Algeria: 40 police injured in gas protest 

Forty police officers have been injured in clashes with demonstrators opposed to gas exploration in the Algerian Sahara.

The Country's Interior Ministry in a statement said the protesters set fire to the headquarters of the In-Salah district and the residence of the district chief, as well as part of a police dormitory and truck. 

The statement added that the security forces managed to take control of the situation to bring calm to the city.

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