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Will peaceful democratic change prove possible in Algeria? What next in Venezuela?
March 18, 2019
Hundreds of thousands of people protested in central Algiers on Friday in the biggest demonstration against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 20-year rule since unrest began last month.
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Majority of Canadians say NO to selling arms to despots
July 14, 2016
A new poll by NANOS Research shows a strong majority of Canadians oppose selling military goods to Saudi Arabia, China, and Algeria, countries in the top ten buyers of defence and security gear from Canada, but with dismal human rights records. Saudi Arabia, as we have reported many times over, consistently ranks among the “worst […]
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Steven Staples on CBC Radio One’s Alberta at Noon
January 22, 2013
Steven Staples was interviewed and took questions from callers about the situation in Mali and the hostage crisis in Algeria, on Monday, January 21, on CBC Radio One’s Alberta at Noon. On Stephen Harper’s commitment to not become directly involved in the conflict in Mali, Staples notes that “contributing very large transport planes…is direct involvement, […]
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