The first president of independent Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, dies at his home in Algiers after an illness, official media say.

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Founding father of Algeria dies

Tarzan and football – gentle Western influences in Algiers

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A budding protest movement in Algiers was put down Saturday by thousands of riot police, who hemmed in the demonstrators and prevented them from completing a planned march. Estimates of the size of the protest vary: Organizers say 30,000 showed up and…

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Military Cracks Down on Algeria Protest

Thousands of riot police are deployed in the centre of the Algerian capital, Algiers, ahead of a planned anti-government protest.

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Several people are injured and others are arrested as police break up a pro-democracy march in Algeria’s capital Algiers, reports say.

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Algeria police ‘break up protest’