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  "id": "98-219",
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      "id": 103597,
      "date": "1998-08-18",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:52:25.992941",
      "title": "Algeria: Developments and Dilemmas",
      "summary": "This report provides background information on the civil strife in Algeria, updating developments\nsince the government abandoned talks with the Islamist Salvation Front in 1995 and began a process\nof institution-building. The result, however, did not restore peace. Rather, violence has become\nmore indiscriminate. The culprits are harder to identify and may include government forces as well\nas Islamist extremists. Policymakers face the dilemma of wishing to hold the government to a higher\nstandard of conduct as the upholder of the rule of law, while not wanting terrorists to benefit from\ncriticisms of the government. The European Union, European governments, and the United States\nare reluctant to act for differing reasons, but support an international inquiry. For congressional\nconcern, see  H.Res. 374 , April 28, 1998. For background, see CRS Report 96-392,\n Algeria: Four Years of Crisis .",
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  "topics": [
    "African Affairs",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Intelligence and National Security",
    "Middle Eastern Affairs",
    "National Defense"
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