Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem

How reassuring: Quatre ans de prison pour non-respect du ramadan - Tout savoir sur les dernières actualités politiques, monde, société, sports, écologie avec le journal en ligne Libération via kwout As the article says, Algeria experienced 10 years of civil war to avoid religious fundamentalism. As a result, they got both. Such prosecutions reveal a rise in the influence of religious fundamentalism at the highest level of the Algerian state. Last June, FLN Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem was replaced by Ahmed Ouyahia who had earlier declared that the Koran was Algeria’s Constitution. The Algerian President also just revealed plans for a Mosque whose minaret ... Read Full Story

India is set to sign a deal with Algeria for LPG imports following increasing demand for energy sources and growing awareness for the environment protection. A long-term contract offer to buy Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Algeria was presented by an Indian delegation led by Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora to Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem in a meeting on April 22, 2007. The offer included an assurance of a trans-Sahara gas pipeline by the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) from Algeria through Nigeria and further on to the European market, according to the news from The Hindu. India is on ... Read Full Story

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika told a crowd of supporters Thursday that he would run for a third term in April elections he promised would be "free and transparent." The 71-year-old Bouteflika told a rally of about 6,000 in the capital, Algiers, that he'd received appeals from throughout the country to run again, which he described as his "moral duty." "That is why, God willing, I have decided to run in the presidential elections as an independent candidate," Bouteflika said. Bouteflika's National Liberation Front has governed Algeria without interruption since the country gained independence in 1962. He had been widely expected to run again despite ... Read Full Story

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