Algeria

The Algerian economy will be in relatively good condition in 2012 despite the economic certainties characterizing the global economic climate.

Masses of Tunisians marched in peaceful triumph Saturday Jan 14, 2012, to mark the one-year anniversary of the revolution that ended the dictatorship of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali — and indisputably sparked uprisings around the Arab world. Arab dignitaries too were out for the occasion of professing their pro-revolution stance, joining their hands in recognizing the momentous events that precipitated an Arab Spring. How far has Tunisia come along, and what is the legacy left behind for Arabs and the world?

A run-down of the top predictions from the prominent men and women in their field of regional 'predicting' and fore-casting. These Arabian 'predictors', primarily for the Arab world but also for the global future, share some of their ominous foresights for the year ahead.

As the year comes to close, many are relieved that a year of stormy clouds and unabated anger is behind us. Things can only get better or is there still worse to come? In 2011, it turned out that we could not forecast the range of violent weather, nor could we predict the rage of people. From the Gulf to the Caucuses, and from the USA to Japan the world felt pain in 2011.

The Latest news in pictures of celebrities and entertainment in the Arab World. (Part 7)

The Foreign Minister of Algeria Mourad Medelci on Tuesday said that an agreement is reached with the Syrians during a meeting with the Arab Commission held in the Qatari capital Doha.

The International Monetary Fund has classified Algeria as the least indebted among the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

Algerian police on Wednesday arrested 17 people as they prepared to hold a rally marking bloody pro-democracy protests of 1988

The Algerian al Watan newspaper quoted on Thursday sources close to the Algerian presidency as saying that Gaddafi was near the border.

Colonel Gaddafi's daughter Aisha has given birth to a baby girl just hours after fleeing to Algeria, a source was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Libya's government considers Algeria's sheltering of members of Muammar Gaddafi's family an act of aggression and will seek their extradition.

A convoy of six armored vehicles that could be carrying senior Libyan officials, maybe even fugitive leader Moammar Gaddafi, crossed from Libya into Algeria on Friday.

A suicide bomber attacked a police station in eastern Algeria early Sunday wounding 33 people, including 11 policemen and two Chinese nationals.

A new report has shown that Algeria’s trade surplus during the first four months of the year 2011 amounted to about US$8.6 billion.

So Obama finished him off - the world's most wanted man Osama bin-Laden. But Bush Junior certainly loosened the proverbial lid of the jar for him by kick-starting the wide-scale man-hunt with gusto, and officially declaring the search party to begin in 2001 when he demanded his nemesis Dead or Alive. Now 10 years later, the mission has been accomplished.

Hundreds of Algerian university students on Tuesday broke the security cordon around the main square in downtown Algiers and go towards the Government Palace.

No more than 50 people chanted anti-government slogans in a square in the Algerian capital on Saturday.

A visual preveiw of the week across the region: frrom protests, to car explosions, to sport, torrential rain, and religious pilgrimage. Quite a week from a dramatic month of January 2011.

Algerian police clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators in the Algerian capital on Saturday leaving several people wounded.

The Algerian energy group Sonatrach will invest 4,200 billion dinars (about US$60 billion) for the period between 2011 to 2015.

Big losses from riots.

According to Algerian news sources, two people died in Algeria during the ongoing protests over rising prices of basic goods.

Young Algerian protesting the social conditions have set buildings on fire and hurled stones at police.

An Algerian official said on Tuesday, that the foreign exchange reserves of the country amounted to US$ 155 billion at the end of 2010.

Algeria recorded a trade surplus of US$14.83 billion during the first 11 months of 2010 against US$4.86 billion for the same period last year.

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today that its Algiers office has become the first business premises in Algeria to offer the Cisco TelePresence(tm) solution.

ALGESCO, a joint company between Sonatrach, Sonelgaz and GE (GE: NYSE) today celebrated the official opening of its new Service Center located in Boufarik, 35 kilometers from Algiers in Algeria.

Participants From Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt Attend the First Annual Conference of the Industry Initiative Dii.

Security sources on Sunday said Islamist fighters have bombed a convoy of Algerian soldiers, killing five and wounding 10.

A medical team in Algeria has succeeded in removing a young woman breasts weighing 12 kg each, in the first such surgery in the North Africa's history and perhaps even at the international level.