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Algerian nationalist Abdelhamid Mehri dies aged 85

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In Algeria tributes were paid to Abdelhamid Mehri, one of the country's most famous political figures, after he passed away at the age of 85. Meanwhile, the Algerian government has said that it has nothing to hide as a French investigation into the kidnapping and deaths of 7 monks during the Algerian civil war back in 1996 continues. Finally, we meet an odd couple in Morocco, whose story has inspired a French comedy hit.

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