestered in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps (southern Algeria), voicing concern over their degrading conditions. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 1/28/2005 - Former Algerian president vows to militate for reopening of Moroccan-Algerian borders
Former Algerian president, Ahmed Ben Bella, vowed to fight for "the re-opening of Moroccan-Algerian land borders," closed in 1994 after it was established that a group of Algerian-born nationals were involved in the shooting of a luxury hotel in Marrakech. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 1/26/2005 - Southern associations denounce Polisario practices as contrary to ICRC recommendations
Three local associations in the southern provinces have denounced the Polisario practices as contrary to recommendations of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following the death on Monday of a Moroccan held captive by the separatist group after he was released on Saturday. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 1/26/2005 - Algerian business delegation in Morocco to boost bilateral cooperation Morocco-Algeria, Economics, 1/26/2005
- Moroccan soldier repatriated from Tindouf, dies
A Moroccan soldier held captive for 17 years by the Polisario separatist group in Tindouf camps (Algeria) and repatriated Saturday to Morocco, died Monday in the military hospital of "Avicenne" in Marrakech. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 1/25/2005 - Moussa arrives in Algiers in preparation for the Arab summit
The secretary general of the Arab league (AL) Amr Moussa arrived on Sunday evening in Algiers in the course of preparations for the Arab summit due to be convened in this country on March 22 and 23. Regional-Algeria, Politics, 1/24/2005 - Three women were killed in a bomb explosion to the south of Algiers
One explosion in a cemetery to the south of Algiers resulted in killing three women and injuring five while they were attending the cemetery during Eid al-Adha holiday visits. Algeria, Local, 1/24/2005