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| Algerian teachers clash with police |
| 2011-03-31 |
| [Maghrebia] Algerian contract teachers clashed with law officers on Monday (March 28th) near the Presidential Palace in El Mouradia, Tout sur l'Algerie reported. At least 15 teachers were maimed, according to National Council of Higher Education Teachers (CNES) spokesperson Mériem Maarouf. For more than a week, the teachers had been staging a peaceful sit-in to demand a status change. The situation reportedly escalated when the teachers attempted to block a road into the centre of Algiers. |
| Posted by:Fred |