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Title:Algeria: High Security Council Announces Cancellation Of Election
Date:12th January 1992
Summary:On January 12 Algeria's High Security Council cancelled the general election, which swept Islamic fundamentalists close to power, and clamped a security cordon on the country. After a night of crisis meetings following the resignation of President Chadli Benjedid, troops and tanks ordered in by Prime Minister Sid Ahmed Ghozali were guarding government buildings and other strategic points in the capital.
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Location:ALGERIA ALGIERS
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