Word: algerianness
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...Glasgow, a Turkish Kurd refugee is seeking compensation from the Home Office, claiming a decision to force him to stay in the city - where he and his family have been the victims of racist attacks - breaches his human rights. In Paris, a young Algerian woman is suing her employer for unlawful dismissal after she was fired for refusing to adjust her headscarf. Europe is home to some 12.5 million Muslims who suffer high unemployment - and, since Sept. 11 - growing mistrust from non-Muslims. One sign of the tension came when the French government tried to create a representative council...
...threatened and attempted attacks during the holiday season since 1999, and we have to assume it will be the same this year," says a French official. In an effort to disrupt any potential strikes, French authorities last week arrested Slimane Khalfaoui, a 27-year-old French citizen of Algerian origin and a veteran of jihads in Bosnia and Afghanistan. Material evidence ties Khalfaoui to a Frankfurt cell busted in December 2000 as it prepared an attack on Strasbourg Cathedral. Khal-faoui has also been linked to "Millennium Bomber" Ahmed Ressam, an al-Qaeda operative convicted...
...pastry chef and owner, Alia Rejeb, is Tunisian, but the chef de cuisine is Algerian. What does this mean for the diner? The Algerian chef, Krimo Dahim, explained that Algerian food is known for being sweet, not as spicy as Tunisian. When he cooks, he says, he likes to balance all the flavors. And I could taste it in the food. There was a complexity of seasonings, myriad spices melding to make one unique taste, but always with an undertone of sweetness...
...life sentences handed down last week to two Algerian Islamic extremists behind the 1995 bombing campaign on the Paris Métro - killing eight and injuring over 200 - closed a long and traumatic chapter for many victims and their families. But for Françoise Rudetzki, the result merely signaled a brief pause in her ongoing struggle to ensure that those injured or bereaved by terrorism get not only justice, but also the recognition, assistance, and dignity they deserve to carry on with their lives. With the month-long Paris trial now over, Rudetzki and her SOS Attentats (SOS Attacks...
...stayed in Bangladesh rather than merely transiting, although he adds it was not clear whether the group sought only refuge or planned to establish a new base of operations. On Sept. 24, a fuller picture finally began to emerge when Bangladesh's domestic intelligence agency arrested four Yemenis, an Algerian, a Libyan and a Sudanese at three houses in the upper-crust district of Uttara in Dhaka. Bangladeshi intelligence sources said they received information from "several" foreign agencies that the men?Abu Nujaid of Libya, Sadek Al Nassami, Abu Sallam, Abu Umaiya and Abul Abbas of Yemen, Abul Ashem...