20,000 protestors mark anniversary

Tizi Ouzou - Some 20,000 people began a protest march here yesterday called to mark the death three years ago of the popular …

Tizi Ouzou - Some 20,000 people began a protest march here yesterday called to mark the death three years ago of the popular singer Lounes Matoub, an outspoken Berber critic both of the government and the Islamic fundamentalist movement of Algeria.

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