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	Batna (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Batna (Arabic: ولاية باتنة) is a is a wilaya of Algeria.
		Batna name of the city and the province; origins of the name are not clear, but most of historians agree that it is a common "arabo-berberian" mixture which was composed: "m'batna" that means: "Where we sleep this night".
		Batna is the 4th largest Algerian city in terms of population; City permanent habitant estimated (ONR (Office National de Recencement) 2000) at 446.000, the province counts slightly more than 1000.000 habitant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Batna_(province) (517 words)

	Encyclopedia: Batna Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ain Defla is a province (wilaya) in northern Algeria.
		Illizi is a wilaya (province) in the south-eastern corner of Algeria.
		Ain Temouchent is a province in northwestern Algeria.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Batna-Province (480 words)

	Provinces of Algeria - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Map of the provinces of Algeria in alphabetical order.
		Algeria is currently divided into 48 wilayas, or provinces.
		Provinces of Algeria, 1954-1962, 1962-1974, 1974-1983, Provinces of Algeria and Lists of subnational entities.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Provinces_of_Algeria (143 words)

	Batna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		City in northeastern Algeria with 270,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate), along the Wadi Tilatou north of the Aurès Massif and south of the Batna Mountains.
		It is the capital of Batna province with 1.1 million inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 12,192 km².
		Batna's centre is still the same as the one planned by the French, and is dominated by rectangular streets and some tree-lined avenues.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/batna.htm (203 words)

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		Batna is the name of a town and province in northeast Algeria.
		Batna is however the usual departure point for trips to Timgad.
		The most forested areas we saw between Batna and Arris, and now there was not much in the way of trees, and the classic trees that were there gave way to palms.
	travel.box.sk /newsread_print.php?newsid=3791 (1382 words)

	Jijel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		City in northeastern Algeria with 110,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate), situated on the Mediterranean Sea in the region Corniche Kabyle on the foot of the Small Kabylia Mountains.
		It is the capital of Jijel province with 640,00 inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 2,577 km².
		Jijel is the administrative and trade centre for a region specializing in cork processing, leather tanning and steel making.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jijel (204 words)

	Chapter 4: Managing for Sustainability: International Development Research Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		That wealth of resources and wilderness is key to the mythology that shaped the identity of the province and its institutional structures.
		Between the province’s two major mountain systems — the Rockies to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west — lies an extensive area of rolling forest and grassland.
		About 60% of the province is now either covered under an approved allocation plan or in the process of plan development through CORE and interagency processes.
	www.imfn.net /en/ev-64476-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html (9806 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ain Zaatout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ain Zaatout (Arabic: عين زعطوط), also called Beni Farah or Beni Ferah (Arabic: بني فرح), is a mountainous village located at 35.14° North, 5.83° East at the southern edge of the Saharan Atlas in north east Algeria between the wilaya (departments) of Batna and Biskra.
		Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay (Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others.
		Biskra is a city in Biskra province, Algeria Categories: North Africa geography stubs
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ain-Zaatout (257 words)

	World Tribune.com: Algeria reports capture of Al Qaida-linked terrorists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The sources said that in the province of Boire, three attack helicopters as well as artillery and infantry fighting vehicles have been searching the countryside for Salafist insurgents.
		In the eastern province of Batna, army units continued their search-and-destroy operation for Salafist insurgents.
		On Monday, four Algerian police officers were killed when a bomb exploded near a police patrol in the province of Tizi Ouzou, about 100 kilometers east of Algiers.
	216.26.163.62 /2003/af_algeria_06_17.html (342 words)

	Algeria Provinces
		I adjusted the 1998 populations of four provinces by one or two each, bringing the total closer to the reported figure.
		The provinces are subdivided into 160 dayrat (sub-prefectures), and further into 1,541 communes.
		The new provinces were predominantly formed by taking the old departments as they were, or by splitting them into two provinces.
	www.statoids.com /udz.html (1526 words)

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		Tensions between Algeria and Morocco, as well as issues relating to the Algerian Civil War, have put great obstacles in the way of tightening the Maghreb Arab Union, nominally established in 1989 but with little practical weight, with its coastal neighbors.
		''Main article: Provinces of Algeria'' Algeria is divided into 48 ''wilayas'' (provinces):- {
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	www.mauspfeil.net /Algeria.html (2539 words)

	Wilaya de Batna in Algeria - Viovio! Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		Show All Cities and Towns in Wilaya de Batna
	www.viovio.com /travel/Africa/Algeria/Batna (237 words)

	Algeria says it killed al Qaeda's N.Africa leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Security officials said Emad Abdelwahid Ahmed Alwan, alias Abu Mohamed, a 37-year-old Yemeni citizen was killed by security forces in September in Algeria's Batna province, 320 km (200 miles) east of the capital Algiers.
		But a U.S. official said there was no independent confirmation of the death of Alwan, who he identified only as "a significant" figure in Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda, Washington's main suspect in last year's September 11 attacks on U.S. cities.
		Government troops shot and killed Alwan in an ambush near Merouna in Batna province on September 12, but he was identified only recently after a long investigation by security authorities, APS said.
	www.namibian.com.na /2002/November/africa/029AE356CC.html (598 words)

	Clinton And Bush Both Suck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The governor of Mascara province in the west of the country said the five - all members of the same family - had their throats slit by the assailants, who also kidnapped a 16-year-old girl.
		The victims were returning from a wedding on Thursday night when their car was forced to stop at a road block near the village of Ras el-Ain Amirouche.
		In a separate incident also on Thursday night, the Algerian newspaper, El-Khabar, reports that six people had their throats cut at a road block in the eastern Batna province near Theniet el Abed.
	www.powmadeak47.com /africa/alg010902ded.html (186 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online
		It seems voters in Carinthia noted the irony that their governor had toppled a national administration, which, with three far-right ministers from the province, had done more for their region than any previous government.
		It said government troops shot and killed Alwan in an ambush near Merouna in Batna province on September 12, but he was identified only recently after a long investigation by security authorities.
		The rioting in Nigeria erupted after a newspaper there published an article previewing the pageant in which it was suggested that the Prophet Mohammed, if he were alive today, might have married one of the contestants.
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/251102/theworld.htm (10813 words)

	BBC News \| Middle East \| Algeria bomb blast injures 37
		The bomb exploded in the north-eastern province of Batna
		The Algerian authorities say 37 people were injured when a bomb exploded near a bus travelling in the north-eastern province of Batna.
		No-one has admitted responsibility, but the authorities have blamed similar attacks on Islamic militants who are trying to overthrow the government.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_55000/55128.stm (242 words)

	SABCnews.com - africa/north_africa
		In other attacks, seven rebels and five civilians were killed in renewed bloodshed as the North African country grapples with the aftermath of last month's quake that killed 2 274 people and caused up to $5 billion worth of damage.
		In a similar ambush, rebels killed the deputy mayor of a small town and a friend travelling with him on Thursday night in M'sila province, some 190km south of Algiers, the newspaper added.
		Three civilians were killed in a rebel raid also on Thursday night in el Madher area in Batna province, some 320km east of the Algerian capital, it added.
	www.sabcnews.com /africa/north_africa/0,2172,60482,00.html (256 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Batna Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Batna Province; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Batna_Province (631 words)

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		He was allegedly forced to swallow detergents, which caused diarrhoea, his penis was crushed in a drawer and he was sodomized by one of his interrogators.
		He was reportedly then kept in solitary confinement for five months and deprived of the treatment required by his state of health, which is now allegedly critical.
		According to the reports, proceedings were initiated in the case but no one has been charged, either in the administrative or in the judicial courts, with the crime of torture or ill-treatment.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2000/documentation/commission/e-cn4-2000-9.htm (20201 words)

	Weekly anb11281.txt #5
		He was killed in September when he was ambushed by troops in Batna province, but his body was only recently identified.
		Correspondents says it is the first time Algeria has admitted that al-Qaeda has a presence in the country.
		It is one of the two armed groups fighting the Algerian Government and it is on the United States' list of terrorist organisations.
	www.mail-archive.com /africa@peacelink.it/msg00392.html (2293 words)

	Marweb, Search Engine: Regional_countries/Algeria/Cities/Batna
		Top : Regional countries : Algeria : Cities : Batna
		Batna University - High education and scientific research Establishment.
		chelia Hotel Batna - Urban hotel in Batna, very beautiful in its design of recent constuction, it offers pleasant reception facilities.
	en.marweb.com /Regional_countries/Algeria/Cities/Batna (76 words)

	Batna, Algeria, Pictures
		World : Africa : Algeria : Batna city >
		The commercial center for the surrounding agricultural region, it is linked by railroad with the Mediterranean port of Annaba.
		Batna was founded as a French military fortress in the 1840s.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Algeria/Batna_city.html (104 words)

	SHAPE News
		Security officials said Emad Abdelwahid Ahmed Alwan, alias Abu Mohamed, a Yemeni citizen was killed by security forces in September in Algeria's Batna province.
		The United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) took charge of the Serb northern part of the town after an agreement with Belgrade that gave the UN authority throughout Kosovo for the first time since it entered the province in 1999.
		Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic said UNMIK's action was in accordance with an agreement reached with authorities in Belgrade, the Beta news agency reported.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2002/11/mil-021126-shape01.htm (1300 words)

	Ottawa Independent Media Center
		10/31/05 Nigeria Niger Province 3 13 Three Christians are killed by Muslims in unrest following the carrying out of a Sharia sentence of amputation against a Christian.
		10/26/05 Algeria Batna 1 0 Religious fundamentalists slit the throat of a 70-year-old shepherd.
		10/15/05 Thailand Narathiwat 3 0 Three Thai civilians are killed in three separate attacks across the southern provinces.
	ottawa.indymedia.ca /en/2005/12/1950.shtml (20842 words)

	11OFAFAM.htm in Business Recorder on February 04, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Algerian newspapers have reported a string of murderous attacks by militants on civilians they suspect of collaborating with army-backed authorities in the north African country.
		Gunmen also shot dead two people in an ambush in Merouana village at Batna province, 320 km (200 miles) southeast of Algiers, added the newspaper.
		Local press reports say at least 10 other women, including a small girl, have been killed by suspected Muslim guerrillas in Algeria during last two weeks.
	www.paksearch.com /br96/Feb/4/11OFAFAM.htm (214 words)

	TROOPSKI.htm in Business Recorder on May 30, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ALGIERS: Algerian troops have shot dead 19 Muslim rebels in assaults on guerrilla hideouts in eastern Algeria, newspapers reported on Saturday.
		The newspapers Liberte and El Khabar said 13 guerrillas were killed on Tuesday when troops stormed their hideout on Oustili mountain in Batna province, 310 km (190 miles) east of Algiers.
		Six more rebels were shot dead on Monday in a similar operation in Menouama village near the town of Biskra, 300 km (187 miles) southeast of the Algerian capital, the newspapers reported.
	www.paksearch.com /br99/May/30/TROOPSKI.htm (293 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
		He is believed to have been helping to plan an attack on the US Embassy in Mali’s capital, Bamako, before he was killed in late 2002 during a raid by Algerian forces in Algeria’s northeastern Batna Province.
		Haw was taken to a police station, charged with assault on the police and failing to leave a designated security cordon area, then released on bail, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.
		According to the police in Xinxiang city, the investigation began in January this year when three unknown women were raped and killed in the area since April last year.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040512/world.htm (3780 words)

	Arabic News Front Page for 2/10/1998
		Sudanese authorities said that Sudanese coalition opposition forces attacked a garrison in the province of Al-Kadaref near the Sudanese - Ethiopian borders.
		Sudan reported that Eritrea had recently launched attacks against it across the countries' border, a claim Eritrea denied.
		exploded near a bus in the Batna province of Algeria, injuring 37, BBC reported.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/980210/FP.html (803 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Algeria rebels kill 6 civilians - security source
		Algerian Islamic rebels have killed six civilians in a raid in the eastern province of Batna, a security source said on Saturday.
		The attack took place on Friday in Kechida area, some 500 km (300 miles) east of Algiers, the source told Reuters.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3130544,00.html (63 words)

	[Needtoknow] Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: U.S. Training African Forces to Uproot Terrorists
		Alwan, a Yemeni and a close associate of Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was linked to the October 2000 attack on the American warship Cole.
		He is believed to have been helping to plan an attack on the United States Embassy in Mali's capital, Bamako, before he was killed in late 2002 during a raid by Algerian forces in Algeria's northeastern Batna Province.
		Alwan's appearance in the region rattled the American military and added impetus to a strategy that had been taking shape since the Sept. 11 attacks.
	www.green-rainbow.org /pipermail/needtoknow/2004-May/002045.html (2206 words)

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