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Increase in flights between Algeria and Canada (Vols suplementaires entre l’Algerie et le Canada) 12 Janvier 2011
Jan 12th
Canada and Algeria agreed on Tuesday to increase passenger flights between the two countries.
The decision was announced by visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon.
The number of weekly flights from Algeria to Canada will rise from two to three during the winter season, and from two to four in summer, helping respond to the rapid growth in demand for air travel between the two countries.
After a bilateral visit with Algeria, Cannon said the expanded agreement demonstrated the strength of the relationship between Canada and Algeria, and their growing commercial and tourism ties.
“The expansion of the bilateral air transport agreement will make it more convenient for people to fly between our two countries and provide benefits to the Canadian and Algerian air sectors,” said Chuck Strahl, Canadian Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
Since the launch of the Blue Sky Policy in November 2006, Canada has negotiated air transport agreements with more than 50 countries, including open skies-type agreements with 11 countries, expanded agreements with nine countries and new “first time” agreements with eight countries. A comprehensive air transport agreement also exists between Canada and the European Union’s 27 member states.
The air agreement with Algeria was first signed in 2006.
Source: Xinhua
Soccer: Algeria and Ireland will play a friendly
Feb 14th
Algeria will play the Republic of Ireland in an international friendly in Dublin on 29 May.
The Desert Foxes will be using the game as part of their build up to the World Cup in South Africa, which kicks off two weeks later.
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Rabah Saadane’s squad are due to meet on 20 May for a training camp at the Italian Football Association’s technical centre in Florence. More >
Soccer: Its not over until its over
Jan 24th
When Cote De Ivory scored their second goal at 89 minute everyone in the room thought Algeria lost their quarterfinal match of the African Cup of Nations 2010. But wait a moment the players in the ground did not lose their spirit and made a stunning come back by scoring an equalizer in the second minute of the overage time. This shows the fighting spirit of this team and their courage never to give up until the final whistle.
Well done Algeria.
1 2 3 viva le Algerie.
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Algeria-Egypt – brothers again
Dec 17th
On the surface, Egyptian and Algerian relations appear to be improving after the disastrous incidents surrounding the Egypt-Algeria soccer matches, reports Dina Ezzat at Al-Ahram Weekly.
Throughout the month of November, qualifying soccer matches between Egypt and Algeria have been tarnished with violent incidents as the two Arab countries competed for a spot in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. While the Egyptian team prevailed in Cairo, Algeria was the ultimate victor in Khartoum, Sudan.
Aggressive rhetoric preceded the games, as both Egyptians and Algerians engaged in vicious comments through the media. “For weeks, Egyptian and Algerian fans engaged in cyberwars, taunting each other in online forums, trading doctored team photos, provocative homemade songs, and YouTube videos,” writes Ursula Lindsey for Foreign Policy.
Lindsey recounts an inflammatory comment by Amr Adeeb, anchor of “Al-Qahira Al-Youm (Cairo Today).” The night before the match in Cairo, Adeeb stated, “What annoys me is the way the Algerians talk … this provocation, this conceit … Why do the Algerians hate us so much? We supported them during their million-martyr revolution; we sent them teachers to teach them Arabic.”
Algerians also engaged in the taunting, using Egypt’s controversial relationship with Israel to degrade their opponent. Before the games started, Algerian hackers installed an image of the Star of David over the Egyptian flag on the teams’ official website. An Algerian newspaper also referred to Cairo’s stadium as the “Tel Aviv stadium.” According to Gulf News, Algerian and Egyptian youths composed rap songs demonizing their opponents as “villains who must always lose.”
The rivalry was not limited to heated words– injuries among athletes and fans alike were reported throughout the matches, although Algerian and Egyptian sources offered drastically different accounts. Lindsey notes that the Algerian newspaper Echorouk posted a video claiming that an Algerian rapper’s brother was killed in Egypt, however the video was apparently a hoax.
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Algerian soccer team gets FIFA points
Dec 16th
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PARIS – FIFA has awarded Wednesday Spain as the team of the year, with 15 victories in 16 games in 2009, while Algeria and Brazil have the highest increase over the previous year with a gain of 322 points each in the Fifa rankings.
This is the second consecutive year that Spain won this distinction. The only defeat of Spain in 2009 was in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup this summer against the United States. Spain tops FIFA’s latest rankings released in November.
Algeria, qualified for the World Cup 24 years after her last participation, achieves the rank of its history, winning 38 seats to climb to 26th place. Brazil, however, is in second place behind Spain.
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