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| North Africa |
| Bomb Kills Four in Algerian Market |
| 2002-12-12 |
| A bomb exploded at an outdoor market in western Algeria on Thursday, killing four people and wounding 16, the official Algerian news agency said. The explosion in the town of Boukadir, 135 miles west of Algiers, occurred at 8 a.m., when the market was crowded with shoppers, the agency reported. Boukadir is part of an area considered a stronghold of the radical Armed Islamic Group, or GIA. The GIA, like other rival rebel groups, wants to see an Islamic government in Algeria. They rejected President Abedelaziz Bouteflika's national reconciliation plan to end a lengthy civil war. |
| Posted by:Steve |