Algeria has begun the trial of Mukhtar Belmukhtar, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's leader in southern Algeria. Belmukhtar and four other AQIM fighters are being tried in absentia for acts of terrorism. Five other AQIM fighters on trial are in custody.
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