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Quatre milliards d'euros pour renforcer la police et la gendarmerie nationales

Algeria allocates over €4 billion to tackle terrorism

ALGERIA, May 23, 2008 (KUNA) -- Algerian Minister of State for Interior and Local Government Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, said Friday that his country has allocated more than €4 billion to fight terrorism and organized crime. Algerian state-television quoted Zerhouni as saying that Algeria has spent the amount, over the period running from 2006-2010, which was used to reinforce security forces. He added that Algeria has made many sacrifices for security in the fight against terrorism in the country and in the Mediterranean region as a whole.