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Algeria Police Protests are Signs of Deep Divisions, Say Analysts
Hundreds of protesters thronged the grounds of the presidential palace recently, demanding a better life. Algeria has seen many demonstrations like this one in its tumultuous modern history, but this time something was different: The marchers were the police usually in charge of crowd control.
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Algeria: Public lunch protests against mandatory Ramadan fasting
About 300 people in a restive northern region of Algeria joined a public lunch on Saturday during Ramadan to protest what they say is persecution of people who refuse to observe the religious fast.
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Algeria stays relatively calm as neighbours revolt
Even as North African neighbors have smoldered, the oil-producing giant Algeria has kept a sullen calm in the wake of a stifled protest march here last week, with the regional upheaval, for now, not catching on.Police officers deployed widely in the whitewashed streets to tamp down an antigovernment rally on Feb. 12, and they are expected to ...
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Thousands demand reforms in Algeria; 400 arrested
Heavily outnumbered by riot police, thousands of Algerians defied government warnings and dodged barricades to rally in their capital Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after mass protests toppled Egypt's autocratic ruler.Protesters chanting "No to the police state!" and brandishing signs that read "Give us back our Algeria" clashed with ...
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Police halt unrest in Algeria, arrest 400 protesters
Thousands of Algerians defied a government ban on protests and a massive deployment of riot police to rally in the capital on Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after similar protests toppled Egypt's authoritarian leader.Heavily armed police tried to seal off the city of Algiers, blocking streets, lining up along the march route and setti...
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Algeria Police Protests are Signs of Deep Divisions, Say Analysts
Hundreds of protesters thronged the grounds of the presidential palace recently, demanding a better life. Algeria has seen many demonstrations like this one in its tumultuous modern history, but this time something was different: The marchers were the police usually in charge of crowd control.
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Algeria: Public lunch protests against mandatory Ramadan fasting
About 300 people in a restive northern region of Algeria joined a public lunch on Saturday during Ramadan to protest what they say is persecution of people who refuse to observe the religious fast.
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Algeria stays relatively calm as neighbours revolt
Even as North African neighbors have smoldered, the oil-producing giant Algeria has kept a sullen calm in the wake of a stifled protest march here last week, with the regional upheaval, for now, not catching on.Police officers deployed widely in the whitewashed streets to tamp down an antigovernment rally on Feb. 12, and they are expected to ...
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Thousands demand reforms in Algeria; 400 arrested
Heavily outnumbered by riot police, thousands of Algerians defied government warnings and dodged barricades to rally in their capital Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after mass protests toppled Egypt's autocratic ruler.Protesters chanting "No to the police state!" and brandishing signs that read "Give us back our Algeria" clashed with ...
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Police halt unrest in Algeria, arrest 400 protesters
Thousands of Algerians defied a government ban on protests and a massive deployment of riot police to rally in the capital on Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after similar protests toppled Egypt's authoritarian leader.Heavily armed police tried to seal off the city of Algiers, blocking streets, lining up along the march route and setti...
