WORLD IN BRIEF : ALGERIA : 9 Killed, 55 Hurt as Violence Continues
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Violence swept through the capital and other Algerian cities in a defiant challenge by Muslim fundamentalists to hundreds of troops and riot police. Nine more people were reported killed and 55 wounded. One of the deaths occurred in Batna, where at least 12 were killed and 66 wounded in three days of running battles. Gunfire echoed throughout Algiers, continuing late into the night.
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