31. Seven people died in two days of violence, with armed Islamic militants killing a mother and her three young daughters, Algerian newspapers reported Thursday. 32. Six Algerian policemen were killed in two attacks by suspected militants of the Armed Islamic Group, Algerian newspapers reported Tuesday. 33. Some Algerian newspapers disputed the claim. 34. The Algerian newspaper La Tribune reported this month that the Armed Islamic Group threatened bombings in Paris. 35. The government, reacting to widening violence in the North African country, clamped down by ordering Algerian newspapers to submit reports on terrorism to a government censor. 36. The government, reacting to the widening violence, clamped down by ordering Algerian newspapers to submit reports on terrorism to a government censor. 37. The killings came as the government intensified efforts to wipe out armed Islamic groups in western Algeria, according to reports in independent Algerian newspapers. 38. The mayors of two towns in western Algeria have been arrested on suspicion of murdering at least two people, an Algerian newspaper reported Wednesday. 39. The strike comes on the heels of a two-week walkout at state-owned Air Algeria, as well as strike action at Algerian newspapers and universities. 40. Five large independent Algerian newspapers will stop publishing for three days beginning Wednesday to protest the targeting and killing of journalists by Islamic militant groups, they said Tuesday. |