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  "id": 11371468,
  "title": "Algeria introduces death penalty for arsonists after deadly wildfires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/algeria-introduces-death-penalty-for-arsonists-after-deadly-wildfires",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T05:42:46.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/africa/algeria-introduces-death-penalty-for-arsonists-after-deadly-wildfires/2026/"
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  "summary": "Algeria has adopted a law imposing the death penalty on people convicted of arson of forests or fields after a series of deadly wildfires swept parts of the country. Members of the national assembly voted through the bill, which also made child abduction a capital offence, on Thursday. Capital punishment has been in the country’s […]",
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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"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-01T16:30:29.000Z"
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      {
        "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"
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      {
        "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."
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