General Nadir Metidji laid to rest in Sidi Yahia (Algiers)
ALGIERS- General Nadir Metidji, director of Communications, Information and Orientation at the Ministry of National Defence, who died Friday at 69 of heart attack, was laid to rest Saturday after the Dhohr Prayer (early noon) at the cemetery of Sidi Yahia (Algiers).
In addition to the members of his family, lot of people attended the burial, including high-ranking officers of the People's National Army (ANP), ministers and national figures.
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General Nadir Metidji passes away
ALGIERS - General Nadir Metidji, director of Communication, Information and Orientation at National Defence Ministry (MDN) died Friday aged 69, the ministry said.
He died of heart disease. He will be buried on Saturday after Dohr prayer, in Algiers Sidi Yahia cemetery.
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Evaluate Abdelmalek Sayad thoughts on immigration
ORAN (Algeria)- Researchers from Algeria and abroad agreed Thursday in Oran, on the need to enhance the work of Abdelmalek Sayad (1933-1998) to better understand the mechanisms of migration the founder of "emigration-immigration" sociology devoted all his life.
A project aiming at raising awareness in Algeria about archival heritage bequeathed by the Algerian outstanding thinker Sayad that was announced by the participants in a roundtable initiated by the National Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology of Oran (TSRAC) in partnership with the French Cultural Center (CCF). The initiative eyes to include the establishment of an exchange program for researchers from both countries in the target area, the availability of Sayad work for Algerian universities and their translation into Arabic.
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Starlings winter parades, so amazing but not harmless
ALGIERS- Flocks of starlings inhabit the winter sky in the Algerian Tell region when flying to a grove, offering our astonished eyes a choreography of rare beauty and varying tables with incredible ingenuity, but not really succeed to make forget the damage that these birds may cause in their path.
When flying to their inhabitations, starlings move forming harmonious bands and amazing accuracy, a genuine feast for eyes.
These movements of rare beauty offering confusing pictures that gave rise to the wildest imaginations. Sometimes they take the form of legendary giant bird, sometimes that of a monster out of nowhere. But the charm, magical and immutable thing is here every time.
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Algeria among US "best partners" in counterterrorism
ALGIERS- The United States considers Algeria as one of its "best partners" in terms of security and fight against terrorism, said Thursday in Algiers Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the Deputy Coordinator, Programs Directorate at the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism.
Winstanley, on a working visit to Algeria, said her country has benefited from Algeria's counterterrorism experience, adding that the two countries "have excellent cooperative relationship in several fields."
Concerning counterterrorism cooperation, the US official said she has had "technical" and "political" discussions with Algerian officials, adding that the Algerian side expressed its readiness to deepen bilateral cooperation in the field.
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Enhanced security screening for Algerian nationals: A "provocation" requiring reciprocity, says Parliament Speaker
ALGIERS- The Speaker of the National People's Assembly (APN, Parliament) said Thursday here that the inclusion of Algeria in a list of countries whose nationals are subject to enhanced security screening was a "provocation" and expressed his" full support "to the principle of reciprocity. As the guest of one of the Algerian Radio's programmes, Abdelaziz Ziari expressed Algeria's "anger" towards such "provocative actions" taken by the United States and France. In this respect, he pointed out that "the meeting scheduled between APN representatives and their counterparts in the French Assembly on the setting-up of the Main Committee has been frozen in response to these provocations," adding that such behaviour "does not encourage the strengthening of relations."
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National watch for combating corruption to be created late March
ALGIERS – A national watch of fight against corruption will be created late March, General Secretary of National Rally of Democracy (RND), Ahmed Ouyahia announced Wednesday in Algiers.
Ouyahia, who held a news conference after works of the Presidential Alliance ordinary summit, indicated that the creation of such a watch, included in the last directive of President of Republic concerning the fight of corruption, tends to elaborate this scourge fighting strategies.
In Parallel to the creation of this body, RND secretary general said that a commission of fight against corruption will be also set up.
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- Executive Bureau of International Organisation of Energy and Mines meet in Algiers
- Algerian cinema witnesses "new dynamic"
- Banks: "Specific corridors" for producing SMEs
- African Women Film Festival in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
- General Nadir Metidji passes away
- Evaluate Abdelmalek Sayad thoughts on immigration
- State willing to support clubs that open training schools
- Mohamed Sidati accuses Miguel Moratinos of justifying "erroneously" EU-Morocco fisheries agreement
ALGIERS- General Nadir Metidji, director of Communications, Information and Orientation at the Ministry of National Defence, who died Friday at 69 of heart attack, was laid to rest Saturday after the Dhohr Prayer (early noon) at the cemetery of Sidi Yahia (Algiers).
In addition to the members of his family, lot of people attended the burial, including high-ranking officers of the People's National Army (ANP), ministers and national figures. 
ORAN (Algeria)- Researchers from Algeria and abroad agreed Thursday in Oran, on the need to enhance the work of Abdelmalek Sayad (1933-1998) to better understand the mechanisms of migration the founder of "emigration-immigration" sociology devoted all his life.
A project aiming at raising awareness in Algeria about archival heritage bequeathed by the Algerian outstanding thinker Sayad that was announced by the participants in a roundtable initiated by the National Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology of Oran (TSRAC) in partnership with the French Cultural Center (CCF). The initiative eyes to include the establishment of an exchange program for researchers from both countries in the target area, the availability of Sayad work for Algerian universities and their translation into Arabic. 
ALGIERS- Flocks of starlings inhabit the winter sky in the Algerian Tell region when flying to a grove, offering our astonished eyes a choreography of rare beauty and varying tables with incredible ingenuity, but not really succeed to make forget the damage that these birds may cause in their path.
When flying to their inhabitations, starlings move forming harmonious bands and amazing accuracy, a genuine feast for eyes.
These movements of rare beauty offering confusing pictures that gave rise to the wildest imaginations. Sometimes they take the form of legendary giant bird, sometimes that of a monster out of nowhere. But the charm, magical and immutable thing is here every time. 
ALGIERS- The United States considers Algeria as one of its "best partners" in terms of security and fight against terrorism, said Thursday in Algiers Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the Deputy Coordinator, Programs Directorate at the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism.
Winstanley, on a working visit to Algeria, said her country has benefited from Algeria's counterterrorism experience, adding that the two countries "have excellent cooperative relationship in several fields."
Concerning counterterrorism cooperation, the US official said she has had "technical" and "political" discussions with Algerian officials, adding that the Algerian side expressed its readiness to deepen bilateral cooperation in the field. 
ALGIERS- The Speaker of the National People's Assembly (APN, Parliament) said Thursday here that the inclusion of Algeria in a list of countries whose nationals are subject to enhanced security screening was a "provocation" and expressed his" full support "to the principle of reciprocity. As the guest of one of the Algerian Radio's programmes, Abdelaziz Ziari expressed Algeria's "anger" towards such "provocative actions" taken by the United States and France. In this respect, he pointed out that "the meeting scheduled between APN representatives and their counterparts in the French Assembly on the setting-up of the Main Committee has been frozen in response to these provocations," adding that such behaviour "does not encourage the strengthening of relations." 
ALGIERS – A national watch of fight against corruption will be created late March, General Secretary of National Rally of Democracy (RND), Ahmed Ouyahia announced Wednesday in Algiers.
Ouyahia, who held a news conference after works of the Presidential Alliance ordinary summit, indicated that the creation of such a watch, included in the last directive of President of Republic concerning the fight of corruption, tends to elaborate this scourge fighting strategies.
In Parallel to the creation of this body, RND secretary general said that a commission of fight against corruption will be also set up.
