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02-12-2011, 09:14 AM
Algerian police Saturday cracked down on pro-democracy demonstrators trying to stage an unauthorised march in the capital Algiers, in a show of force aimed at thwarting an Egypt- or Tunisia-style popular revolt.
An estimated 2,000 demonstrators gathered on the central May 1 square for a march through the city to protest the government of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
'A free and democratic Algeria,' some of the demonstrators, who were mostly middle-class men, chanted. Others called for Bouteflika to resign.
The protest, which had been planned for more than a week, comes a day after mass demonstrations forced Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years. ...
http://www.sify.com/news/algerian-police-clamp-down-on-pro-democracy-protest-news-international-lcmtufbbbeh.html
An estimated 2,000 demonstrators gathered on the central May 1 square for a march through the city to protest the government of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
'A free and democratic Algeria,' some of the demonstrators, who were mostly middle-class men, chanted. Others called for Bouteflika to resign.
The protest, which had been planned for more than a week, comes a day after mass demonstrations forced Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years. ...
http://www.sify.com/news/algerian-police-clamp-down-on-pro-democracy-protest-news-international-lcmtufbbbeh.html