Seven killed in Algeria

Suspected Islamic rebels are reported to have killed seven people and wounded four others - all members of the same family - in an overnight attack at a village 160 kilometres west of the capital, Algiers.

The Algerian news agency APS quoted a security source as saying that the father of the family in the village of Hai Maarouf was a pro-government militiaman, although it did not say if he was among the dead or injured.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service