1 year later, scars from Algeria's killer quake still fresh
Recurrent aftershocks, scandal over poor construction give residents plenty to fear
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Thursday, May 20, 2004
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One year on, Algiers and the surrounding regions ravaged by last May's killer earthquake still bear the painful scars of a catastrophe that claimed some 2,300 lives and sharpened the trauma of a country trying to recover from a decade of bloody disarray. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has estimated the damage from the devastating tremor at $5 billion dollars, spread throughout some 50 of the country's 1,400 localities.
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