News from Algeria 2009

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Palestinian Legislative Council delegation meets with Lakhdar al-Ibrahimi

Algiers, December 24, 2009 – The Palestinian Legislative Council's (PLC) delegation from Gaza met with UN Secretary General's representative Lakhdar al-Ibrahimi in the Algerian capital. MPs Ismail Al-Ashkar and Mushir Al-Masri discussed with Ibrahimi inter-Palestinian reconciliation and the siege on Gaza Strip. PLC member Ismail al-Ashkar explained to al-Ibrahimi the Hamas movement's position regarding inter-Palestinian reconciliation stressing the urgency of national unity to confront the Zionist threat, while Mushir al-Masri called for an international campaign to expose Israel's ongoing violations of legality and to lift the Mideast Quartet's conditions for talks with Hamas. Lakhdar al-Ibrahimi, for his part, agreed to the importance of a widespread campaign to end the siege on the Strip and called for direct talks between Fatah and Hamas aimed at bridging the divide.

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Grippe A :
1,31 millions de doses de vaccin réceptionnées par l’Algérie

Jeudi 24 Décembre 2009 -- L’Algérie a réceptionné 1 310.000 doses de vaccin contre le virus A/H1N1 sur un quota de 20 millions d’unités commandées, mais la campagne de vaccination attend toujours la délivrance du certificat de conformité par les laboratoires spécialisés, a indiqué jeudi le ministre de la Santé, de la Population et de la Réforme hospitalière, Saïd Barkat. « Nous avons réceptionné hier (mercredi) 631.000 doses de vaccin contre la grippe porcine, ce qui fait que nous disposons actuellement de 1.310.000 doses », a déclaré M. Barkat lors d'une réunion avec la commission de la santé, des affaires sociales, du travail et de la formation professionnelle, de l'Assemblée populaire nationale (APN). La campagne de vaccination contre cette grippe sera entamée dès la réception du certificat de conformité par les laboratoires spécialisés. Le personnel médical, secteurs public ou privé, qui comprend 350.000 personnes, sera vacciné en premier, a précisé le ministre.

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Algeria rules out imminent detente with Egypt

ALGIERS, December 24, 2009 (KUNA) -- On Thursday Algeria ruled out imminent prospects of reaching detente in relations with Egypt over the recent soccer-related tension. Abdel Aziz Belkhadem, the Minister of State and Personal Envoy of the President, said at a news conference that conciliation between the presidents of the two countries, Hosni Mubarak and Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, was not expected in the near future. Algeria remained adamant in its demand that Cairo punish all the Egyptian figures who had assailed the Algerian national and patriotic symbols and the martyrs. "Algeria will not forget the harm that had been inflicted on the dignity of the martyrs," he said, "and we will not stop calling for punishing those who insulted the Algerian people." Algerian-Egyptian ties have deteriorated since November 12, when a bus boarding Algerian soccer players were reportedly attacked in Cairo. Later, fans of the two soccer teams engaged in scuffles in the Sudanese capital after a game. Cairo says that Algerian activists attacked the Egyptian soccer fans in Khartoum with rods and metallic objects.

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118 Algerian pupils infected with swine flu - report

ALGIERS, December 24, 2009 (KUNA) -- Some 118 Algerian schoolchildren out of a total of 607 people have been infected with swine flu, a governmental report said here Thursday. Algerian authorities have consequently shut down 31 classes, Algerian Minister of Health Said Barakat said in a report presented to parliament on the latest swine flu developments in the country. But, no swine flu death cases have been reported among pupils, he added. A total of 1.3 million doses of anti-swine flu (A/H1N1) vaccine are currently available in Algeria, the minister said.

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Un mort et trois blessés graves dans l’explosion d’une bombe à Setif

Bomb blast kills Algerian civilian

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Algeria declares one new swine flu death case

ALGIERS, December 24, 2009 (KUNA) -- On Thursday Algeria declared one swine flu death case and reported that another 26 citizens were registered as patients of this serious communicable disease. The health ministry said in a statement a 23-year-old woman was admitted at hospital in the town of Arzew in the wilaya of Oran in the west of the country. She was unconscious when she was brought to hospital with symptoms of the disease before passing away. The statement said 26 swine flu cases were newly registered, bringing the recorded toll to 633.

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Un convoi de l’armée ciblé par un attentat terroriste près de Tizi Ouzou :
Un mort et deux blessés