Algerian troops kill 7 rebels

Algiers - Algerian troops backed by helicopter gunships killed seven more Muslim rebels blamed for this year's worst massacre…

Algiers - Algerian troops backed by helicopter gunships killed seven more Muslim rebels blamed for this year's worst massacre, local newspapers reported yesterday.

The papers said the army also found four new bodies in El Bayadh region, about 400 km south of Algiers, bringing the death toll from Sunday's massacre to 24 civilians.

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