11.   In another development, the government daily El Moudjahid reported Thursday that a senior customs officer, Djelloul El Eudjama, was assassinated on Saturday.

12.   A senior Algerian customs official, Abdallah Moussouni, was shot dead overnight at his home in Dergana, east of Algiers, the security services announced Monday.

13.   China no longer cares whether it joins the World Trade Organisation, a senior customs official was quoted as saying Tuesday.

14.   On Sunday night, unidentified gunmen killed a senior Algerian customs official, Abdallah Moussouni, at his home in Dergana, east of Algiers.

15.   Russia and Israel will work together in a campaign to crack down on weapons trafficking, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, citing a senior Russian customs official.