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    Paul Purpura/Times-PicayuneMarine Corps Band New Orleans leads Rex to its conclusion on Canal Street today Also known as the Marine Forces Reserve Band, it marched its last block of the Uptown route on Canal Street about 2 p.m. , for a break before...

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    French deputy and former head of the French Socialist party Francois Hollande (R) and former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella (1962-1965) pose for a picture during their meeting, on December 8, 2010 in Algiers. Hollande pays a three-day visit to Algeria.

    French deputy and former head of the French Socialist party Francois Hollande (R) and former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella (1962-1965) pose for a picture during their meeting, on December 8, 2010 in Algiers. Hollande pays a three-day visit to Algeria. View Photo »

  4. Once she was aboard, she found a way to make him long for her - after all, she was an actress. And before the ship landed in New York, she had a much, much better contract - the equivalent of about $3,000 a week for seven years ... Within a year, with the appearance of her in the film Algiers opposite C...
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    NATO Marines detain six suspected pirates on board a skiff 90 nautical miles off the Somali north coast in this December 2009 photo.

    For a durable solution, governments need to find ways to bring order to one of the world's most dangerous regions. Late in 1815, ten British warships arrived off Algiers, armed with dozens of cannon — and orders to use nothing else to negotiate with...

  7. Mardi Gras revelry, parades take over New Orleans
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    Mandy Hofmockel, MassLive.com Riders on float no. 9 Libra toss to the crowds on Napoleon Avenue during the Krewe of New Orleans Most Talked Of Club (NOMTOC) parade Sunday, Feb. 19,2012 in New Orleans. NOMTOC, which usually rolls through the streets of...

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    French deputy and former head of the French Socialist party Francois Hollande (R) shakes hands with former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella (1962-1965) prior to their meeting on December 8, 2010 in Algiers. Hollande pays a three-day visit to Algeria.

    French deputy and former head of the French Socialist party Francois Hollande (R) shakes hands with former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella (1962-1965) prior to their meeting on December 8, 2010 in Algiers. Hollande pays a three-day visit to Algeria. View Photo »

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  10. Country Seizes Missiles Smuggled From Libya
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    The find follows warnings from governments in the region that instability in Libya after the end of Muammar Gaddafi's rule is allowing weapons taken from Gaddafi's arsenal to fall into the hands of al Qaeda's north African branch and other insurgent...

  11. Tanzania: Same Old Story for Local Teams
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    Should Simba knock SC Kiyovu out, they will face ES Setif of Algeria, in which the first leg match will take place in Dar es Salaam between March 23 and 25 before the two sides clash in the return leg in Algiers two weeks later. The situation is quite...

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Algiers (Arabic: الجزائر al-Jazāʼir, literally "the Islands"; Berber: Ldzayer, French: Alger) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Africa. According to the 1998 census the population of the city proper was 1,519,570, whereas the population for the metropolitan area was 2,135,630. Nicknamed al-Bahjah (البهجة) or Alger la Blanche... Full Article

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  1. French deputy and former head of the French Socialist party Francois Hollande (R) shakes hands with former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella (1962-1965) prior to their meeting on December 8, 2010 in Algiers. Hollande pays a three-day visit to Algeria. Getty Images logo Getty Images 18 hours ago

    French deputy and former head of the French Socialist party Francois Hollande (R) shakes hands with former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella (1962-1965) prior to their meeting on December 8, 2010 in Algiers. Hollande pays a three-day visit to Algeria.

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  2. A woman sits by a fire as she cooks in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past week, sparking... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    A woman sits by a fire as she cooks in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past week, sparking...

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  3. A man walks along a path following heavy snowfall in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    A man walks along a path following heavy snowfall in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past...

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  4. View of the mountains covered with snow from the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past week,... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    View of the mountains covered with snow from the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past week,...

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  5. Men walk towards a car after it crashed on a road covered with snow in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    Men walk towards a car after it crashed on a road covered with snow in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria...

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  6. A man breaks the icicles of a roof in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past week, sparking... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    A man breaks the icicles of a roof in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past week, sparking...

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  7. A man clears the snow in front of houses in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past week,... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    A man clears the snow in front of houses in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over the past week,...

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  8. Residents go about their daily lives following heavy snowfall in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    Residents go about their daily lives following heavy snowfall in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria over...

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  9. A man carries a gas cylinder along a road following heavy snowfall in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    A man carries a gas cylinder along a road following heavy snowfall in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012. Access to the villages around Medea have been cut since last week because of the snow. A cold weather spell has killed at least 44 people in Algeria...

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  10. Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouki arrives at the airport in Algiers, during his first official visit to the country, February 12, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 week ago

    Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouki arrives at the airport in Algiers, during his first official visit to the country, February 12, 2012.

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  11. Mostefa Bouchachi (L), president of the Algerian League of Defence of Human Rights and Ali Laskri, Secretary General of the Socialist Forces Front (FFS) party attend the party's national council meeting in Algiers, February 17, 2012. The party will "soon" announce whether or not to run... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 days ago

    Mostefa Bouchachi (L), president of the Algerian League of Defence of Human Rights and Ali Laskri, Secretary General of the Socialist Forces Front (FFS) party attend the party's national council meeting in Algiers, February 17, 2012. The party will "soon" announce whether or not to run...

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  12. Ali Laskri, Secretary General of the Socialist Forces Front (FFS) party, speaks as a picture of of Socialist Forces Front (FFS) party leader Hocine Ait Ahmed is seen during the party's national council meeting in Algiers, February 17, 2012. The party will "soon" announce whether or not... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 days ago

    Ali Laskri, Secretary General of the Socialist Forces Front (FFS) party, speaks as a picture of of Socialist Forces Front (FFS) party leader Hocine Ait Ahmed is seen during the party's national council meeting in Algiers, February 17, 2012. The party will "soon" announce whether or not...

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  13. Ali Laskri, Secretary General of the Socialist Forces Front (FFS) party, speaks during the party's national council meeting in Algiers, February 17, 2012. The party will "soon" announce whether or not to run in the May 10 election, he said. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 days ago

    Ali Laskri, Secretary General of the Socialist Forces Front (FFS) party, speaks during the party's national council meeting in Algiers, February 17, 2012. The party will "soon" announce whether or not to run in the May 10 election, he said.

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  14. The first secretary of the Algerian opposition Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Ali Laskri (R), sits on February 17, 2012 next to the chairman of the Algerian Human Rights League (LADDH), Mostefa Bouchachi, during the opening of a party convention in Algiers on whether the FFS should... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

    The first secretary of the Algerian opposition Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Ali Laskri (R), sits on February 17, 2012 next to the chairman of the Algerian Human Rights League (LADDH), Mostefa Bouchachi, during the opening of a party convention in Algiers on whether the FFS should...

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  15. The first secretary of the Algerian opposition Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Ali Laskri, speaks on February 17, 2012 during the opening of a party convention in Algiers on whether the FFS should particpate in the May 10 legislative elections. The FFS has boycotted the 2002 and 2007... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

    The first secretary of the Algerian opposition Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Ali Laskri, speaks on February 17, 2012 during the opening of a party convention in Algiers on whether the FFS should particpate in the May 10 legislative elections. The FFS has boycotted the 2002 and 2007...

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  16. The first secretary of the Algerian opposition Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Ali Laskri, speaks on February 17, 2012 during the opening of a party convention in Algiers on whether the FFS should particpate in the May 10 legislative elections. The FFS has boycotted the 2002 and 2007... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

    The first secretary of the Algerian opposition Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Ali Laskri, speaks on February 17, 2012 during the opening of a party convention in Algiers on whether the FFS should particpate in the May 10 legislative elections. The FFS has boycotted the 2002 and 2007...

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  17. Syrians residing in Algeria protest outside their embassy in Algiers February 6, 2012. Western and Arab countries responded with outrage on Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. ... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

    Syrians residing in Algeria protest outside their embassy in Algiers February 6, 2012. Western and Arab countries responded with outrage on Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. ...

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  18. Syrians residing in Algeria protest outside their embassy in Algiers February 6, 2012. Western and Arab countries responded with outrage on Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

    Syrians residing in Algeria protest outside their embassy in Algiers February 6, 2012. Western and Arab countries responded with outrage on Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.

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  19. Two women walk past a snowman in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Snow made a rare appearance in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Meteorology reports suggest that the last time Algiers saw this amount of snow was at least seven years ago in 2005. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

    Two women walk past a snowman in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Snow made a rare appearance in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Meteorology reports suggest that the last time Algiers saw this amount of snow was at least seven years ago in 2005.

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  20. Two women look out onto a landscape in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Snow made a rare appearance in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. According to meteorologists reports suggest that the last time Algiers saw this amount of snow accumulate was at least seven years ago in... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

    Two women look out onto a landscape in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Snow made a rare appearance in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. According to meteorologists reports suggest that the last time Algiers saw this amount of snow accumulate was at least seven years ago in...

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  21. A child runs in the snow in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Snow made a rare appearance in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Meteorology reports suggest that the last time Algiers saw this amount of snow was at least seven years ago in 2005. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

    A child runs in the snow in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Snow made a rare appearance in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Meteorology reports suggest that the last time Algiers saw this amount of snow was at least seven years ago in 2005.

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  22. A boy holds a snowball in Algiers February 4, 2012. At least 10 cm (four inches) of snow fell on Saturday in the Algerian capital, on the northern tip of Africa. The snowfall, the first in the city in eight years and the heaviest in decades, brought the Mediterranean port to a standstill. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

    A boy holds a snowball in Algiers February 4, 2012. At least 10 cm (four inches) of snow fell on Saturday in the Algerian capital, on the northern tip of Africa. The snowfall, the first in the city in eight years and the heaviest in decades, brought the Mediterranean port to a standstill.

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  23. A man walks under an umbrella during snowfall in Algiers February 4, 2012. At least 10 cm (four inches) of snow fell on Saturday in the Algerian capital, on the northern tip of Africa. The snowfall, the first in the city in eight years and the heaviest in decades, brought the... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

    A man walks under an umbrella during snowfall in Algiers February 4, 2012. At least 10 cm (four inches) of snow fell on Saturday in the Algerian capital, on the northern tip of Africa. The snowfall, the first in the city in eight years and the heaviest in decades, brought the...

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  24. People play in the snow in Algiers February 4, 2012. At least 10 cm (four inches) of snow fell on Saturday in the Algerian capital. The snowfall, the first in the city in eight years and the heaviest in decades, brought the Mediterranean port to a standstill. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

    People play in the snow in Algiers February 4, 2012. At least 10 cm (four inches) of snow fell on Saturday in the Algerian capital. The snowfall, the first in the city in eight years and the heaviest in decades, brought the Mediterranean port to a standstill.

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  25. FILE - In this 2003 file photo, former Algerian army chief of staff Gen. Mohammed Lamari is seen in Algiers. Lamari, who led Algeria's military during a decade of civil war that crushed the nation's Islamic rebel groups, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. He was 73. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    FILE - In this 2003 file photo, former Algerian army chief of staff Gen. Mohammed Lamari is seen in Algiers. Lamari, who led Algeria's military during a decade of civil war that crushed the nation's Islamic rebel groups, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. He was 73.

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