13 ALGERIAN SOLDIERS KULLED BY MILITANTS
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At least 13 Algerian soldiers have been killed by Islamist fighters in an attack on an army post east of Algiers, the Algerian capital, according to officials, on late Friday 04/15/2011, by a “terrorist” group at Azazga, 140 km from the capital.
Two militants were also killed by soldiers, in a different incident, at a post in Kabyle, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of Algiers, the officials added on Saturday.
The attack is the worst since the government two weeks ago lifted a 1992 state of emergency and the civil war in Algeria. Security forces swept areas including the Yakourene forest, a hideout of MAGHREB al-Qaeda, on Saturday in a search for other suspects, officials said.
The attack reportedly came as the soldiers were watching a televised speech by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the president. In a televised address to the nation, Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he had decided to amend the constitution “to reinforce representative democracy” in Algeria, and that he will also launch other legislative reforms.
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