Seven security guards shot dead in Algeria

ALGIERS/PARIS - Seven security guards were killed early Thursday by a group of suspected Islamic extremists near the eastern city of Tizi Ouzou, local security sources said.

10 suspected militants, 3 soldiers killed in Algerian desert gunbattle

ALGIERS, Algeria — Ten suspected Islamists and three soldiers were killed in a fierce gunbattle in the Sahara Desert when a convoy of heavily armed militants was attacked by the Algerian army, officials said Saturday.

Al-Qaida offshoot claims it killed, injured dozens of government forces in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria — Al-Qaida’s North African offshoot claimed it killed or injured dozens of Algerian security forces in 29 separate attacks and bombings over the past two months, despite the intense military pressure that appears to have seriously limited the militants’ scope.

Bars, discos steadily closing in Algeria as Islamic rules tighten

ALGIERS, Algeria —All through the 1990s, when Islamic militants waged a ferocious war on the Algerian state and nightlife died in the city that once called itself “The Paris of Africa,” the Hanani bar and restaurant stayed open. It was “an act of resistance,” says owner Achour Ait Oussaid.

14 soldiers killed in Algeria terrorist attack: Report

PARIS/ALGIERS - At least 14 Algerian soldiers were killed when a group of Islamic extremists attacked a military convoy in northern Algeria, the daily El Watan reported Thursday.

14 Algerian soldiers killed in ambush

ALGIERS - Rebels ambushed a military convoy in northern Algeria Wednesday, killing 14 soldiers and injuring seven, a media report said.

Algeria shifts weekend dates again in hope of boosting productivity

ALGIERS, Algeria — The Algerian government has issued a decree shifting the dates of the weekend to Friday and Saturday in a move viewed as a boost the North African nation’s faltering economy.

8,000 African artists celebrate continent’s culture and reflect on 40 rocky years of freedom

ALGIERS, Algeria — From superstars to tribal dancers, thousands of African artists are celebrating their troubled continent’s culture and potential in an epic festival — and looking back at what they’ve accomplished and squandered in four decades of freedom from colonial rule.

Al-Qaida-linked militants kill at least 19 Algerian police and civilians

ALGIERS, Algeria — Al-Qaida-linked militants ambushed a convoy of Algerian police escorting Chinese construction workers near a highway building site, killing at least 19 people and wounding several others, a local official and Algerian newspapers said Thursday.

24 gendarmes killed in Algeria

ALGIERS - At least 24 gendarmes were killed when armed rebels opened fire on their convoy in the Algerian province of Burj Buaririj, media reports said Thursday.

Al-Qaida-linked militants kill at least 21 Algerian police escorting Chinese workers

ALGIERS, Algeria — Al-Qaida-linked militants ambushed a convoy of Algerian police escorting Chinese construction workers near a highway building site, killing at least 21 officers and wounding several others, a local official and Algerian newspapers said Thursday.

Algeria’s al-Qaida offshoot claims ambush that killed 10

ALGERIA, Algiers — Al-Qaida-linked militants in Algeria have claimed responsibility for an ambush that killed 10 people this week but denied they deliberately targeted the two teachers who were among the victims.

11 killed in terrorist attack in Algeria

ALGIERS/PARIS - At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in an attack by suspected Islamic terrorists on police accompanying a shipment of examination papers, a media report said Wednesday.

Algerian militants kill 2 teachers, 8 police in ambush after exams near the capital

ALGIERS, Algeria — Al-Qaida-linked militants killed two teachers and eight police escorts as they brought copies of tests back from an examination center near the Algerian capital, a local official and Algerian media said Wednesday.

OPEC head warns $50 per barrel insufficient for investment, urges $70

ALGIERS, Algeria — OPEC Secretary General Abdalla el-Badri has warned that oil prices of $50 per barrel are “insufficient for continued investment” and urged a $70 barrel.

Algeria’s president wins election

ALGIERS - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to an unprecedented third five-year term with 90.24 percent of the vote, Interior Minister Nouredine Yazid Zerhouni announced Friday.

Iran has not produced atomic bombs, asserts IAEA

ALGIERS - The head of the UN atomic energy watchdog IAEA said Iran has not produced any atomic bombs although it has the capability of making one, IRNA reported.