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Head-On Bus Collision Kills 16 in Algeria

A head-on collision between two buses killed 16 people  Tuesday on a highway in north-central Algeria, authorities said.

Another 30 people were injured in the accident, which happened on the major highway linking the city of Laghouat to the town of Afflou, civil defense Colonel Farouk Achour told Agence France-Presse.

Algeria has one of the highest rates of road accidents in the world.

Source: Agence France Presse


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