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Pro-French Algerian Leader Ali Chekkal Assassinated
Paris reports the assassination of Emir Ali Chekkal, 60, vice president of the Algerian Assembly, by Mohamed Sadek, a 27 year old plumber. Coty narrowly missed the crowd as the killer fired at a Paris stadium. Chekkal, a pro France advocate, died soon after at a hospital. the incident compounds Algerian tensions amid new rebel attacks.
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