NetQuantum :: Sports :: Billiards :: Associations_and_Leagues :: Africa ::

• Attack on Algerian police academy kills dozens
Violence has dramatically increased since 2006, when Algeria's last big extremist group left over from a quieted insurgency in the 1990s renamed itself Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa and joined Osama bin Laden's network.
• At least 45 killed in Madrid airport crash
Thick, white smoke billowed from the scene at Barajas airport. Spanair flight JK5022 was bound for Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, a popular vacation spot off West Africa, the company said.
• Clinton (1026)
Former President Clinton today announced an agreement his foundation negotiated to cut the cost of malaria drugs in Africa. He then took a few questions after the event.
• 'Today': The show visits Jerusalem
History: Within two centuries after its rise in the 7th century, Islam spread from its original home in Saudi Arabia into Syria, Egypt, North Africa, and Spain to the west, and into Persia, India, and, by the end of the 10th century, beyond to the ...
• U.S. / Europe: Sales
The well-heeled diamond travels many a continent before it reaches New York, the world’s largest diamond market. After being mined in South Africa, Asia, South America or Australia, the stone is cut and polished in Asia or Europe before it is sold ...