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Ali Fodil honoured by Palestinian community in Algeria

Palestinian community in Algeria honoured Thursday Echorouk general manager, Ali Fodil, after the initiative he launched on Al Jazeera channel to break the Gaza blockade.
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Biggest robbery of the century: $100 million

Armed robbers have stolen at least 80m euros ($102m, £70m) worth of jewels from one of Paris's most prestigious jewellery shops, police say. ...
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Tribute to Cheikh Abderahmane Chibane.

Echorouk newspaper paid tribute Wednesday to Abderahmane Chibane, the president of the association of Muslim scholars for his itinerary and his scientific and educational achievements. ...
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Peter Mandelson: Gordon Brown's biggest gamble

Last week's Cabinet reshuffle – and the audacious resurrection of Peter Mandelson – revealed a Prime Minister with nothing left to lose. But can the high-risk strategy pay off, asks Political Editor Patrick Hennessy....
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PETER HITCHENS: How China has created a new slave empire in Africa

I think I am probably going to die any minute now. An inflamed, deceived mob of about 50 desperate men are crowding round the car, some trying to turn it over, others beating at it with large rocks, all yelling insults and curses....
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Why are mothers still dying in childbirth?

More than 500,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth every year in the developing world due to lack of proper care, report Rebecca Seal and Katrina Manson....
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Algerian Farouk was killed in Ukraine : The real full story

“Aunt Hadda Boutaghane” is Farouk’ mother, she was waiting for her son to pass the holy Ramadan with her....
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Terror plots and conspiracy theories: the hunt for Rashid Rauf

He is one of the world's most wanted men, linked to a July 21 attacker and implicated in the airline bomb plot. Yet Rashid Rauf is still at large. Kim Sengupta reveals the latest sighting of a notorious fugitive and asks: is he being sheltered by Pakistan's security services?...
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Algerian national illegally detained in france since 24 years

A French court sentenced the Algerian Ali Abdelhakim to 18 years, but decided to add 06 more years, leading the convict to lodge a complaint against the French authorities for abusive detention....
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Former Italian Christian talks about her encounter with Islam

She was 24 when she decided to move to Algeria, more precisely to the town of Annaba (eastern Algeria) during the holly month of Ramadan in 2006, to become one among many others who turned Muslim the 27th day of the holly month at her fiancé’s house. ...
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Echorouk pays tribute to Ibadi scholar Belhadj Cherifi

Echorouk Al Yaoumi Sunday paid tribute to the Algerian scholar Belhadj Cherifi, one of the famous figures in Ibadi doctrine in Algeria. ...
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French Sophie converts to Islam in Algeria

Sophie came for the first time to Algeria from the far North of France to share her life with a simple young Algerian, who works as a bags seller, and lives in the district of Beni Malek in Skikda province (east of Algeria), perhaps he did not believe that he will marry such a beautiful, simple and elegant lady, who impressed everyone....
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Afghans fear a harsh, hungry winter

A pitiable harvest this year has left small farmers all over central and northern Afghanistan facing hunger, and aid officials are warning of an acute food shortage this winter for nine million Afghans, more than a quarter of the population....
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Echorouk pays tribute to famous Algerian muslim scholar Ait Aldjet

Echorouk Al Yaoumi Wednesdya paid tribute to the Algerian honourable muslim scholar cheikh Taher Ait Aldjet in the presence of some of his companions and students. ...
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Canadian Nour tells how she converted to Islam

She lived in a strict Christian family, was the only girl who followed the path of the religious hardliners with her mother, she told Echorouk that Allah help her know the right way, because one night of November 1993, when she was 26 years old, her story with Islam begun....
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Former Algerian football star Belloumi honoured by Echourouk

The former Algerian football star Lakhdar Belloumi was given the highest distinction by the Echourouk newspaper’s publisher Ali Fodil. One of the most gifted football players Algeria ever produced declared that he was unable to express his happiness to this homage and will keep it alive in his memory for ever. ...
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Why do Americans kill civilians?

Shadow of Guantanamo follows freed inmates back to their homesAfter years in detention, Afghan returnees have bitter memories as they face new hardships. Jason Burke reports from Kabul ...
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Over 300 Algerian illegal immigrants or “Haragas” detained in 2 secret prisons in Tunisia

The burning issue of illegal immigration is still the order of the day with many Algerian families in Annaba, Azzaba and Skikda in eastern Algeria alerting the local authorities to the disappearance for several months now of their sons and next of kin after quitting Algeria for Italian shores via neighbouring Tunisia. ...
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“Echorouk Al Yaoumi” breaks the threshold of 600 thousand copies a day

With about a month to go before the celebration of the 8th anniversary of the creation of Echorouk Al Yaoumi, this mass circulation Algerian newspaper is still forging ahead by reaching 600 thousand copies published per day since the end of the first week of the holy month of fasting of Ramadhan. ...
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Robert Mugabe profile

Mugabe's decision to push through forced land seizures led to disaster for Zimbabwe's economy....
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