71.   After the clashes, the Algerian government outlawed street demonstrations in the capital and has blocked several attempts to organize protests there.

72.   According to the report, top French officials in Paris decided to pass along the information to the Algerian government and never contacted the GIA emissary again.

73.   Algerian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Salah Denbri told a news conference the Algerian government would continue to take an active role in the mediation process.

74.   Algerian Muslim insurgents angry at France for its support of the military-installed Algerian government have claimed responsibility for the bombings.

75.   All are hampered by Algerian government resistance.

76.   Algerian government officials, speaking on customary anonymity, said Saturday that the first legislative elections since the insurgency began would be held this May and June.

77.   Algerian Muslim militants have claimed responsibility for those attacks in retaliation for French support for the Algerian government.

78.   Aid will be determined after yet-to-be-scheduled talks with the Algerian government, the spokesman said on customary anonymity.

79.   Algerian government spokesman Habib Chawki dismissed the allegations.

80.   Algerian government forces killed eight suspected Muslim militants in the latest of a series of raids against Islamic insurgents, a newspaper reported Wednesday.