Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 3/7/2005
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of March 7, 2005
- Algeria Arab summit to be attended by large number of leaders, says Algerian ambassador
He added that the summit would also set up a follow-up committee to make sure that the resolutions have been put into effect. Algeria-Regional, Politics, 3/12/2005 - Tindouf population size overestimated by UN bodies, says Morocco
Morocco renewed on Wednesday its call to the United Nations High commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) to conduct a reliable census of the populations in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps (southern Algeria), insisting that the actual size of this population is overestimated by the UN various bodies. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/10/2005 - Former UN official expects political compromise on Sahara
Time may bring a political compromise on the Sahara issue, said former UN secretary general's special representative for the Sahara, Hon Erik Jensen. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/10/2005 - Extended regionalization may be solution to Sahara dispute, Seminar
Participants in a seminar pointed out, in Rabat Wednesday, that the Sahara issue may be resolved through an "extended regionalization," while other participants called for withdrawing this question from the United Nations Security Council to submit it to the General Assembly. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/10/2005 - In a worst flood since 45 years, two Algerians killed, 9 missing, including five children
At least two persons were killed and other nine were missing including five children in the worst floods in the Algerian desert to the south of the country since more than 45 years. Algeria, Local, 3/10/2005 - Balkhadem calls for reform of the Arab League
The Algerian foreign minister Abdul Aziz Balkhadem said that the Arab summit in Algiers by the end of the current month will witness a great turnout in comparison to earlier Arab summits. Regional-Algeria, Politics, 3/9/2005 - Algeria to extend gas line to Italy in 2008
The Algerian government Sonatrak company for energy and a group of partners on Monday agreed to proceed forward in erecting a second line for gas linking Algeria to Italy. The project is expected to be operational by the beginning of 2008. Algeria-Italy, Economics, 3/9/2005 - Gigantic march voices outrage over continued sequestration of Moroccans in polisario camps
They came on Sunday in tens of thousands to Rabat filling all downtown streets, stretching over kilometres, to ask in unison for the immediate and unconditional liberation of the Moroccans Sequestrated in polisario camps in Tindouf, South-West Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/7/2005 - Polisario separatists burn Moroccan detainees in southwest Algeria, NGO
A Moroccan Sahara-based NGO has accused the separatists of being behind the recent arson that claimed the life of a family in a camp in southwest Algeria, controlled by the Polisario. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/7/2005 - Sit-ins abroad for release of Moroccan detainees in southern Algeria
Moroccan expatriates in London, Paris and Montreal rallied Sunday to call for the release of their fellow countrymen who are detained in the Tindouf camps (southwest Algeria) by the Algeria-backed Polisario front that is claiming the separation of the kingdom's Southern Provinces (known as the Sahara). Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/7/2005 - Moroccan civil society calls for ending the tragedy of sequestrated Moroccans
The Moroccan civil society on Sunday called the international community to act to put an end to the tragedy befalling the Moroccans sequestrated in polisario Tindouf camps, located in South-West Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/7/2005