21.   In another development Saturday, newspapers said an Algerian journalist who was reported to have been assassinated on Tuesday is alive.

22.   Opposition parties and many Algerian journalists disagreed.

23.   Several Algerian journalists given access for the first time to Oued Allel reported that security forces were closing in and appeared to be preparing for a final assault.

24.   Seven more Algerian journalists have been killed since the beginning of the year, the report said.

25.   The dilemma facing Algerian journalists could scarcely be more cruel.

26.   The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists, condemning the killing, urged more protection for Algerian journalists, along with the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.

27.   The two dead were both Algerian journalists, an Interior Ministry official said in a televised address.

28.   The two-week mission was also to include talks with party leaders, representatives of social groups and Algerian journalists.

29.   Two foreign nuns and an Algerian journalist were killed in separate attacks, officials said.

30.   An Algerian journalist was murdered Tuesday in Algiers, security services said.