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PLAGUE, FATAL - ALGERIA (04): NOT
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Date: Thu 5 Feb 2009
Source: The Mercury, South African Press Association (SAPA)/Agence
France-Presse (AFP) report [edited]
<http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4826359>
Plague outbreak denied
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Algeria has dismissed reports that about 40 Al-Qaeda militants were
killed by an outbreak of bubonic plague at a secret training camp in
the country.
"No case of plague of any type has been recorded in any region of
Algeria since 2003," the health ministry said.
Reports had suggested that an Al-Qaeda offshoot had been
experimenting with the plague to create a biological weapon.
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[see also:
Plague, fatal - Algeria (03): unconfirmed 20090126.0342
Plague, fatal - Algeria (02): unconfirmed, RFI 20090121.0264
Plague, fatal - Algeria 20090119.0237
2003
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Plague - Algeria (Oran) (05) 20030710.1689
Plague - Algeria (Oran) (04) 20030704.1643
Plague, bubonic - Algeria (Oran) (03) 20030630.1606
Plague - Algeria (Oran) (02): confirmed 20030624.1556
Plague, bubonic - Algeria (Oran) 20030622.1537]
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