Algeria

Revisiting Jean-Luc Godard's 'Le Petit Soldat'

2013-04-24 19:25:00

Jean-Luc Godard made his second feature film, "Le Petit Soldat," in 1960, but it was banned until 1963 because of its tough look at the then-current French-Algerian conflict and unblinking portrayal of torture. Opening Friday at the Nuart in a new 35-...

France confirms death of Al-Qaida chief Abou Zeid

2013-03-23 15:36:00

The death of a top� Al Qaida-linked warlord in combat with French-led troops represents a victory in the battle against jihadists who had a stranglehold on northern Mali. But it is far from the defining blow against a wily enemy that can go underground...

Want to fight terrorism? Educate women

2013-01-25 00:00:00

The jihadists stoning women to death in Mali and taking hostages in Algeria are harbingers of much worse to come. Osama bin Laden may be dead, but Al Qaeda in Africa now threatens an area twice the size of Germany. Mali is just one country in the Sahel,...

Cameron: Fewer than 30 Britons still caught up in Algeria crisis

2013-01-18 05:16:00

LONDON – After warning his compatriots to brace themselves for “bad news,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that there were now significantly fewer than 30 Britons still caught up in the crisis in Algeria but that the...

In Africa, resilient Al Qaeda flaunts power to terrorize

2013-01-18 02:00:00

A deadly hostage-taking at an Algerian gas complex and an armed international confrontation in Mali herald the opening of another front in the global war on terrorism and serve as stark reminders that Al Qaeda retains the power to inflict death and...

Algeria attackers reportedly led by one-eyed militant

2013-01-16 13:05:00

WASHINGTON -- The attackers who seized an Algerian gas field and took foreigners hostage early Wednesday were commanded by the notorious one-eyed Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Mauritanian news agency ANI reported as the crisis continued....

Islamic militants hold foreigners hostage at Algeria gas field

2013-01-16 09:53:00

Islamic militants seized a natural gas field and took foreigners hostage early Wednesday morning in eastern Algeria, killing two people and injuring six others, according to Algerian state media. "The site was attacked and occupied by a group of...

Algerian military launches raid to rescue hostages

2013-01-17 09:36:00

CAIRO -- The Algerian military on Thursday launched a raid to retake a natural gas complex from Islamic militants who seized the compound a day earlier and took scores of hostages, including Americans, Britons and Japanese. Conflicting reports of...

Algeria: Two Canadians among hostage takers, prime minister says

2013-01-21 08:53:00

Two Canadians were among the militants who seized an Algerian gas field and held hundreds of workers hostage last week, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal told reporters on Monday, according to the Associated Press and the Canadian Press....

Bolshoi artistic director attacked with acid

2013-01-18 11:03:00

MOSCOW — The artistic director of Russia’s famed Bolshoi Ballet was attacked by an assailant who threw acid in his face, police and theater officials said Friday. The assault followed what a colleague said�were several weeks of threats and...

Algeria: Accounts emerge as nearly 100 foreigners reported freed

2013-01-18 10:25:00

PARIS -- The Algerian state news agency Friday reported nearly 100 of 132 foreign hostages and at least 573 Algerians had been freed at the In Amenas gas plant. Algerian television aired footage of rescued hostages hugging in relief. The death toll in...

Calls to protest movie mocking Muhammad spread to Algeria, Iran

2012-09-12 13:53:44

Algerian police monitor as body bags of victims that were killed during the hostage crisis at a desert gas plant in Algeria's deep south are unloaded from refrigerated trucks that are transporting the bodies to hospital for identification in In Amenas on January 21, 2012.

2013-01-22 11:52:08

The gas facility in Ain Amenas, Algeria.

2013-01-16 09:26:52

Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi wins the gold medal in the 1,500-meters race. Leo Manzano of the United States picks up the silver medal.

2012-08-07 00:00:00