ALGERIA - The Political Perspective.More than 46 years after a bloody struggle of epic proportions brought Algeria Algeria (ăljēr`ēə), Arab. Al Djazair, Fr. Algérie, officially People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, republic (2005 est. pop. independence from France, the Algerian people still have found no peace. A vicious civil war between the army and Islamic Is·lam n. 1. A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God. 2. a. insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. has plagued the country since early 1992, with more than 150,000 people killed. With Algerians increasingly being rounded up for terrorist plots against the West, the Bush administration is providing aid and military equipment to the government of President Bouteflika for use in this war. A growing alliance between the US and Algeria, combined with overtures o·ver·ture n. 1. Music a. An instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera or oratorio. b. from France, mark a significant shift in policy by the West towards Algiers. France is giving Algeria incentives to reform its economy, administration, judiciary judiciary Branch of government in which judicial power is vested. The principal work of any judiciary is the adjudication of disputes or controversies. Regulations govern what parties are allowed before a judicial assembly, or court, what evidence will be admitted, what and education system. There are several companies operating in Algeria from each of the country's main trading partners: France, the US, Italy, Spain, Japan, Germany, and Canada, in that order (see background in Vol. 60, No. 5). |
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