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...French President Nicolas Sarkozy knew he was certain of glowing treatment in the U.S. by marketing himself as the anti-Jacques Chirac, that same reputation will earn him a chillier greeting during his state visit to Algeria, where his predecessor is still fondly remembered. Indeed Sarkozy's embrace of tougher anti-immigration policies have created considerable antipathy in Algeria - as has the President's refusal to apologize for crimes and abuses committed during France's colonial past. The resentment has even gotten personal: last week, apparently referring to Sarkozy's distant Jewish ancestry, the Algerian Veterans Affairs Minister Mohammed Cherif...
...headed into the three-day visit to Algeria Monday, the usually combative Sarkozy and his team took pains to quell the rising tensions between France and its former colonial possession, and wave off the anti-Semitic comments in particular as the uttering of a loose cannon seeking to advance an anti-French agenda. Rather than canceling the trip, Elysée officials said Sarkozy planned to press ahead to help restore bilateral relations between the two countries - and sign nearly $5 billion in business contracts prepared for finalization for the likes of energy companies Total and Gaz de France. "These...
...Like Saint-Exupéry, he became a professional aviator for many years, and only later began writing for The Atlantic Monthly, submitting his first piece with a simple note: “Enclosed are Two Pieces on Algeria.” His most recent book was “The Atomic Bazaar,” an investigative piece about the arms trade in Central Asia, bringing to mind the image of someone walking across the desert with a white shirt and khaki breeches—maybe even an immaculate kaffiyeh slung around the neck...
...Meanwhile, even the diplomatic arena once so hospitable to Sarkozy's may now not be quite so kind. Tensions are high ahead of Sarkozy's state visit to Algeria Monday, after a conservative member of the Algerian cabinet claimed the President's election to the Elysée was the work of a "Jewish lobby" in France. Far from denouncing the comment - or firing the official - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika merely told Sarkozy during a phone call Thursday that the view did "not reflect anything of Algeria's position". That chilly sign from abroad is yet another indication that Sarkozy...
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