Algeria To Lift Emergency Powers -- Al JazeeraPresident says country's 19-year state of emergency will be lifted in near future in apparent bid to stave off unrest.
Algeria's 19-year state of emergency will be lifted in the "very near future", state media has quoted Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the president, as saying.
During a meeting with ministers on Thursday, the president also said Algerian television and radio, which are controlled by the state, should give airtime to all political parties.
He added that protest marches, banned under the state of emergency, would be permitted across the country of 35 million except in the capital.
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My Comment: After 19 years of emergency rule .... it is definitely time to move on.