Algeria

Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Killing Russian Engineer in Algeria

An Algeria-based Islamic extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a weekend attack that killed a Russian engineer and three others.

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March 6, 2007

Four Russian and Ukranian Workers Killed by Bomb Blast in Algeria

Four workers from Russia and Ukraine and three Algerians were killed in a bomb attack on a bus near the town of Ain Defla, south of the capital Algiers, the AFP news agency reported on Sunday quoting local sources.

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March 5, 2007

Russian Gas Specialists Wounded in Algerian Bomb Attack

One Russian citizen was killed and another injured in a bomb explosion in Algeria, Russia’s foreign ministry said Sunday.

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March 4, 2007

Russia Has No Plans to Initiate Global Gas Cartel?

A senior Kremlin adviser said Tuesday that Russia doesn’t intend to initiate the creation of a global natural gas cartel, but said such a project couldn’t be totally ruled out.

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November 15, 2006

NATO Experts Warn of Russian Gas Cartel Plans

NATO advisers have warned that Russia may be seeking to create a gas cartel stretching from Algeria to central Asia to use as a political weapon in dealings with Europe, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday quoting its sources in the military bloc.

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