ALGERIA. 7 FUGITIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH

an Algerian criminal court sentenced to death in absentia seven Islamic gunmen belonging to the radical Salafi Movement for Daawa and Fighting. A judicial source said Monday the gunmen were convicted by the main court in the province of Boumedras in eastern Algeria of setting up terrorist cells, planning killings and seeking to terrorize civilians. The seven convicts are on the run and believed to be still hiding in Algeria.