Algerian police have found a vehicle thought to belong to some of the European tourists who have gone missing in the desert. Officials say the blue four-wheel-drive Iveco car found near the south-eastern town of Illizi may be that used by a German couple who disappeared on 8 March. Separately Colonel Massaoud Benboudria, who is leading the search, said he was “personally convinced” that all the tourists were alive and might be in another country. More than 1,000 Algerian troops have been deployed to look for the 31 tourists – from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and the Netherlands. Some of the travellers – who were in seven separate groups – have not been heard from since February. Full Story