North Africa – Algerian jihadists seek to expand (UPI)
Algerian jihadists seek to expand (UPI)
ALGIERS, Algeria, June 18 (UPI) — The killing of some 20 Algerian paramilitary policemen in a desert ambush Wednesday by Islamist extremists linked to al-Qaida was a show of force by the jihadists who appear determined to expand their operations across the region and open a new terror front.
ANALYSIS – Al Qaeda’s Sahara wing blend terror with business (The Star)
DAKAR (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s killing of a British hostage in the Sahara escalates the group’s threat in the region but that menace is based as much on a complex blend of criminality and opportunism as it is on hard-line Islamism.
Photos: Four-Alarm Fire in Algiers (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Michael DeMocker / The Times-Picayune On July 4, 2009, a New Orleans firefighter backs down a ladder as fire explodes from the second story of a house, one of two buildings that burned during a four-alarm fire on Verret Street at Slidell Street in Algiers Saturday night.
Korea s Samsung Engineering Wins $2.6 Billion Algerian Order (Bloomberg)
July 5 (Bloomberg) — Samsung Engineering Co. , South Korea s largest engineering company, said it won an order from Algeria s state oil company Sonatrach for $2.6 billion, the single-biggest overseas project won by a South Korean contractor.
Emaar closes Algiers office (Middle East Online)
UAE property giant says closure of its unit is due to lack of progress in business in Algeria.
Egypt expels 20 French suspected Islamists (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Egypt has expelled about 20 suspected French Islamists over the past month, an Egyptian security official told AFP on Saturday.
Emaar closes Algiers office (AFP via Yahoo! News)
UAE property giant Emaar has closed the office in Algeria of its Emaar International unit because of a lack of progress in business there, according to a statement Saturday carried by the official WAM news agency.
Tunisia suspends Mecca pilgrimages (Middle East Online)
Religious affairs minister says suspension of omra trips, annual hajj due to swine flu is necessary decision.
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