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Algeria's proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation was approved by over 97 percent of the vote in Thursday's referendum as part of an effort to end a 13-year civil war in the country...

Algerians voted Thursday in a referendum that seeks to bring peace to Algeria after a 13-year-long civil war. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika says the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said Monday that the country will hold a referendum on September 29 on a draft charter for peace and national reconciliation for those involved in the instability and conflicts of the last 13...

Under new antiterrorism measures announced last week by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, UK police Thursday detained 10 foreigners, from countries including Jordan, Lebanon, and Algeria, who have been deemed to pose a security threat and scheduled...

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak said Tuesday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to deport Islamic extremists is likely to result in violations of international human rights law. While such laws prohibit...

An Algerian court Wednesday sentenced Mohamed Meguerba to 10 years in prison for masterminding an al-Qaeda plot to execute a bio-terror attack on London using ricin and other agents. Meguerba, an Algerian native, skipped bail...

The National People's Assembly in Algeria on Monday began debating the country's first draft law to try and combat widespread corruption that has thus far hindered foreign investment in the oil-rich nation. According to a 2003 report...

Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard against Torture, Human Rights Watch , April 15, 2005 [reporting that governments in both North America and Europe have negligently relied upon promises of humane treatment in order to transfer terror suspects to...

Human Rights Watch said in a new report Friday that governments in both North America and Europe have negligently relied upon promises of humane treatment in order to transfer terror suspects to states with well-established records...

Following a marathon UN Security Council session ending late Thursday evening, the US abstained from voting on a draft resolution authorizing the International Criminal Court to prosecute war crimes cases in Darfur, Sudan ....