Algeria

Channeling the spirits in color and line at Ellicott City gallery

2013-02-17 18:48:00

Ephrem Kouakou prefers to work while the world sleeps. The artist says that in the dead of night, absent the sound of any human voice or music, he can best hear the "spirits" talking. He says he's been hearing the spirits steer his brush since he...

Hostage crises, then and now

2013-01-23 10:25:00

The State Department is probably very pleased with the outcome of last week's hostage crisis in Algeria, although given the loss of innocent lives it would be impolitic for officials to say so. In case you missed it, Islamic militants had held an...

A Pyrrhic victory?

2013-01-22 14:21:00

Algerian forces claimed a decisive victory this weekend over al-Qaida-affiliated Islamist militants who took over a giant natural gas plant near the country's border with Mali last week and threatened to kill hostages and blow up the facility. But the...

Official list of Guantanamo Bay detainees

2006-05-15 00:00:00

BRIEF: Bouteflika 'in deep coma'

2013-05-19 17:34:02

Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country preparing for a successor who for the first time will come from a generation too young to have fought in...

With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era

2013-05-19 08:15:04

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country preparing for a successor who for the first time will come from a generation too young to...

Viggo Mortensen to Star in French Film

2013-05-18 16:30:06

Viggo Mortensen is set for his first French-language role in helmer-scribe David Oelhoffen's "Loin des hommes" (Far From Men). The film is inspired by "The Host," one of six short stories in French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus' book, "Exile and...

France detains suspect in Toulouse killings investigation

2013-05-18 12:23:02

PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - French anti-terror judges ordered the detention on Saturday of a man on suspicions he aided an al Qaeda-inspired gunman prepare for a shooting spree last year, a judicial source said. Mohamed Merah killed four Jews and three...

Pertamina raises US$3b in global bonds this year

2013-05-16 00:34:01

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN) -- State-owned oil and gas giant PT Pertamina raised US$3.25 billion from the issue of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds to international investors in May this year as part of the company's strategy to finance its acquisition...

Saudi ship owner pays pirates $ 2.6 m ransom

2013-05-15 00:00:00

The Saudi owner of an Algerian cargo ship whose crew were held by Somali pirates for 10 months admitted paying $ 2.6 million to free them in November 2011, AFP reported yesterday quoting an Algerian newspaper. The MV Blida, carrying 17 Algerians, six...

Cannes: Gallic Laffer â€˜Homelandâ€™ Nabs Cannes Slot (EXCLUSIVE)

2013-05-13 06:30:05

CANNES — One of the latest candidates to become the big French comedy of 2013, first-time feature director Mohamed Hamidi’s buzz title “Homeland” (Ne quelque part s’inspire) will receive a Cannes’ Official Selection Special Screening...

BRIEF: Egypt foils plot to blow up Western mission

2013-05-11 17:44:01

Egypt's interior minister said yesterday police arrested three members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell in an alleged transnational plot to bomb a Western embassy and other targets in the country. The suspects were arrested with explosives intended to be used...

Algerian police monitor as body bags of victims that were killed during the hostage crisis at a desert gas plant in Algeria's deep south are unloaded from refrigerated trucks that are transporting the bodies to hospital for identification in In Amenas on January 21, 2012.

2013-01-22 11:52:08

Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi celebrates as he wins the men's 1500m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 7, 2012.

2012-08-08 12:53:00

Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi wins the gold medal in the 1,500-meters race. Leo Manzano of the United States picks up the silver medal.

2012-08-07 00:00:00