Algiers – A quake measuring 4,2 on the open-ended Richter scale shook the Ain Smara region on Wednesday near Constantine, 430km east of Algiers, the Algerian centre for geophysical research said.

CALGARY — First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. said Wednesday it has discovered a new oil pool in the Tagi zone of its prospective offshore Block 405b in Algeria.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Assefi said on 23 April in his weekly press conference in Tehran that the Islamic Republic will not reverse course on uranium enrichment or its other nuclear activities, Radio Farda and state television reported. “We are determined not to forfeit our rights,” he said.