Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 8/15/2005
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of August 15, 2005
- Morocco welcomes its prisoners, holds Algeria responsible
Morocco expressed satisfaction over the release of its 404 prisoners who were the last shift of prisoners held by the people's front for the liberation of the Western Sahar and the Gold valley ( Polisario) under US mediation. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/20/2005 - Four Algerians killed in acts of violence
Four persons were killed and a fifth was injured in the most recent attack attributed to armed Islamic groups in Algeria. Algeria, Politics, 8/20/2005 - Polisario seeks political settlement after handing all Moroccan captives
Some 404 prisoners, representing the last shift of Moroccan prisoners held by the people's front for the liberation of "the red Tributary and the Gold Valley" better known as Polesario, arrived in Aghadir, Morocco. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/19/2005 - Reconciliation between Mubarak, Butaflika, summit to be defined after September
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika arrived in the Libyan city of Sert to take part in a tripartite summit with the Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi dealing with the Egyptian- Algerian summit and developments of Arab conditions especially in Iraq and Palestine where Israel had started withdrawal from Gaza on Monday. Egypt-Algeria, Politics, 8/16/2005 - Butaflika: A pardon to insurgents to help the nation reconcile
The Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika announced that the organization of a referendum on the "draft document for peace and national reconciliation" will be on September 29th. Algeria, Politics, 8/15/2005