Beijing warns Chinese in Algeria over Qaeda threat
URUMQI, China (AFP) - China on Wednesday issued a security alert to its citizens in Algeria after Al-Qaeda reportedly vowed to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during ethnic unrest in this northwestern Chinese city.
Nations:Algeria Tunisia Activities:2009 Xinjiang Riot Source:(AFP)
2009-07-15
Holder close to making decision on Gitmo detainees
LONDON - The United States is "relatively close" to making decisions on what to do with an initial group of Guantanamo Bay detainees, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Algeria Lithuania Saudi Arabia Portugal People:Barack Obama Activities:CIA Prison Scandal Source:(AP)
2009-04-27
Suicide attack kills 4 US soldiers in Mosul
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. patrol in northern Iraq on Monday, killing four American soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter in the deadliest single attack against U.S. forces in nine months.
Nations:Iraq Afghanistan Algeria People:Barack Obama Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2009-02-09
Russian gas cutoff energizes nuclear comeback
Milan, Italy - Europe's natural gas crisis is causing a nuclear fallout of sorts.
Nations:Italy Russia Ukraine Germany U.K. Algeria People:Angela Merkel Activities:2008 Russia Gas Dispute 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-01-16
Thousands in Europe, Lebanon protest Gaza violence
BERLIN - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Europe and in Lebanon Saturday, shouting protests against the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Nations:Israel U.K. Lebanon France Germany Sweden People:George W. Bush Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-10
Natural gas shortages slam many European nations
VIENNA, Austria - The Russia-Ukraine natural gas dispute hit Europe with the force of a winter storm Tuesday, cutting or limiting supplies to at least a dozen nations. Tens of thousands of people were left without heat and governments scrambled to find alternate energy sources.
Nations:Russia Germany Bulgaria Austria Croatia Serbia People:Vladimir Putin Activities:2008 Russia Gas Dispute Source:(AP)
2009-01-06
Gas exporting states agree Qatar-based 'gas OPEC'
MOSCOW (AFP) - Gas exporting states on Tuesday finalised the creation of a new Qatar-based forum aimed at coordinating gas policy that consumer countries fear could become the gas equivalent of oil cartel OPEC.
Nations:Qatar Ukraine Russia Iran Algeria Venezuela People:Vladimir Putin Activities:2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-12-23
Oil producers pull lever for huge output cut to stop price slide
ORAN, Algeria (AFP) - OPEC and non-OPEC oil exporters took action on Wednesday that could remove up to 2.6 million barrels of oil from the market in a bold bid to boost prices and producers' incomes.
Nations:Algeria Nigeria Venezuela France Russia Activities:Global Financial Crisis 2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-12-17
OPEC ends Cairo meeting without new output cuts
CAIRO, Egypt - OPEC ended a hastily convened meeting in Cairo Saturday without announcing new output cuts, despite the steep drop in crude prices and the threat it poses to member governments' national budgets.
Nations:Algeria Saudi Arabia Ecuador Kuwait Nigeria Venezuela Activities:2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-29
Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects at Gitmo
WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror suspects locked up without charges.
Nations:Afghanistan Algeria People:George W. Bush Activities:CIA Prison Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-11-20
Bhutto widower elected Pakistani president
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan's new president Saturday after winning a landslide election victory that makes him a critical partner of the West against international terrorism.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Algeria Tunisia People:Benazir Bhutto Nawaz Sharif Condoleezza Rice Activities:Asif Ali Zardari Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-09-06
Bomb explodes outside Danish embassy in Pakistan
A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
Nations:Pakistan Netherlands Denmark Algeria Activities:2006 Muslim Cartoon Crisis
2008-06-02
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