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| | The Country & People of Algeria |
 | | AD, Algeria was conquered by the Vandals (430—31), the Byzantine Empire (6th cent.), and finally, in the late 7th and early 8th cent., by the Arabs, whose introduction of Islam profoundly altered the character of the area. |
 | | France invaded Algeria in 1830 and declared it a colony in 1848. |
 | | Late in 2003, tensions between the president and Ali Benflis, the FLN party leader and a former prime minister, led to a split in the government and within the party. |
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