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Summary:Algiers, July 5 1962 - Algiers was at last officially independent this day, the 132nd anniversary of the French occupation of the country. After a decade of strife and bloodshed in Algeria and political turmoil which had torn France in two, the French left.
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Location:ALGERIA ALGIERS
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