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Government to intervene to subsidize basic food stuffs and bare the route for speculators

It seems that the government has decided to strike back to curb the prices’ frenzy that exhausted the Algerian consumer. In this respect the Executive Branch will tighten control on the market and give more prerogatives to the Ministry of Commerce in a bid to regulate the sector and slam the door on the speculators.
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Tunisian channel “Nessma TV” used sinuous ways to acquire major sport competition’s TV rights

The Tunisian satellite channel “Nessma TV” has sealed a deal with influential Egyptian parties to acquire the exclusive rights to broadcast the African Handball Championship matches due to take place in Egypt as from February 10. ...
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Algeria stops gas supply to Egypt

Algeria stopped gas exporting to Egypt for failing to pay debts as set conditions say prepayment must be done for any charge, according to an international oil Egyptian expert....
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Egyptian president’s son thought to be involved in murder of Lebanese artist

When President Mubarak's son Gamal Mubarak was asked to testify in the assassination of Lebanese singer Susan Tamim, who was murdered in the city of Dubai, the Egyptian judicial authorities have decided to issue a decision prohibiting the Egyptian media to publish anything about the file of the assassination of the artist. ...
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Algeria

Coercive traffic law in force to curb road accidents in Algeria

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The new traffic law that came into effects since eight days doesn’t seem to make a consensus and has been differently commented by the Algerian citizens. Views swung between those who praised the content and those who raised concerns as to the coerciveness of the law that didn’t spare even the passers-by.
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Business

Karim Djoudi to Echorouk: "A restoration of the consumer credit is ruled out"

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In a statement to the newspaper "Echorouk" outside the proceedings of the National Popular Assembly, the Finance minister, Karim Djoudi, has said that the government has no intention to restore the suppressed consumer credit notably that related to the purchase by the citizens of vehicles by installments before the foreign car dealers established in Algeria.
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World

Egyptian security services took part in the killing of Mahmoud Al Mebhouh in Dubai

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The elimination of Hamas militant Mahmoud Al Mebhouh in Dubai was not the fruit of the Israeli intelligence, Mossad, but the outcome of two Arab security agencies’ assistance in close contact with the Palestinian file, including Egypt.
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Sport

Algerian coach Rabah Saadane privileges stability ahead of the future competition

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The Algerian head coach Rabah Saadane has decided to keep mostly the same lineu-up that took part to the last African Cup of Nations tournament in Angola, pending the friendly match versus Serbia slated for March 3, a reliable source closed to the technical staff has revealed.
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Interviews

No other choice than reconciliation, Hamas must return to legitimacy, says Dahlan

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Controversial Fatah representative Mohamed Dahlan said his relationship with the late Yasser Arafat was like a father with his son. “I lived with the late leader happy and sad moments. Of them, the most difficult was talks battle at Camp David and the last Intifada attacks,” he told Echorouk in an interview.
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Entertainment

Cheb Mami: "I thank the Algerians for their backing and Echorouk for its solicitude"

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In a message conveyed through his lawyer in France, the Prince of Raï music, Cheb Mami, who is now in detention in a French prison, has warmly thanked all the Algerians for their firm support and the newspaper "Echorouk" for its sincere solicitude expressed to him through the publishing of numerous press articles aimed at sensitizing the public opinion to his long ordeal in prison.
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