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April 12, 2012

Algerian Independence Leader Ahmed Ben Bella Dead at 93 
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Algerian independence leader and former president Ahmed Ben Bella has
died at the age of 93. Bella helped lead the fight for Algerian
independence from France and served as the country's first president in
1962.



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