Algerian Election Results Draw Disbelief

By artappraiser on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:52am |

By Adam Nossiter, New York Times, May 11/12, 2012

ALGIERS — Algeria's governing party strengthened its rule in parliamentary elections this week, officials announced Friday, dampening hopes that the vote might bolster the standing of opposition voices and eliciting audible gasps of skepticism from many of those who heard the results at a hilltop hotel here.

An alliance of moderate Islamist parties did poorly in the voting, a result sharply at odds both with analysts’ predictions and the experience of Algeria’s neighbors in the wake of last year’s Arab Spring [....]

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