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After 19 Years, Algeria Lifts State of Emergency -- News from Antiwar.com

After 19 Years, Algeria Lifts State of Emergency -- News from Antiwar.com: "In a move designed seemingly just so the Algerian regime could no longer be accused of being one of those nations in a perpetual “state of emergency,” the government officially lifted the state today, some 19 years after it was announced.

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