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Migrant birds take a break on a lake in the Reghaia district, 30 kms east of the capital Algiers, 16 March 2006. Hundreds of millions birds migrate every year from Africa to Europe, crossing over Algeria. Local authorities are testing the migrating birds to avoid contamination with local poultry.
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Enrico Macias
in Constantine, Algiers in 1938, the son of a Spanish musician and a French mother, Enrico Macias grew up with the rich mix of cultures, listening to the sounds of Arab, French and Spanish music.He emigrated from Algeria to France in 1961, a victim of Algeria's 14 m ago from LongIsland.com Read more »
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North Africa: Maghreb Student Organizations Urge UN to Enable Saharawi People of Self-Determination
— Maghreb student organizations from Algeria, Tunisia and Mauritania urged Sunday from Algiers the United Nations for "urgent and immediate application" of the dictates of international law in order to enable the Saharawi people to exercise self-determination. 5/20/13 from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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3G Launch Delay Prompts Questions in Nation
— Algerians are asking many questions about the country's delay in launching high-speed 3G mobile telecommunication, which was scheduled to take place in the first quarter of this year. Post and ICT Minister Moussa Benhamadi attributed the delay primarily 5/20/13 from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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‘5.5-magnitude quake hits N Algeria’
temblor hit the Bejaia region, 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of Algiers on Sunday, AFP reported. "There are no serious cases -- the victims are mainly suffering from trauma," a medic said. The North African country is regularly hit by earthquakes. On May from Press TV Read more »
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With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era
Bouteflika smiles during a ballot for the regional and municipal elections at a polling station in Algiers November 29, 2012. ALGIERS (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from from Reuters Mobile Read more »
