The Mississippi flood forced the authorities to carry out load shedding in Louisiana

U.S. authorities have opened a valve unloader on the Mississippi River in Louisiana (south), which recorded a historic flood in order to prevent further flooding of New Orleans, six years after Katrina.

The body of Engineers U.S. Army had previously announced it would open gradually from 3:00 p.m. (2000 GMT) the overflow channel of Morganza, Louisiana, to avoid a "wall of water "in the words of the governor of this state, Bobby Jindal, does descend on thousands of homes located along the Atchafalaya River.

"It may be more a marathon than a sprint," said Gen. Michael Walsh at a news conference in Morganza, stating that "enormous pressure weighing on the entire system."

The valve was opened when the river flow reached 42,500 cubic meters per second.This is only the second time since its construction in 1954 that emergency channel is open.

If all the floodway gates were open, the flow would reach a rate of 17,000 cubic meters per second, three times the volume of water that falls daily from Niagara Falls.

To avoid such a destructive flow, a single valve was opened Saturday to pass 280 cubic meters per second, one or two others could be Sunday.

Load shedding, which will supply water into the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to cause flooding of 1.2 million hectares but will save Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the martyred city of Hurricane just who is recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005, Governor Jindall.

New Orleans is protected by dikes upstream from six yards but the water has already reached 5.2 meters, and the worst floods in 70 years-that struck the central United States follow the course of the Mississippi south .

They have so far destroyed thousands of homes, farms and roads in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.

In view of downloading, the authorities have carried out evacuations in rural areas will be affected, a sacrifice which the mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, said he was conscious.

"It's a tragic situation for everyone in America and of course for people who live in the Atchafalaya Basin and Morgan City.We wholeheartedly with them, "he said, noting that it would save his city.

Cindy Prejean, a resident of Gibson, a town a hundred miles from New Orleans, expects to see its home swim in 1.5 meters of water.

"What gives them the right to inundate us? Here there are so many neighborhoods, businesses and farms," ​​she told AFP.

According to forecasts, the opening of the channel load shedding could lead to peak at 4.5 meters in some neighborhoods.

The army said it would focus more on individuals than on the property.In anticipation, the American Red Cross has prepared thousands of places for evacuees.

Economically, the activity of the Port of New Orleans are continuing normally but 2,200 oil wells were threatened by floodwaters.

SYRIA: The system maintains the military pressure, two protesters killed in Homs

Two protesters were killed Friday by gunfire police in Homs in central Syria, while many soldiers and members of the security services were deployed in the homes of protest against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Despite the crackdown - which killed at least 700 deaths and thousands of arrests since the beginning of the protest movement in mid-March, according to human rights organizations of human rights - the opposition had appealed mobilization on the "The Syrian Revolution 2011".

In the afternoon, the Information Minister, Adnan Mahmoud, announced a "national dialogue would be initiated in the coming days" in the country.

Fouad Rajab, 40, was hit by a bullet in the head when the security services opened fire to disperse a manifestation of Homs, told AFP an activist of Human Rights, Nawar al-Omar.

A second protester was killed by gunfire in Homs, but the activist was not able to provide his identity.

According Louaï Hussein, a writer and opponent of President Assad had nevertheless instructed police not to open fire on demonstrators.

An adviser to the president, "Bouthaina Shaaban, told me during a telephone conversation that presidential orders had been given strict not to open fire on the demonstrators," said Mr.Hussein on his Facebook page.

Other events were attended by thousands of people Deraa (south), Qamishli, and Derbassyié Amouda (north-east), WQAS near Damascus and Hama 210 km north of the capital.

"Security forces fire into the air with automatic weapons to disperse to Deraa thousands of protesters," said one activist told AFP in this city south, where the protest movement was born in mid- March.

A Qamichli with a Kurdish majority, nearly 3,000 people demonstrated after prayers, according to another activist."With our soul and our blood we sacrifice ourselves for Deraa," chanted the demonstrators, according to a video posted on YouTube.

The protesters also wore a huge Syrian flag on which was written + + Azadi ("freedom" in Kurdish), depending on the video.

In addition, hundreds of people demonstrated in Jdaidet-Artouz, 11 km south of Damascus, "calling for the downfall of the regime," said another activist.

A thousand protesters also marched in WQAS, near the capital, where "significant reinforcements came," according to activists.

In the city of Hama, the police dispersed several demonstrations with batons, tear gas and water cannon.One of the demonstrations took place outside the headquarters of the town hall, where demonstrators tore the portrait of President Bashar al-Assad before being dispersed by Syrian forces, as an activist.

In all outbreaks of the dispute, "there is a large deployment of officers of the security forces," said one activist told AFP.

Asked in the morning, an activist from the coastal city of Banias (North West) stated that "more than 2,000 soldiers" were deployed in the square where people were demonstrating.

But the information minister said in the afternoon as the army began to withdraw from this coastal town, where she had entered Saturday.

According militants, arrests were also continuing across the country, Deir Ezzor (is) in Lattakia (northwest) and to Qamichli Deraa. Wednesday, 19 civilians had been killed by security forces in Dera and Homs, according to an NGO.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said he was "extremely concerned" by reports of NGOs have reported 700 to 850 deaths among the demonstrators and called on Damascus to stop trying to "silence opponents.

The British Foreign Ministry announced it had summoned the ambassador of Syria, threatening to "further sanctions".And Australia said it would tighten its financial sanctions against Damascus.

The head of European diplomacy, Catherine Ashton, had not ruled yesterday that the sanctions taken against 13 members of the scheme can be extended to President Assad.

The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, however, warned against foreign intervention, calling on the Syrian opposition not to repeat the "Libyan scenario," according to Russian news agencies.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on his part that he was "too early" to say whether President Assad had to go.

MEDIA: The wall of the New York Times paid no fee if it

The information site most visited in the world, the New York Times, came on Monday in a new era. That of charges. A bet that it hopes the famous American newspaper, should not cause him to lose the nearly 30 million unique visitors per month used to receiving their daily dose of information without spending a penny. To achieve this, the paper has introduced a subscription system considered complicated and very porous by more than one user.

The purpose of the New York Times is not to make that pay the most "addicted" to his readers. "It is above all an investment in the future," wrote on the site on Monday, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the newspaper's editor.For now, the reader does not pay until the 21st article retrieved within a month. In addition, users can continue reading without counting it comes from an article on Twitter, Facebook or blog. He even entitled to five free visits per day from search engines. Besides those who subscribe to the paper version also free access to the site.

Proliferation of avoidance strategies

To be faced with "wall" of the fee must be a major consumer of the site. And the New York Times is not kind to those he calls "the most loyal readers."They will pay $ 15 per month for access to the site and the application on smartphone, $ 25 for the site and the iPad version and $ 35 for all. The Times does not ask for her hand as $ 13 per month for the gathering offers all its services.

Yet, despite the flexibility of the model for "casual readers," the transition to fee has not been smooth. Soon, workarounds Wall paying emerged.

The first to have found the technical gap in the wall is a Canadian computer - the subscription system was tested one week in Canada before its worldwide deployment. He has published last week, a small code to never have to pay.Another user has created a Twitter feed that publishes links to all articles of daily life, allowing them free access. Finally, two former Google employees have set up "New York Times for a nickel" [The New York Times for anything, Ed], a site that lets you view the newspaper without paying.

NYT vs. Murdoch

Why then have paid $ 40 million charge as a wall pierced? The New York Times has asked two former Twitter and Google to stop their initiatives, but stating that he would not complain in court."There will always be some clever to circumvent the system," concedes, a philosopher, a spokesman for the newspaper.

A laissez-faire seems surprising at first, but if we look at the fate of the other big wall project fee, that of the Murdoch empire is finally in line with the era of time. In June 2010, the media tycoon Robert Murdoch decided to erect a model paying much more binding on all its publications. For the British Times, one of its flagship, while paying the passage was rare: 21 million monthly visitors it passed in late 2010, to 2.5 million. A destiny that the New York Times that claims to be the reference on the Net does not surely know.

EURO ZONE: Portugal he needs 75 billion euros?

The leader of the finance ministers of the euro area, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, said on Thursday on FRANCE 24 that Portugal would need 75 billion euros, probably over several years. Earlier he had told a German radio that he did not expect a request for help from Lisbon. Some economists put the figure at 26 billion euros. What are the possible scenarios? What number remember?

Portugal can he get away without asking for financial assistance to the EU and the IMF? This is what Jean-Claude Juncker has suggested initially."I do not think Portugal will apply for financial assistance," he told German radio Deutschlandfunk Thursday.

"Portugal has certainly put in place measures to reassure markets, but there is no guarantee that this will suffice," says FRANCE 24's Christophe Blot, a specialist in the European economy at OFCE-Sciences Po Most economists even think that the country will turn to the EU until June when some of its maturing debt.

In fact, the situation is reminiscent of Ireland. Until the last moment, the European authorities had suggested that Dublin could go it alone."Juncker made a statement of intent, if he had discussed an appeal for EU support, this would have been increasing speculation in the markets," says Christophe Blot.

What are the debts that Portugal should pay? The first major event occurs in June. Lisbon would have to find more than 9 billion euros to pay off a series of loans a decade ago. For the full year, the amount of debt owed is about 26 billion euros.

Lisbon may then become simply asking for 26 billion euros."It is unthinkable for a loan, whose amount would be recalculated as needed, is implemented with a first tranche of 26 billion," said Christophe Blot.

Hence out of 75 billion euros? When the EU assesses the amount of aid, she not only takes into account debts. It also looks at the deficit level to estimate the financing requirements that a country will need to implement measures of fiscal consolidation.

Also - this is what happened to Greece, which received 100 billion euros over 3 years - given the envelope does not necessarily mean that the current year."If we compare Portugal to Greece and Ireland and we observe the country's economic problems, 75 billion euros seem a reasonable estimate," concluded Christophe Blot.

If such support is decided, Europe and the IMF have spent on everything from Greece, 255 billion.

COTE D'IVOIRE: Violence earn Yamoussoukro, political capital

AFP - Former Ivorian rebels allied with Alassane Ouattara, who hold the north, took Friday two localities in the west under the control of outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo, while violence has won Yamoussoukro, political capital, Abidjan after .

Torn from the November 28 presidential between Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, head of state recognized by the international community, the country descends from a week in the violence.

In the aftermath of fighting in Zouan-Hounien between elements of the former rebel New Forces (FN) and Defence Forces and Security (FDS) loyal to Mr.Gbagbo, the FN held Friday, "the whole city," one resident testified.

An official of the SDS in the area confirmed the capture of this town near the Liberian border by the opponent, but spoke of a "tactical withdrawal".

All units pre-positioned on the SDS old front line from west to east cutting the country since the clashes of 2002-2003 are "on alert", he added.

Going a little further south, the FN has also taken on Friday the small village of Bin Houyé, residents said.Farther south, in the same area, fighting raged throughout the day at the entrance to the great city of Toulépleu, witnesses said.

Fighting in the west but also in Abidjan have pushed 24 hours some 5,000 Ivorians flee to Liberia, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. This movement of population brings to nearly 45,000 the number of refugees in Liberia.

In Yamoussoukro (center), and political capital city symbol, the exchange of gunfire during the night left several people injured in the area of pro-Ouattara Dioulabougou, residents said, referring to shootings and firing "at the heavy weapons. "

In Abidjan, the neighborhood of Abobo (north), in favor of Mr.Ouattara, increasingly resembled a war zone after three days of fighting, including rocket launchers, between SDS and insurgents.

"There are bodies everywhere," said one pensioner, terrified.

Tanks were deployed but residents reported a lull on Friday.

Thousands of families fled terrorized however Abobo.Bundles on the head or shoulder, people were walking along a highway along the city zoo in the south.

"We can not stay there! Children cry," he told a mother.

The Gbagbo government has accused the "rebels" FN have "infiltrated" Abobo and other popular areas, with the complicity of the UN mission in the country, UNOCI.

Charles Ble Goude, minister and leader of the "patriotic" pro-Gbagbo, has called on young people to organize themselves into "self-defense committees" to prevent "by all means" to move UNOCI.

"Today it is not the rebels that we are at war, that UNOCI which we did," he said before about 3.000 people gathered in the district of Yopougon (west), the bastion of his champion.

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "strongly deplored" the threats and demanded their "immediate cessation".

At Yopougon also clashes erupted in the morning. Young pro-Ouattara burned a bus and "patriots" have responded by burning several mini-cars ("gbakas"), a mode of transportation deemed controlled by the opposing camp, according to several witnesses. Clashes continued throughout the day.

TUNISIA: Hospitalized in Jeddah, the former deposed President Ben Ali would be "in a coma"

AFP - Former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 74, who fled his country on 14 January under pressure from the street after 23 years of unchallenged power, is "comatose" for two days in a Jeddah hospital following a stroke, said Thursday AFP close to his family.

"He went into a coma two days ago. He is in hospital in Jeddah," said this source contacted by telephone by the AFP in a Gulf country. "He had a stroke (cerebrovascular accident), it is in a serious condition," she added.

"If he dies, a dictator is gone and I say good riddance. You turn the page, we have other things to do in this country," Adel responded, teacher of 50 years."If her death is confirmed, however, that I say this without divine punishment fell immediately," said a student of 25 years, Amin, interviewed in downtown Tunis. "I object to his burial in our country," he added.

Asked about the hospitalization of Ben Ali, spokesman for the Tunisian government, Taieb Baccouch, has not been able to confirm.He said that "his health will be discussed on Friday by the Cabinet."

The ousted president, who suffers from prostate cancer, and his family fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14 after nearly a month of unprecedented popular protest quelled in blood with dozens of deaths.

The Tunisian newspaper The Daily had published an article Thursday titled "Ben Ali suffered a stroke," citing the blog of a French journalist Nicolas Beau, expert from Tunisia, where he stated that Ben Ali is in serious condition and that for safety reasons, it "would be treated under the identity of a Saudi Emir.

Touafik Ben Brik, the Tunisian dissident journalist who has experienced the jails of the regime of Ben Ali for his critical articles, told AFP he felt "almost in mourning:" I could not forget it is still in us, it's part of our past and it will live long in us. "

One of the most famous Tunisian opposition, the Communist Hama Hammami, said that "it is the fate of all dictators in the world."

Tunisian lawyer for Yadh Ben Achour, president of the national commission of political, hospitalization Ben Ali proves that "there is justice on earth."

Ben Ali has ruled the country by building his regime on a balance between iron fist based on a policy now disgraced and prosperity, which eventually failed, causing his fall.

Father of six children, three from his first marriage, it appeared the last time often accompanied by his wife Leila Trabelsi.According to observers, he seemed fragile and under the influence of her husband's family accused of grip on the economy.

The revolt against the government began in Sidi Bouzid (West Central) after the suicide in mid-December Bouazizi Mohammed, an unemployed youth of 26 years unable to perform as a peddler by police and became the symbol of the frustration of young people in this country where unemployment is nearly 30% of young people.

The riots had gradually taken a political turn, had spread throughout the country and had won the capital affecting the bourgeois elites.The army played a vital role by refusing to fire on demonstrators at the height of the controversy.

Since his departure, the assets of the deposed president were frozen in several countries, many family members were arrested and international arrest warrant was issued against him and his wife.

Since then, a transitional government led by former Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi and comprising members of the former opposition, promised to devote pluralism and democracy. The first free elections - presidential and legislative-are planned in 6 months.An amnesty law is foreseen and the legalization of former opposition parties banned.

The new authorities, who continue to face social instability and a strong political protest, fear a "conspiracy" of the former regime loyalists.

HAITI: Former President Aristide is no longer persona non grata in Port-au-Prince

The Haitian government has a diplomatic passport issued Monday for former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, giving him the opportunity to enter the country of which he was ousted by an armed insurrection in 2004, told AFP an official Haiti.

"The passport was issued Monday. All the formalities have been completed," the official said under condition of anonymity.

The passport must be presented to a lawyer for Mr. Aristide, Ira Kurzban. The latter, based in Miami, was unable to confirm this information.

"If they issued a passport, they have not told me," said the lawyer told AFP.Asked about the chances of a quick return of the former president in Port-au-Prince, Mr. Kurzban said: "I think it comes close, but we're not there yet."

The lawyer, who was recently in Port-au-Prince, plans to return to the Haitian capital in the coming days, but he would not say when.

The Haitian government announced last week that he was willing to surrender a passport to the former president if he so requested.

In a statement released mid-January, Mr.Aristide installed in South Africa, explained wanting to return home for medical reasons and also "to help serve my brothers and sisters in Haiti as a private citizen in the field of education."

If his return is confirmed, Mr. Aristide still popular among the poor, would be the second former president to return to Haiti after Jean-Claude Duvalier.The former dictator "Baby Doc" has returned to Port-au-Prince on January 16 after 25 years of exile in France, while the country was facing a crisis consecutive election in the first round of the disputed presidential election on November 28.

The outgoing president, Rene Preval, had originally due to hand this Monday, Feb. 7, but its mandate is extended, pending the second round of presidential elections, scheduled March 20. The consultation will oppose Mirlande Manigat, an intellectual age 70, the singer Michel Martelly, 49.

The Electoral Council has reversed last week's first round results, excluding the race of the candidate Mr.Preval, Jude Celestin.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, 57, a former opponent of the Duvalier dictatorship (1957-86) and priest advocate of "liberation theology", was first elected to lead the country in 1990 before being expelled the country eight months later by a military coup.

Revenue at the head of state in October 1994 through a military intervention by the United States, he completed his term in 1996, leaving power to his heir, the current President Rene Preval.

The former slum priest, relieved of his vows by the Vatican for a dispensation to marry, was reelected in November 2000.But he was forced into exile in February 2004 under the threat of armed insurrection coupled with international pressure, including U.S. and France, who accuse it of incompetence.

EGYPT: New mass demonstrations are expected across the country

Further demonstrations are planned Friday in Egypt at the invitation of the protest movement that hopes to make the day of departure of President Hosni Mubarak, after 10 days of protests and unprecedented bloodshed in the country.

Organizers hope to raise as Jan. 28, one million people after the weekly Muslim prayer at the beginning of the afternoon.

According to the journalist Christiane Amanpour of the ABC, the Vice-President of Egypt Omar Suleiman, met during an interview with Mr.Mubarak in Cairo, told him that the army deployed reinforcements would use "never" force against the population.

After dismissing the appeal of the regime "illegitimate" dialogue, brotherhood Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, reviled by the authorities, felt that the calls for negotiations "will not affect the mass rallies planned Friday to bring down the regime ".

The opposition, composed also of secular parties and movements from civil society as the National Coalition for the change that has formed around the Nobel Peace Mohamed ElBaradei, has made the immediate departure of Mr Mubarak's condition to negotiate with the regime.

Mr.Sulaiman said that the request amounted to a "call to chaos" and urged the protesters to leave the Tahrir Square, the epicenter of protest in Cairo.

On the night of Thursday to Friday on Tahrir Square, thousands of protesters have again defied the curfew at night, camping in tents and warming themselves around fires after a day of intermittent clashes between opponents and supporters of M .Mubarak.

The latter, according to Ms. Amanpour, assured to have "enough to be president," said wanted to "give up power now, but he could not do so for fear that the country could descend into chaos."

For its part, the New York Times has assured Washington that talks with Egyptian officials the terms of an immediate departure of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to a transitional government led by Omar Suleiman, a project to gather support of the Egyptian army.

Mr.Mubarak said Tuesday he does not be seeking a sixth term in the presidential elections of September but this ad has not softened street.

At the same time, the authorities opted for the hard way by arresting seven young leaders of the protest movement, after meeting with Mohamed ElBaradei, the opponent, according to relatives.

At least eight people were killed and over 800 injured Wednesday and Thursday morning in violent clashes between the two camps.More than 300 people died in the first week of protest, according to an unconfirmed report of the UN.

Dozens of foreign journalists were beaten, arrested or intimidated these days, and no television has broadcast images live from Tahrir Square on the night of Thursday to Friday.

A foreigner of unknown nationality was beaten to death nearby, witnesses and rescue services.

Thursday, hundreds of supporters of the regime armed with clubs, knives and some guns, prevented the entrance for several hours on the place of reinforcements or supplies to opponents who are holed up.

The army, the backbone of the system, monitors without intervene.It is rarely intervened to disperse the players or try to save people assaulted.

Other supporters of the plan, posted on the bridge on October 6, threw stones and Molotov cocktails on the opponents. Pavers and curb stone were used as projectiles and barricades were erected.

The authority has rejected accusations that he orchestrated the violence, pointing to the Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition force.

The West has condemned these attacks. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned "in strongest terms" attacks against journalists, calling on security forces to protect them.She also called for "serious negotiations" between the immediate government and opposition "to a peaceful transition and in good order" in Egypt.

In Berlin, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said it was "outrageous and totally unacceptable" the repression in Egypt against the media and human rights.

Faced with the alarming situation, Western leaders are maintaining pressure on Mr. Mubarak in calling for an immediate transition of power.

The international community also continues to assist its citizens to leave the country.

Despite the troubles, the Pentagon has assured he would not stop supplying arms to its ally Egypt.Its annual military support amounted to $ 1.3 billion.

U.S. intelligence has warned the Obama administration unrest in Egypt in late 2010, said Thursday before Congress an intelligence official.

Mr. Mubarak, 82, is accused of all evils in this country of 83 million people-poverty, unemployment, deprivation of liberty and police state.

This wave of social protest and political unprecedented swept Egypt since January 25, after Tunisia, which has seen the flight of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali under pressure from the street.

OIL: Why financial markets fear the unrest in Egypt

The unrest in Egypt began seriously to worry the markets. Monday morning, the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 1.2% and Paris lost 1.12% at the opening. However, as recalled by the New York Times Monday, the healthy financial market in New York had been affected either by the crisis in the eurozone, either by trade squabbles between the U.S. and China. So why Egypt?

It's the return of the specter of an outbreak of black gold. Monday morning, the price of a barrel of crude in London was close to the symbolic $ 100 (99.33), a level it had not met since October 2008. Yet Egypt is only the 30th largest oil producer. But the Suez Canal is an important regional role in transportation."A cargo of oil on six carries," said FRANCE 24 Cécile Antonin, a specialist in energy markets at OFCE-Sciences Po

Every day, nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil pass through this channel. Admittedly, this represents only 2% of world production, but "prices are calculated according to supply more or less compared to the previous situation," said Cecile Antonin. Above all, the oil passing through the Suez Canal is mainly destined for Europe and the United States. The Egyptian authorities have sought to reassure Monday.They stated that the traffic was for the time absolutely unaffected by the protests.

The risk of Algeria

The risk of contagion to other countries in the region most important oil markets, like Saudi Arabia or Iran, also gives a cold sweat to financial analysts. "To avoid social unrest, these countries might be tempted to increase social spending and then to pass on the price of oil," and fears a specialist oil at Goldman Sachs in the Wall Street Journal.

"Do not forget the countries of North Africa such as Algeria in the equation," recalls Cecilia Antonin.If the regime of Abdelaziz Bouteflika was also shaken, soaring prices could accelerate. Algeria is producing more oil than Egypt, and especially this country is a member of OPEC and thus a strategic player in this sector.

There are no worries that oil. Egypt is also the largest importer of wheat. Some fear that to make reservations, the Mubarak regime is still increasing its demand. "Currently, the commodity markets are so tight that the slightest change will raise prices," says Cécile Antonin. A situation particularly disturbing that the spectrum of riots in 2008 is increasingly present.

FOOTBALL: The Egyptian Football Federation postponed games at the weekend

The Egyptian Football Federation (EFA) announced it would suspend the championship games of the weekend because of anti-government protests taking place across the country for several days.

On the website of the federation, to which access is denied since this morning, no official reason has been mentioned. The statement said only that the games provided on Friday and Saturday were postponed to a later date.

In Tunisia, where the regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown, the national championship has been suspended since January 9. The friendly match, to be held on February 9 between Algeria and Tunisia, in Tunis, however, was maintained.No decision has yet been taken on the friendly, laid the same day in Cairo between Egypt and the United States.