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People gather outside the court in Blida, 50 km west of Algiers, for the start of a graft trial January 8, 2007. Abdelmoumene Khalifa, a prominent British-based Algerian businessman, went on trial in absentia on Monday on fraud charges arising from a 2003 business collapse widely seen as the north African country’s worst financial scandal. Commentators expect the long-awaited trial to shed light on mismanagment in Algeria’s banking sector. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi – RTR1KZS8