Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 3/14/2005
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of March 14, 2005
- Algeria denies Arab summit seeks to normalize relations with Israel
Algeria's permanent representative to the Arab League, Abdul Qader Hajjar, denied what was quoted by the mass media to that the Arab summit his country will host next Tuesday and Wednesday will be dedicated for normalization with Israel. He said that the anyone who wants such normalization can do in his own country. Algeria-Regional, Politics, 3/19/2005 - The Algerian perception of auto-determination is variable, Moroccan Ambassador
"The Algerian perception of auto-determination is variable," said Moroccan Ambassador to the UNO in Geneva, Omar Hilale, in response to a presentation of Algerian peer, Idriss jazari, who accused Morocco of denying the right to auto-determination to the Sahrawis. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 3/19/2005 - Polisario activists assault Swiss woman for asking disturbing questions
A Swiss woman was savagely assaulted in Geneva Friday by polisario activists after she asked questions they did not like at a meeting they held in the offices of the World Meteorological Organisation. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/19/2005 - Algeria strongly weighing in Sahara issue, Algerian journalist
"Algeria strongly weighs in the Sahara issue" writes an Algerian journalist-author in a book titled "un regard calme sur l'Algerie" (a quiet look at Algeria) published last February. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 3/18/2005 - Tindouf, longest human tragedy in current history, Minister
"If the countries concerned are keen on preserving their reputation, they should act in a positive way vis-a-vis the resolutions adopted by the United Nations in this question," said Benabdellah who noted that the detention of Moroccans is a breach of the most basic international laws. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/18/2005 - Hattab calls for dropping weapons
Leader of al-Salafeyah group for fighting and the call ( al-Dawa Wal Qital) in Algeria Hassan Hattab has called on all fighters to stop fighting and drop the weapons as well as to join national reconciliation and the general amnesty advocated by the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika. Algeria, Politics, 3/17/2005 - Morocco's appeal for release of Moroccans in Algeria triggers undiplomatic response from Algeria
Algerian delegate to the 61st session of the UN human rights commission reacted in an undiplomatic way to an appeal launched on Tuesday by Morocco for the release of Moroccan prisoners held in the Tindouf camps, in Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/16/2005 - ICRC briefed on case of Moroccan POWs detained in southern Algeria
Moroccan Justice Minister, Mohamed Bouzoubaa, met, here Tuesday, with officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross whom he briefed on the tragic situation of 408 Moroccans still held by the Polisario in the Tindouf camps, southern Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/16/2005 - Abdel Kader Haggar stresses depth of Egyptian-Algerian relations Algeria-Egypt, Politics, 3/14/2005