Reuters: Algeria News

UPDATE 1-Gassi ruling will not affect Algerian ops -Repsol

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:00:11 +0000

* Sonatrach to buy Repsol, Gas Natural stakes in LNG project

FACTBOX-What is the World Trade Organisation?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:24:23 +0000

Nov 27 (Reuters) - The World Trade Organisation is holding its seventh ministerial conference from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 in Geneva, where it is based.

Algeria Jan-Oct inflation steady at 5.7 pct

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:38:08 +0000

ALGIERS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Algerian consumer price inflation was 5.7 percent in the first 10 months of the year, little changed from the first 8 months, the National Statistics Office (ONS) said on Friday.

Vivendi eyeing Orascom Telecom's Algerian unit -report

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:40:49 +0000

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Vivendi , which is keen to expand in emerging markets, could be eyeing the Algerian subsidiary of Egypt's Orascom Telecom , French daily La Tribune reports on Friday.

Sudan offers to mediate Egypt-Algeria soccer row

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

KHARTOUM, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Sudan has offered to mediate between Algeria and Egypt in a furious row over soccer violence during their qualification battle for next year's World Cup, a presidential adviser said on Thursday.

FACTBOX-Soccer-World Cup-Algeria

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:01:16 +0000

Nov 26 (Reuters) - Factbox on World Cup qualifiers Algeria:

Soccer-World-High expectations for Africa's six finalists

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:00:15 +0000

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Africa will have a record total of six teams in next week's draw for the World Cup finals and there are high expectations for the continent.

Somalia policy needs time to work: U.S. military

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:23:12 +0000

ALGIERS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The United States will persevere with its policy of supporting Somalia's fragile government because restoring security there will take time, the top U.S. military commander for Africa said on Wednesday.

Iberian utility hopes to rescue gas pipeline plan

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:03:59 +0000

BILBAO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Portugal's EDP Gas said it still hopes to build a pipeline taking gas from oversupplied Spain to France, although the project failed to attract enough interest from gas companies to win regulatory approval last month.

FACTBOX-What OPEC has said before Dec 22 meeting

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:27:05 +0000

Nov 25 (Reuters) - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meets to consider oil output policy on Dec. 22 in Luanda, Angola.