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Libya joins Iran in snubbing oil freeze: source - 1 views

www.reuters.com/...s-opec-oil-libya-idUSKCN0WO1JJ

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  • cthomase on 23 Mar 16
     
    Oil is an important aspect of the Libyan economy. Wishing to bring their oil production back to pre-war levels, The Libyan government has opted out of attending an April meeting of OPEC.
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ALGERIA APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...approves-new-constitution.html

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  • a new Constitution in balloting Thursday, paving the way for a multiparty system for the first time since independence from France in 1962.
  • More than 70 percent of the 10.4 million people who voted favored the constitutional change, the Interior Ministry said.
  • About 80 percent of the 13 million voters
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  • He said it will allow his country ''to know more democracy, to assure public and individual liberties, and to establish the sovereignty of the law.''
  • Although it does not specifically authorize political parties to compete with the ruling National Liberation Front, the new Constitution declares ''the right to create associations of a political character.''
  • In November, 92 percent of the voters approved political changes that began reducing the power of the ruling party, the only legal political organization in the nation of 25 million people.
  • The Constitution also guarantees freedom of expression and, within limits, the right to strike.
  • csherro2 on 05 Apr 16
     
    ALGIERS, Feb. 24- The Government announced today that Algerian voters overwhelmingly approved a new Constitution in balloting Thursday, paving the way for a multiparty system for the first time since independence from France in 1962. More than 70 percent of the 10.4 million people who voted favored the constitutional change, the Interior Ministry said.
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Algeria: The revolution that never was - 0 views

www.aljazeera.com/...2012516145457232336.html

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shared by csherro2 on 11 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • csherro2 on 11 Apr 16
     
    The 'Arab Spring' of 2011 brought down autocratic governments across North Africa and the Middle East. But, despite widespread street protests that initially threatened to spark a Tunisian or Egyptian style revolt, an expected uprising in Algeria failed to materialise.
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