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Algeria - France: Is colonialism a crime?

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A new twist in the complex relationship between France and Algeria: an Algerian lawmaker recently announced he had proposed a law that would criminalize the French colonial era, which began in 1830 and ended in 1962 after a bloody war. This project has touched a raw nerve in France, with several ministers and members of the ruling UMP party blasting it as unnecessary.


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