Algeria

Africa leaders want payment of ransoms made illegal (Reuters)

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - African leaders condemned the payment of kidnap ransoms to free hostages and said the practice should be made illegal because the cash is being used by militants to fund violence. The 53-member African Union...

Nigeria, Algeria, Niger seal gas pipeline deal ( Natural Gas for Europe....)

Breitbart ^ | Jul 3 12:49 PM US/Eastern | AFP Posted on 07/04/2009 12:48:29 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast...

Nigeria, Algeria, Niger seal $10 bn gas pipeline deal!

Abuja, July 04: Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a USD 10-billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe. The project will convey gas destined for the European market...

Egypt skipper refuses to give up

The Pharaohs lie bottom of Group C with just one point Captain Ahmed Hassan insists Egypt can put their 2010 World Cup back on track with victory over Rwanda on Sunday. The Pharaohs lie bottom of Group C with just one point...

Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, July 4

Jul 04, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- MOSCOW -- Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, approved on Friday a Russia-China intergovernmental agreement on oil cooperation, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. The...

UPDATE 1-Dubai's Emaar shuts Algeria office as projects stall

By Raissa Kasolowsky DUBAI, July 4 (Reuters) - Dubai's Emaar Properties EMAR.DU has closed its office in Algeria due to a lack of progress on its projects in the North African country, the company said on Saturday. "Emaar...

Gas wealth 'is bigger by 43trn cubic metres'

Arab countries control nearly 43 trillion cubic metres (tcm) of additional gas deposits but they remained undiscovered or untapped, their oil group has said. Around 197 billion barrels of crude oil have also remained...

Go-ahead for Sahara gas pipeline

Nigeria, Niger and Algeria have signed an agreement to build a multi-billion dollar pipeline to take Nigerian gas across the Sahara to the Mediterranean. The giant project, which will cost an estimated $13bn (£8bn), aims to...

Algerian star jailed in France over forced abortion

BOBIGNY, France, (Reuters) - Algerian singer Cheb Mami was sentenced on Friday to five years in a French prison after being found guilty of forcing an attempted abortion on his former lover. The 42-year-old

Algerian star jailed for abortion bid

Cheb Mami says he is persecuted because he is a successful Arab A French court has jailed the Algerian singer Cheb Mami for five years for abducting a former partner and forcing her to undergo an attempted abortion. Cheb Mami,...

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