http://www.mail.com/locations/112684-algiers.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/112684-algiers.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2144404-algeria-president-full-stroke-recovering.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's president had a full stroke, not a mini-stroke as originally reported, but he is recovering with the help of physical therapy, his office said Tuesday. Previously, the government had said that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 76, had a transient ischemic attack, a so-called mini-stroke. But the latest statement says it was... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:13:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2144404-algeria-president-full-stroke-recovering.html 2013-06-11T22:13:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2140308-algerian-pm-focusing-health-president.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's prime minister has urged his compatriots to stop focusing on the health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in France since late April. Abdelmalek Sellal said other presidents get medical treatment for weeks and "nobody talks about it." He said he regretted that Algeria has come to the point where... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:40:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2140308-algerian-pm-focusing-health-president.html 2013-06-09T17:40:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2124558-uk-envoy-bp-committed-to-algeria-attack.html Algiers, ALGERIA (AP) — The British ambassador to Algeria says oil and gas giant BP is committed to the country despite delaying two projects after the January terrorist attack on a gas installation that left 37 hostages and 29 militants dead. The ambassador, Martyn Roper, said there had been "misunderstandings" after the BP chief executive, Bob Dudley, s... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:17:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2124558-uk-envoy-bp-committed-to-algeria-attack.html 2013-06-02T15:17:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096380-algerian-editor-accuses-government-censorship.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An editor has accused Algeria's government of censorship after it blocked the publication of his two newspapers. Hicham Aboud, editor of the My Journal and Djaridati newspapers, said that happened after he rejected an order from the Communication Ministry on Saturday night to remove an article from the papers that claimed hospitali... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:24:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096380-algerian-editor-accuses-government-censorship.html 2013-05-19T17:24:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093128-hints-political-change-horizon-algeria.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-century is reaching its end. Adding to the mix, Algeria's overwhelmingly young population is increasingly vocal in it... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:53:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093128-hints-political-change-horizon-algeria.html 2013-05-17T14:53:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2049480-mini-stroke-limit-algeria-president-ambition.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The mini-stroke suffered by Algeria's president has cast fresh doubt on his perceived ambition to run for a fourth term next year as leader of one of Africa's largest and richest countries. The possibility that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 76, could step down could affect the stability of this key U.S. ally in the fight against ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:37:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2049480-mini-stroke-limit-algeria-president-ambition.html 2013-04-28T18:37:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2049098-report-algerias-president-mini-stroke.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's president was hospitalized Saturday after having a mini-stroke without serious complications, the state news agency said. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 76, had a brief blockage of a blood vessel — called a transient ischemic attack — around noon, Rachid Bougherbal, the director of the national center of sports medicine told the s... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:54:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2049098-report-algerias-president-mini-stroke.html 2013-04-27T21:54:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1987990-algerias-southern-unemployed-demand-oil-jobs.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Protests by the unemployed in southern Algeria are raising the specter of rising unrest in the country's sensitive oil regions, and are increasingly attracting the attention of al-Qaida. Algeria's vast, sparsely populated Sahara only holds 10 percent of the country's population but it is home to this North African country's enormou... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:36:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1987990-algerias-southern-unemployed-demand-oil-jobs.html 2013-03-30T18:36:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1946376-algerias-security-forces-to-protect-energy-plants.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian official says that the country's security forces will take over the job of securing the country's oil and gas sites following a spectacular terrorist attack and mass hostage-taking on a gas installation in January. An inquiry into the Ain Amenas plant assault blasted private companies currently responsible for site secu... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:50:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1946376-algerias-security-forces-to-protect-energy-plants.html 2013-03-11T16:50:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928136-algeria-reels-tales-oil-sector-corruption.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Corrupt and gorging itself at the trough of Algeria's vast oil wealth — that's how most Algerians privately view the elites running the country. Yet few have been willing to say so publicly, until now. New corruption scandals are shining a new spotlight on state oil company Sonatrach, which jointly with BP and Norway's Statoil runs... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:06:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928136-algeria-reels-tales-oil-sector-corruption.html 2013-03-03T13:06:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1911860-algerian-gas-plant-terror-siege-resumes-work.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A gas installation in Algeria that was the site of a terrorist attack last month that left 37 hostages dead partially resumed production Sunday, as the head of the state-owned energy company said he would request armed personnel for energy plants to help prevent future assaults on sites that can be hundreds of miles from the nearest city. ... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:19:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1911860-algerian-gas-plant-terror-siege-resumes-work.html 2013-02-24T17:19:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1910486-official-algeria-kills-12-extremist-fighters.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian government official says security forces have killed a dozen extremist fighters in northern areas outside the capital and uncovered an arms cache in an area known for attacks against security forces. The official, who wasn't authorized to give the information publicly, said Saturday an army patrol killed eight extremist... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:47:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1910486-official-algeria-kills-12-extremist-fighters.html 2013-02-23T17:47:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1870102-algerian-border-forces-shoot-on-sight-orders.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A high-ranking Algerian security official says troops guarding the country's border with Mali have been given shoot-on-sight orders against anyone who attempts to illegally cross the frontier. The official, who is responsible for security in the North African nation's vast Sahara region, says the fear is that victories by French fo... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1870102-algerian-border-forces-shoot-on-sight-orders.html 2013-02-05T16:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1856296-algeria-crisis-strangling-sahara-tourism.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The awe-inspiring dunes and wild mountains of Algeria's Sahara have lured adventure travelers for decades, but their latest incarnation — as a crossroad for the al-Qaida militants who attacked a natural gas complex — is likely to make them even more inaccessible. At least 37 hostages died in the four-day siege deep in the desert. A... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1856296-algeria-crisis-strangling-sahara-tourism.html 2013-01-30T13:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1850750-2-guards-killed-attack-algerian-gas-pipeline.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a gas pipeline in northern Algeria and killed two village guards before being driven off, a local security official said Monday. The attack took place late Sunday night when the militants launched a series of homemade mortar shells at the Ain Chikh site, 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of Algiers, protected by l... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1850750-2-guards-killed-attack-algerian-gas-pipeline.html 2013-01-28T13:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840720-algeria-8-troops-hurt-while-hostage-crisis.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria says it did not sustain heavy losses and that only eight soldiers suffered minor wounds during a four-day siege of a gas plant by al-Qaida-linked militants who took dozens of foreigners hostage. It was the first acknowledgement by the government of any military casualties in the standoff at the Ain Amenas plant, where 37 ho... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840720-algeria-8-troops-hurt-while-hostage-crisis.html 2013-01-23T16:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837384-algeria-scours-sahara-5-missing-foreigners.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian forces scoured the Sahara Desert on Tuesday, searching for five foreign energy workers who vanished during a chaotic four-day battle with hostage-taking Islamist militants. One official says the men may have fled the sprawling complex during the fighting and gotten lost. The four-day confrontation that began when al-Qaida-... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837384-algeria-scours-sahara-5-missing-foreigners.html 2013-01-22T19:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834706-inside-job-2-canadian-militants-algeria-siege.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The hostage-taking at a remote Algerian gas plant was carried out by 30 militants from across the northern swath of Africa and two from Canada, authorities said. The militants, who wore military uniforms and knew the layout, included explosives experts who rigged it with bombs and a leader whose final order was to kill all the captives. ... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834706-inside-job-2-canadian-militants-algeria-siege.html 2013-01-21T21:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832910-death-toll-climbs-80-siege-sahara.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The death toll from the terrorist siege at a natural gas plant in the Sahara climbed past 80 on Sunday as Algerian forces searching the refinery for explosives found dozens more bodies, many so badly disfigured it was unclear whether they were hostages or militants, a security official said. Algerian special forces stormed the plan... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832910-death-toll-climbs-80-siege-sahara.html 2013-01-21T05:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1831568-algeria-32-militants-killed-with-23-hostages.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all 32 militants involved, the Algerian government said. With few details emerging from the remote site in eastern Algeria, it was uncle... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1831568-algeria-32-militants-killed-with-23-hostages.html 2013-01-20T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830356-dept-1-american-dead-algerian-standoff.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One American worker at a natural gas complex in Algeria has been found dead, U.S. officials said Friday as the Obama administration sought to secure the release of Americans still being held by militants on the third day of the hostage standoff in the Sahara. How Frederick Buttaccio, a Texas resident, died was not noted in a statement fr... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830356-dept-1-american-dead-algerian-standoff.html 2013-01-18T23:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831224-algerian-army-takes-hard-militant-battle.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The militants had filled five jeeps with hostages and begun to move when Algerian government attack helicopters opened up on them, leaving four in smoking ruins. The fifth vehicle crashed, allowing an Irish hostage inside to clamber out to safety with an explosive belt still strapped around his neck. Three days into the crisis at a... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831224-algerian-army-takes-hard-militant-battle.html 2013-01-18T22:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1829106-60-hostages-dead-missing-algeria-standoff.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — About 60 foreign hostages are still unaccounted for three days into a bloody siege with Islamic militants at a gas plant deep in the Sahara, Algeria's state news service said Friday. The militants, meanwhile, offered to trade two American hostages for terror figures jailed in the United States, according to a statement received by ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1829106-60-hostages-dead-missing-algeria-standoff.html 2013-01-18T13:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824120-algeria-army-rescues-hostages-toll-unclear.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free hostages from at least 10 countries. Bloody chaos ensued, leaving the fate of the fighters and many of the captives uncertain. Dueling claims from the military and the militants muddied t... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824120-algeria-army-rescues-hostages-toll-unclear.html 2013-01-18T01:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826556-algeria-mulls-international-force-hostages.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's government searched desperately Thursday for a way to end a desert standoff with Islamic militants who have taken dozens of foreigners hostage at a natural gas complex, turning to tribal leaders among Algerian Tuaregs and contemplating an international force. The government was in talks throughout the night with the U.S. ... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826556-algeria-mulls-international-force-hostages.html 2013-01-17T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1807110-algerian-convicted-2003-tourist-kidnappings.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algiers has convicted an Algerian of taking part in the 2003 kidnapping of 15 European tourists, mainly German, in the Sahara Desert and sentenced him to life in prison. Amar Gharbia, 39, was arrested in 2004 in Chad along with a citizen from Mali, Youcef Ben Mohamed, 25, who also was convicted Tuesday and imprisoned for... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1807110-algerian-convicted-2003-tourist-kidnappings.html 2013-01-08T18:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1801394-report-senior-al-qaida-africa-member-killed.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian newspaper says the right-hand man to the head of al-Qaida's North African branch was one of seven insurgents killed by the army last week. El Watan reported Saturday that the New Year's Day operation killed Izza Rezki, the finance chief for Abdelmalek Droukdel, the head of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. The paper cite... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1801394-report-senior-al-qaida-africa-member-killed.html 2013-01-05T15:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1796168-algerian-forces-kill-2-islamist-insurgents.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian security forces killed two radical Islamist insurgents on Wednesday in the same locality east of the capital where seven were killed a day earlier. The official APS news agency quoted an unidentified security source as saying army troops on a search operation killed the two guerrillas in Boulzazene in the Boumerdes region... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1796168-algerian-forces-kill-2-islamist-insurgents.html 2013-01-02T19:30:00Z