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  "id": 11236317,
  "title": "Algeria adopts law imposing death penalty on forest arsonists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/algeria-adopts-law-imposing-death-penalty-on-forest-arsonists-11236317",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T16:30:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/algeria-adopts-law-imposing-death-penalty-forest-arsonists"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Algerian lawmakers adopted on Thursday a law imposing the death penalty on convicted forest arsonists, after deadly wildfires ripped through swathes of the country in recent weeks. The official death toll from the blazes, which swept through the country's northeast during the summer, was 12 people, but witnesses have reported the deaths of dozens.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Algeria adopts law imposing death penalty on forest arsonists",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/algeria-adopts-law-imposing-death-penalty-on-forest-arsonists",
        "published": "2026-10-01T13:41:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Algeria introduces death penalty for arsonists after deadly wildfires",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/algeria-introduces-death-penalty-for-arsonists-after-deadly-wildfires",
        "published": "2026-10-01T16:31:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Death penalty bill for forest arsonists clears Algeria lower house",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/death-penalty-bill-for-forest-arsonists-clears-algeria-lower-house",
        "published": "2026-10-01T17:18:30.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}