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Archive for September 9th, 2008

All the way through French North Africa

Posted in Africa, Algeria, Maghreb, Morocco, US, history on 9 September, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Over the weekend I visited the JFK Presidential Library, over on the other side of Boston. Aside from its eight dollar cost, it was a positive experience. Friends who served in the Algerian bureaucracy during the early 60’s, have told me that they considered the coolness in US-Algerian relations during the Cold War to be [...]

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Aye Lawiza!

Posted in Africa, Algeria, Maghreb, politics on 9 September, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I read in El Khabar that the Workers’ Party dissolved its Guelma branch. I was shocked. Today I am reading that this never took place. What?

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Rice in Algeria

Posted in Africa, Algeria, Geopolitics, US on 9 September, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Algerian media coverage of Rice’s visit was extensive. A number of newspapers said the length of the US secretary’s visit was a show of recognition of Algeria’s weight in the region. An editorial in La Tribune described the relationship between Algiers and Washington as a “strategic axis” and categorised the visit as an “enhancer of [...]

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