11.   Algerians overwhelmingly approved a constitutional referendum to ban religion in politics and expand presidential powers in an effort to quell a Muslim insurgency, the government said Friday.

12.   Algeria had for years resisted international demands to admit such a team, arguing that the Muslim insurgency was an internal matter.

13.   Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned a terrorist bombing campaign in Algeria as well as rights violations by security forces in battling a Muslim insurgency.

14.   An armed group kidnapped seven French church workers from a monastery in northern Algeria on Wednesday in the latest attack on foreigners during a Muslim insurgency.

15.   An armed group kidnapped seven French monks from a mountain monastery in northern Algeria on Wednesday in the latest attack on foreigners during a Muslim insurgency.

16.   As well Peshawar was the staging arena for the Muslim insurgency against invading Russian troops.

17.   Baker arrived here in the midst of a new upsurge in violence in Algeria, where a Muslim insurgency has been underway for five years.

18.   Baker arrived in the midst of a new upsurge in violence in Algeria, where a Muslim insurgency has been underway for five years.

19.   Beset by a three-year Muslim insurgency, Egypt has long blamed Sudan for training and financing the militants.

20.   But it meets a wall of official silence at the seat of power, six years after the Muslim insurgency began.