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• Oil below $90 on U.S., Europe recession fears
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that some members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries want an extraordinary meeting before the group's Dec. 17 meeting in Algeria. OPEC's decision last month to cut production by 520 ...
• French Resistance fighter dies at 100
She was also a prominent voice against the French colonial presence in Algeria and spoke out against torture. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office hailed Tillion as "an exceptional woman for whom courage, dedication and humanism were lifelong ...
• Hajj begins in Saudi Arabia
This year's hajj takes place amid increasing worries across the Islamic world over the bloodshed in Iraq and Afghanistan and recent terror attacks by al-Qaida-linked groups, including last week's twin suicide bombings in Algeria that killed at least ...
• Algerian officials: Baby found alive after floods
A family walks past dead sheep after heavy floodings hit the Gaba suburb in the Algerian town of Ghardaia on Oct. 3,. The death toll in flash floods in the historic Algerian town reached 41 by Sunday. ALGIERS, Algeria - A baby was found alive by ...
• Protests after deadly Algeria floods
ALGIERS, Algeria - Some 1,000 people protested in the desert town of Ghardaia on Friday to demand more support from authorities following deadly flash floods, local residents said. Torrential rains caused rivers in this usually arid region bordering ...