Mostaganem

/ məˌstæɡəˈnɛm /

noun

1. a port in NW Algeria, on the Mediterranean Sea: exports wine, fruit, and vegetables. Pop: 133 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

And on Sunday, Senouci Touat of Mostaganem, Algeria, 34 and unemployed, set himself on fire in his hometown, the fourth attempted self-immolation in his country since the Tunisian street revolt exploded in furious demonstrations in recent days.

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In Algeria a day earlier, Senouci Touat, an unemployed 34-year-old man, tried to self-immolate in front of the security directorate in the northern town of Mostaganem, a local newspaper reported.

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At Mostaganem, one pregnant Moslem woman defied doctor's orders to take her place in line and produced her baby right in the polling station.

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He died at Mostaganem in Algeria on the 14th of July 1859.

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Her daughter had been married and was living at Bordeaux, and her son was in garrison at Mostaganem.

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