Algeria: Sitting in a Tent
Posted 17 December 2007 21:31 GMT
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Hello! I say good years 2008 has all and all, I join you had to denounce everything that the press Algerian attempt to hide al’opinion national and international public employment, standard of living and learning in Algerie! being in the area of statistics, I surprised dess false data that gives Algerie his country to foreigners above all, the false evolution in the country! the surgeon or a dentist pae example earns exactly 7000 dinars per month both qu’employe ‘in a chu is the shame! one dares to speak of new jobs to soak international public opinion, temporary jobs pay amoins of 8000 dinars for young professionals academics, it’ s utopia! when the purchasing power is another story, the Algerian rely on foreign forums so that the 100 billion dollars in a reserve used to feed those who eat in dustbins! c’est ca l ‘ algerie or young people trying the illegal emigration and die from fazin or misere ..