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Lobbying 2015: US courts aloof Algeria in terror fight

Algeria, the desert giant at the crossroads of North Africa, is building ever-closer counterterrorism ties with the United States but is losing out to its historic rival Morocco in the disputed Western Sahara.
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The United States is ramping up security, diplomatic and trade ties with Algeria in a bid for closer cooperation with North Africa's terror bulwark.

The State Department is once again seeking a $2.55 million anti-terrorism package this year while restarting trade and investment talks that had been on hiatus for more than a decade. And US diplomats are lavishing praise on the Saharan giant for its role mediating the crises in Mali and Libya.

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