Algiers Dispatch: Algeria’s Turmoil Adds New Obstacle to Saving the Historic Casbah A plan to restore the Ottoman-era district offended some for inviting help from the French, former colonizers. But the famed warren continues to decay. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Rwanda Votes, With Only One Likely WinnerChina Tells India That It Won’t Back Down in Border DisputeAustralia Details ‘Sophisticated’ Plot by ISIS to Take Down PlaneVietnam, Yielding to Beijing, Backs Off South China Sea DrillingChinese Court Sentences Activist Who Documented Protests to 4 Years in PrisonLawsuit Accuses Former Phoenix Bishop of Sexually Abusing Boy