Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 2/7/2005
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of February 7, 2005
- Creation of Algeria-Morocco economic zone will make border issue 'futile', Algerian political leader
"If Morocco and Algeria manage to create an economic zone at their borders and if Algeria and Tunisia succeed in doing the same, the borders issue will become quite futile, said Houcine Ait Ahmed, leader of Algerian Socialist Forces Front (FFS). Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 2/10/2005 - The world is now aware the Sahara issue is a Moroccan-Algerian dispute, party leader
The world is now aware the Sahara issue is a Moroccan-Algerian dispute and that the balance of power is in favor of Morocco, said Abbas El Fassi, secretary general of the Istiqlal party (PI). Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 2/8/2005 - Moroccan and Algerian business operators consider ways to re-launch economic cooperation
Means to re-launch economic cooperation between Morocco and Algeria was the major theme of a meeting held on Friday between the two North African countries' businessmen. Morocco-Algeria, Economics, 2/7/2005 - Algerian forces kill four gunmen
Algerian press sources disclosed that the army and police forces killed four persons suspected to be members in al-Salafeyah Wal Jihad groups, which is suspected to have links to al-Qaida organization. Algeria, Local, 2/7/2005