SAY SORRY, ALGERIA TELLS FRANCE

ALGIERS: Algeria on Saturday honored thousands killed by French forces in 1945 as the North African country waits for Paris to apologize for its colonial-era crimes. Pro-independence rioting following a demonstration in the final months of World War 2 prompted the massacre of thousands of mostly unarmed Muslim civilians, a turning point in Algeria’s long independence struggle. On May 8, 1945, thousands had rallied in Setif as allied powers, including colonial ruler France, marked a hard-won victory in Europe over Nazi Germany.