Battle of Algiers or Algiers expedition may refer to The Siege of Algiers 1510 by Spain leading to the establishment of the Pe n of Algiers The Capture of Algiers 1516 by Aruj Barbarossa The Capture of Algiers 1529 by Hayreddin Barbarossa The Algiers expedition 1541 by Charles V of Spain, an Ottoman victory The Invasion of Algiers 1775 by Spain, a Barbaresque victory The Bombardment of Algiers 1783 by Spain The Bombardment of Algiers 1784 by Spain, Portugal, Malta, and Sicily The Bombardment of Algiers 1816 by an Anglo Dutch fleet The Invasion of Algiers in 1830 by France Part of Operation Torch 1942 involving the liberation of Algiers by the Allies and the French Resistance from Vichy The Battle of Algiers 1957 , urban warfare and terrorist campaign between the National Liberation Front FLN and the French Army during the Algerian War The Battle of Algiers , a 1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo about the Algerian War disambig ar fr Exp dition d Alger ... more details
Other uses Battle of Algiers disambiguation NPOV date November 2011 Infobox film name The Battle of Algiers ... runtime 121 minutes language Arabic br French country Film Algeria br Film Italy budget The Battle of Algiers ... Government in North Africa, the most prominent being the titular Battle of Algiers 1957 Battle ... The Battle of Algiers reconstructs the events that occurred in the capital city of French Algeria ..., suggesting that although France won the Battle of Algiers, he lost the Algerian War. The tactics ... attack. Moreover, The Battle of Algiers features thousands of Algerian extras director Pontecorvo ... effect. Production and style Screenplay The Battle of Algiers was inspired by Souvenirs de .... The Battle of Algiers booklet accompanying the Criterion Collection DVD release, p.14. ref The book ... screenplay of Battle of Algiers has an Algerian protagonist, and depicts the cruelty and suffering of French and Algerians. ref Peter Matthews, The Battle of Algiers Bombs and Boomerangs , in The Battle ..., The Battle of Algiers uses composite characters, and changes the names of certain persons, e.g. Colonel ... Arun Kapil, Selected Biographies of Participants in the French Algerian War , in The Battle of Algiers ... Solinas , in The Battle of Algiers booklet accompanying the Criterion Collection DVD release ... for The Battle of Algiers , French edition, Studiocanal, 2004 ref Most of the people used in Battle ... style For Battle of Algiers , Pontecorvo and cinematographer Marcello Gatti filmed in black and white ..., p. 25. ref Although Battle of Algiers is considered to be realistic in style, one might consider ... Guide to The BattleAlgiers , p. 13. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253293169. ref Post release ... Films Of World Cinema . ref cite web title The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema 6. The Battle of Algiers ... with Franco Solinas , in The Battle of Algiers booklet accompanying the Criterion Collection DVD release, p. 37. ref The sympathetic treatment of the FLN in The Battle of Algiers often dismayed former ... more details
Other uses Battle of Algiers disambiguation Battle of Algiers Infobox military conflict conflict Battle of Algiers partof the Algerian War image Image Algerian war collage wikipedia.jpg 280px caption date 30 September 1956 24 September 1957 ref name Horne571 harvnb Horne 1977 p 571 ref place Algiers ... notes Campaignbox Algerian War The Battle of Algiers was a campaign of guerrilla warfare carried out ... , 1993, pp. 357 358 ref The Battle of Algiers started on 30 September 1956, when a trio of female ... INA sur la bataille d Alger. Films Lost Command 1966 by Mark Robson The Battle of Algiers film The Battle of Algiers 1966 by Gillo Pontecorvo La Question 1977 by Laurent Heynemann See also Torture ... and run attacks by the FLN against the French Police in Algiers . Violence escalated when the French government deployed the French Army in Algiers to suppress the FLN. Civilian authorities left all ... and March 1957, successfully eliminated the FLN from Algiers. The use of torture resulted in a backlash ... support for the FLN. Early stages In March 1955, Rabah Bitat , head of the FLN in Algiers, was arrested ... the political direction of the city in hand. In a short time, Ramdane managed to revive the FLN in Algiers ..., Battle of Philippeville violence broke out around Philippeville, drastically escalating the conflict ... point in the conflict. ref name escadrons In Algiers, counter terrorism preceded terrorism . Patrick ..., l cole fran aise ref quote Until the Th bes road massacre, we only mounted attacks in Algiers as retaliations ... populations, Arab bourgeoisie in particular, and use Algiers to advertise his cause in metropolitan ... with President Bourguiba and the Sultan of Morocco was re routed to Algiers. Hocine A t ... and military matters in Algiers. Robert Lacoste , Christian Pineau Minister of Foreign Affairs ... author link publication date 2010 year 2010 title The Battle of the Casbah Terrorism and Counter ... Algeria Category Conflicts in 1957 Category Algerian War Category Battles involving France Algiers ... more details
This is a listing of the fleets that participated in the Bombardment of Algiers 1816 Bombardment of Algiers on August 27, 1816. Allies British class wikitable rowspan 2 Ship rowspan 2 Guns rowspan 2 Commander colspan 2 Casualties rowspan 2 Notes small Killed small small Wounded small HMS Queen Charlotte 1810 2 104 Flagship of Adm. Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth Edward Pellew , Baron Exmouth br Capt. James Brisbane 8 131 First rate Ship of the line HMS Impregnable 1810 2 98 Rear Adm. David Milne Royal Navy officer David Milne br Capt. Edward Brace 50 160 Second rate Ship of the line HMS Albion 1802 2 74 Capt. John Coode 3 15 Third rate Ship of the line HMS Minden 1810 2 74 Capt. Joseph Prior 7 37 Third rate Ship of the line HMS Superb 1798 2 74 Capt. Charles Ekins 8 84 Third rate Ship of the line HMS Leander 1813 2 50 Capt. Edward Chetham Strode 17 118 Fourth rate Ship of the line HMS Glasgow 1814 2 40 Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, 10th Earl of Lauderdale Anthony Maitland 10 37 Endymion class frigate Frigate HMS Severn 1813 2 40 Capt. Hon. Frederick Aylmer, 6th Baron Aylmer Frederick William Aylmer 3 34 Frigate HMS Granicus 1813 2 36 Capt. William Furlong Wise 16 42 Frigate HMS Hebrus 1813 2 36 Capt. Edmund Palmer 4 15 Frigate HMS Heron 1812 2 18 Capt. George Bentham Sloop of war Brig sloop HMS Mutine 1806 2 18 Cdr. James Mould Brig sloop HMS Prometheus 1807 2 18 Cdr. William B. Dashwood Brig sloop HMS Satellite 1812 2 18 Capt. James Murray Brig sloop HMS Saracen 1812 2 18 Cdr. Alexander Dixie Brig sloop. Left behind at Gibraltar. HMS Britomart 1808 2 10 Cdr. Robert Riddle Brig sloop HMS Cordelia 1808 2 10 Cdr. William Sargent Brig sloop HMS Jasper 1808 2 10 Cdr. Thomas Carew Brig sloop. Only as far as Gibraltar, then returning home with dispatches. HMS Belzebub 1813 ... Polders 4 Frigate Eendragt 20 Capt. Jan Frederik Christiaan Wardenburg Corvette Algiers class wikitable ... 408 Category Orders of battle ... more details
Algiers is the capital of Algeria, located within Algiers Province . Algiers may also refer to Algeria Algiers Agreement disambiguation , any of several different international agreements Bombardment of Algiers disambiguation , multiple incidents Algiers film Algiers film , 1938 movie starring Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr The Battle of Algiers , 1965 black and white movie directed by Gillo Pontecorvo United States Algiers, New Orleans , Louisiana, United States, a neighborhood Algiers Point , location on the Mississippi River in New Orleans Other Argiers, a piece of music on Mike Oldfield s 1976 compilation album, Boxed Mike Oldfield album Boxed disambig geo de Algiers ... more details
Bombardment of Algiers may refer to Bombardment of Algiers 1783 by a Spanish fleet Bombardment of Algiers 1784 by an allied Spanish, Maltese, Neapolitian, and Portuguese fleet Bombardment of Algiers 1816 by an Anglo Dutch fleet disambig fr Bombardement d Alger ... more details
Algiers Agreement may refer to Algiers Agreement 1975 , between Iraq and Iran Algiers Agreement 1979 , between Mauritania and the Polisario Front Algiers Agreement 2000 , between Eritrea and Ethiopia Algiers Accords 1981 , between the USA and Iran disambig fa ... more details
beautiful musics sic togezzer right ere See also The Battle of Algiers List of American films of 1938 ...Infobox Film name Algiers image Algiers1938.jpg image size 300 caption 1938 US Theatrical Poster producer Walter Wanger director John Cromwell director John Cromwell writer John Howard Lawson screenplay br James M. Cain additional dialogue starring Charles Boyer br Sigrid Gurie br Hedy Lamarr music Vincent Scotto br Mohamed Ygerbuchen cinematography James Wong Howe editing Otho Lovering br William H. Reynolds distributor United Artists released June 28, 1938 runtime 96 minutes country FilmUS language English language English Algiers is a 1938 Cinema of the United States American drama film drama film directed by John Cromwell director John Cromwell and starring Charles Boyer , Sigrid Gurie , and Hedy Lamarr . ref http www.tcm.com tcmdb title 19052 Algiers articles.html ref The Walter Wanger production was a remake of the successful 1937 in film 1937 Cinema of France French film P p le Moko ... and leader of the immense Casbah , or native quarter, of Algiers . French officials arrive ... Cinematography nomination James Wong Howe Adaptations to Other Media Algiers was dramatized as an hour ... movie Algiers was most Americans introduction to the picturesque alleys and souk s of the Casbah ... was heard in trailers for Algiers but not in the film itself, became an exaggerated romantic overture ... line. In 1954, the Looney Tunes cartoon The Cats Bah specifically spoofed Algiers , with the skunk ... links Commons category Algiers film imdb title id 0029855 title Algiers Internet Archive film id Algiers name Algiers Amg movie 1457 Algiers tcmdb title id 19052 Charles Boyer Gene Lockhart John Cromwell DEFAULTSORT Algiers Film Category 1938 films Category Films directed by John Cromwell Category ... in Algeria Category Films shot in Algeria Category United Artists films de Algiers Film el fr Casbah film, 1938 it Un americana nella Casbah no Algiers pt Algiers ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Raid on Algiers image File Maiale SLC.jpg 280px caption Italian manned torpedo partof the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II date 11 December 1942 place Algiers , Mediterranean Sea result Italian victory combatant1 flag United Kingdom br flag United States 1912 br flag Norway combatant2 flagcountry Kingdom of Italy commander1 commander2 flagicon Kingdom of Italy Mario Arillo strength1 Harbour defences strength2 1 submarine br 3 Human torpedo es br 10 frogmen casualties1 2 cargo ships sunk br 1 tanker damaged br 1 cargo ship damaged br 1 military transport ship damaged ref Schofield, p. 178 ref casualties2 16 captured Campaignbox Mediterranean Campaign The Raid on Algiers took place on 11 December 1942, in the Algiers harbour. The attack was carried out by Human torpedo manned torpedo es and commando frogmen from the Decima Flottiglia MAS . The raid On 4 December 1942, the Italian submarine Ambra of the Italian Regia Marina Royal Navy Regia Marina left the naval base of La Spezia , carrying three manned torpedoes and 10 commando frogmen. Air recoinnassance had discovered that the port of Algiers was crowded with Allied cargo ships, thus the Italian high command had decided to launch a combined operation involving both human torpedoes and combat swimmers carrying limpet mines . ref Borghese, p. 227 ref On the evening of 10 December, Ambra reached Algiers at a depth of convert 18 m ft abbr on . One of the swimmers was employed as scout on the surface, and he guided the submarine toward a position 2,000 mt from the southern entrance to the harbour. He spotted six steamers at 21 45, and informed the presence of targets to Ambra by phone. The other swimmers and the manned torpedoes begun to emerge at 23 45 after some delay. The observer ... ambra.htm Ambra it icon coord 36 45 36 N 3 4 44 E display title Category Battle of the Mediterranean ... the United States Category Military raids Algiers Category Frogman operations Algiers ... more details
File Old algiers 16th century.jpg thumb left The Pe n of Algiers Pe n of Algiers El Pe n de Argel refers to a small islet off the coast of Algiers , fortified by the Kingdom of Spain during the 16th century. The islet was connected to the African continent to form a seawall and the harbour of Algiers. History File Penon de Alger before destruction.jpg thumb right Spanish fortress of the Capture of Algiers 1529 Pe n de Argel in Algiers, before being destroyed by Barbarossa. Established in 1510 when the Spaniards settled on a small island in front of Algiers modern Algeria , the Pe n of Algiers enforced S lim al T m Selim bin Teumi to observe the terms of a treaty with Spain to accept a Spanish presence and to pay tribute. ref name Ring International Dictionary of Historic Places Middle East and Africa Trudy Ring p.54 http books.google.com books?id R44VRnNCzAYC&pg RA1 PA54 ref ref name Houtsma E.J. Brill s first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913 1936 by Martijn Theodoor Houtsma p.258 http books.google.com books?id zJU3AAAAIAAJ&pg PA258 ref Fortifications were built on the islet, and a garrison of 200 men was established. ref name Houtsma S lim al T m had to go to Spain to take an oath of obedience to Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand of Aragon . ref name Houtsma The islet was captured in 1529 by Hayreddin Barbarossa in the Capture of Algiers 1529 . Barbarossa dismantled the fortifications, ending the Spanish presence in the area. References Reflist coord missing Algeria DEFAULTSORT Penon Category History of Spain Category History of Algiers Category Pe n Algiers Algeria geo stub Spain hist stub es Pe n de Argel ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2007 File Blason alger.gif right The seal device seal of Algiers , the capital of Algeria , was created after the country s independence , it shows a fortress , which symbolizes the Casbah , and a boat which symbolize the Algerian fleet , vital to the country s economy in older times, as well as two lion s, which can be seen in Bab Azzoun , one of the gate s of the city. The crescent symbolizes Islam , the state religion , the feather to symbolize scientific and cultural development. The wikt sheaf sheaf of corn the main crop of the country symbolizes agriculture , while the wheel symbolizes industry Algiers is the largest industrial center of the country . Algeria stub heraldry stub Category Seals insignia Algiers Category Algiers ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Baraki nickname image skyline image flag image seal image map mapsize map caption pushpin map Algeria pushpin label position coordinates region DZ subdivision type Countries of the world Country subdivision type1 Provinces of Algeria Province subdivision name Algeria subdivision name1 Algiers Province Algiers leader title leader name area magnitude area total area land area water population as of population note population total population footnotes population metro population density timezone West Africa Time utc offset 1 timezone DST utc offset DST latd 36 latm 40 lats latNS N longd 3 longm 06 longs longEW E elevation m website footnotes Baraki is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria . Coord 36 40 N 3 06 E display title region DZ type city source GNS enwiki Algiers Province Category Suburbs of Algiers Category Populated places in Algiers Province Category Communes of Algeria Algiers geo stub ar fr Baraki lt Barakis ms Baraki, Algeria pl Baraki Algieria ro Baraki war Baraki, Alherya zh ... more details
Infobox province See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions name Algiers Province native name native name lang ar ISO 639 2 code e.g. fr for French. type Provinces of Algeria Province image skyline image alt image caption nickname image map Algeria 16 Wilaya locator map 2009.svg map alt map caption Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers image map1 map alt1 map caption1 Map of the 13 districts of Algiers latd 36 latm 42 latNS N longd 3 longm 13 longEW E coor pinpoint coordinates type region DZ 16 type adm1st coordinates display inline,title coordinates footnotes subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name flag Algeria established title Founded established date seat type Capital political Capital seat Algiers government footnotes leader ... 57 website http www.example.com example.com footnotes Algiers lang ar Wil ya Al az ir is a provinces of Algeria province wilaya in Algeria , named after its capital, Algiers , which ... d partement of Algiers and has a population of about 3 million. Administrative divisions Algiers ... Rou ba Image DZ 16 Districts.svg thumb 180px The 13 districts of Algiers province Communes The communes, listed alphabetically, are div col Alger Centre A n B nian, Algiers A n B nian A n Taya Ain Taya ... H raoua Hammamet, Algiers Hammamet Hussein Dey, Algeria Hussein Dey Hydra, Algeria Hydra Khra cia Kouba, Algeria Kouba Les Eucalyptus Mahelma Mohamed Belouizdad Mohammedia Algiers Province Mohammedia ... Algiers Province Provinces of Algeria Category Algiers Province Category Provinces of Algeria ... de Alxer ko it Provincia di Algeri ka sw Jimbo ya Algiers lt Al yro vilaja ms Wilayah Algiers nl Algiers provincie no Alger provins pnb pl Prowincja Algier pt Argel prov ncia ro Provincia Alger ru sco Algiers Province simple Algiers Province sv Alger provins tg tr Cezayir Vilayeti ur vi Algiers t nh war Algiers ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2012 Infobox NRHP name Algiers Point nrhp type hd image algierspt1888.png caption ... accessdate November 14, 2011 ref Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In Pilotage river pilotage , Algiers Point is simply one of the many wiktionary ..., the name Algiers Point has also referred to the neighborhood in the immediate vicinity of that point. Navigational point Image Mississipi River New Orleans.JPG thumb right Rounding Algiers Point br A downbound ship and other vessels on the Lower Mississippi River, with Algiers Point to the right ... historically been, called Algiers Point. Just off this point is where the Mississippi River is at its ... States Coast Guard U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation, Algiers Point Light 95, marks the point. ref ... Algiers Point. Licensed Pilotage pilots were enlisted to man a tower atop the Francis T. Nicholls ... within the larger Algiers, New Orleans Algiers section of New Orleans. Image Olivieratdelaronde.JPG thumb Algiers Point houses br Late 19th century houses at the corner of Delaronde and Olivier Streets The neighborhood near the point described above came to be called Algiers Point beginning ... of the neighborhood s houses and other assets, as contrasted to other sections of Algiers, especially newer, post World War II residential areas. ref cite web title The Algiers Point Association .... The Algiers Point National Register of Historic Places National Historic District is bounded ... of the city regulated Algiers Point Historic District, as defined by the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission, is Newton Street. ref cite web title The Algiers Point Historic District work ... 4, 2006 ref Some of the houses and other structures in Algiers Point predate the American Civil War ... of structures in the area. ref cite web title Algiers Point Neighborhood Snapshot work Greater ... are located here, creating a mixed use neighborhood. ref cite web title Algiers Point Information ... more details
ref improve date August 2011 Infobox University name University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda native name latin name image Image Algieruniversity.jpg Seal of the University of Algiers motto established 1909 type Public endowment staff faculty president Tahar Hadjar provost principal rector chancellor vice chancellor dean head label head students 100,827 undergrad postgrad doctoral city Algiers state country Algeria campus free label free colors colours mascot nickname affiliations website http www.univ alger.dz The University of Algiers Benyoucef Ben Khedda Benyoucef Benkhedda Arabic language Arabic big big is a university located in Algiers , Algeria . It was founded in 1909 and is organized into seven faculties. History The University of Algiers, the first Algerian university was established in 1909 under the Law of 30 December, 1909 . This creation, however was the result of a series of stages in academic activity, marked in particular by the Law of 1879 establishing four specialized schools medicine , pharmacy , sciences , literature letters , and law . THIS TELLS THE READER NOTHING.........After independence, while pursuing its teaching mission, it also went through a number of changes involving its organization, structuring, and orientation in terms of pedagogy and research. Library The library holds 800,000 volumes. ref http www.nationsencyclopedia.com Africa Algeria LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS.html Algeria Libraries and museums ref Organization The university has seven faculties Faculty of Political Sciences and Information Faculty of Humanities Human and Social Sciences Faculty of Economics and Management Science ... alger.dz University of Algiers Website ar icon en icon fr icon http www.fac islamique alger.dz Faculty of Islamic Sciences ar icon UNIMED coord missing Algeria Category Algiers Algeria Category Educational ... University of Algiers ar fr Universit d Alger nl Universiteit van Algiers ... more details
Multiple issues orphan September 2010 refimprove June 2007 Infobox university name AES Algiers national high school br ENSSEA d Alger image name established 1970 type Public university Public president Ahmad Zekane provost Khaled Ben Azzouz city flagicon Algeria Algiers country Algeria students 5000 2009 10 website Under construction AES Algiers is the National High School of Applied Economy and Statistics of Algiers French language French ENSSEA d Alger Arabic , a public, independent institution of higher education in Algeria . It was founded as institute of planning technics in 1970. The school is among the few institutions in the field of statistics and applied economics in Africa . It ensures the best programs of Statistics, Finance and Economy in Algeria. History In 1970, governmental decree N 7 109 gave the green light to establish the Institute of Planning Technics IPT in order to form trained economists to the development of national plans for development in the field of economic analysis and technics. The institute was renamed the Institute of Planning Technics and Applied Economy IPTAE in 1972 and the National Institute of Planning and Statistics NIPS in 1983. SORRY, MAKES NO SENSE.........Under the NIPS name, alumni were divided to engineers of planning and engineers of statistics. By 2008 the National Institute of Planning and Statistics NIPS became National High School of Applied Economy and Statistics of Algiers AES Algiers National High School class wikitable List of AES Algiers ex names width 150 Name width 150 Period width 150 French width 200 Arabic IPT IPTAE NIPS AES Algiers 1970 1972 1972 1983 1983 2008 2008 today ITP ITPEA INPS ENSSEA d Alger ... ALGIERS?....The preparatory school is a two year curriculum , acting as a prep course with the main ... AES Algiers offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Undergraduate There are two cycles, first ... more details
The Algiers Observatory was built in the late nineteenth century in the Algiers suburb of Bouzar ah . It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between 2 and 4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911. At the tail end of that time, the director of the installation was Fran ois Gonnessiat . Astronomers Astronomers who worked at the observatory include Alfred Schmitt Louis Boyer astronomer Louis Boyer Odette Bancilhon Benjamin Jekhowsky Fr d ric Sy Joanny Philippe Lagrula External links fr http www.craag.dz CRAAG official website observatory stub coord 36.798 N 3.031 E format dms display title Category Buildings and structures in Algiers Category Astronomical observatories in Algeria Category 19th century architecture de Centre de recherche en astronomie, astrophysique et g ophysique es Centro de Investigaci n en Astronom a, Astrof sica y Geof sica de Argel eu Aljerreko behatokia fr Centre de recherche en astronomie, astrophysique et g ophysique ru zh ... more details
Algiers is a village center in the New England town town of Guilford, Vermont Guilford , Vermont , United States . ref http www.rpc.windham.vt.us gis data guilford index.htm GIS Data for Guilford, Vermont , Windham Regional Commission GIS, 2007 04 22. Accessed 2007 12 15. ref History unreferenced section date December 2007 Algiers was first known as East Guilford. The first known buildings built were the Tracy House in 1789, the Broad Brook Grange in 1791, the Broad Brook House in 1816, and the Christ Church in 1817. The village was named by Brattleboro, Vermont Brattleboro residents who played a group of people from East Guilford in cribbage every Wednesday. They named them Algeria n Pirates and the name stayed. In 1823, the Tontine Building was built with apartments and retail space. Sometime in the 1790s, the first grist mill in town was built in Algiers. The Christ Church was the first Episcopal church in Vermont. The Guilford Congregational Church was built in Algiers in 1854. The first schoolhouse in Algiers, built in the 1790s, was converted into a barn, and later burned down. The second schoolhouse, built in the 1820s, burned down from an over heated woodstove in 1853. In 1854, the third schoolhouse was built, and was abandoned in 1955 when the Guilford Central School was built, and has since been used as commercial space for local businesses. In 1949, the Congregational Church suffered a fire this, along with several other fires in the preceding fifteen years, one of which was fatal, spurred the formation of the Broad Brook Fire Control in Algiers later that year. Two weeks later, it became the Guilford Volunteer fire department Volunteer Fire Department . The fire station was in the Broad Brook Garage in 1950, then on Guilford Center Road, near Buck Hill Drive ... way for the new station. Algiers was incorporated by the State of Vermont as a village in 2005. Algiers is now undergoing a large rehabilitation project that will build a new apartment complex, a new ... more details
Infobox Public transit name Algiers Metro br image Metroalger.png imagesize 100px image2 Metro Alger Alg rie Capital05.jpg imagesize2 240px locale AlgiersAlgiers, Algeria transit type Rapid transit system length convert 9.2 km abbr on began operation November 2011 ref name railgaz lines 1 stations 10 ridership track gauge operator http www.metroalger dz.com EMA The Algiers Metro in lang ar in Algiers , Algeria , is a transport project dating from the 1970s that was designed to address the need for mass transport caused by the city s growth. Formally launched in the 1980s, the project slowed down due to financial difficulties and security issues in the 1990s ... cutting opening ceremony on October 31, 2011. ref name rfi The Algiers Metro opened to passengers ... During the 1970s, the promoters of the Algiers rapid transit subway project envisioned a convert ..., with only four stations constructed in 15 years. Moreover, the Algiers soil is difficult to dig ... of Algiers Company EMA invited international companies to participate in a tender offering, resulting ... stations, connecting Ha el Badr Bourouba to Tafourah Large Post office Algiers Center . The section ... in November 2007. The first car must arrive to Algiers before December 2007. Extensions File Algermetroplan.jpg thumb Extension of the Algiers Metro Invitations to tender were launched for the realization ... www.metroalger dz.com Algiers Metro https www.swe.siemens.com france web en sts projects africa Pages alger.aspx Siemens Transportation Systems Algiers Metro http www.subways.net algeria algiers.htm Subways.net Algiers Metro Category Rapid transit in Algeria Category Underground rapid transit in Algeria Category Electric railways Category Transport in Algiers Category Rail transport in Algeria Category Siemens Transportation Systems projects Category Proposed public transport Category Algiers Metro ... di Algeri nl Metro van Algiers ja pl Metro w Algierze pt Metr de Argel ru ... more details
Infobox saint name Saint Serapion of Algiers birth date 1179 death date November 14, 1240 feast day November 14 venerated in Roman Catholic Church image Francisco de Zurbar n 026.jpg imagesize 250px caption Saint Serapion Zurbar n The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion by Francisco de Zurbar n . birth place Ireland death place Algiers titles Martyr beatified date beatified place beatified by canonized date canonized place canonized by attributes patronage major shrine suppressed date issues Saint Serapion of Algiers 1179 November 14, 1240 was a Mercedarian friar who is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church , and as a proto martyr by the Mercedarian Order. ref http www.angelfire.com planet avemaria mercy serapion.html ref According to tradition, he was born either in Ireland or England ref Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor s Encyclopedia of Saints Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2003 , 743. ref and served in the armies of Richard the Lion Heart and Leopold VI during the Crusades . ref http www.orderofmercy.org Saints.htm stserapion ref He then participated in the Reconquista , serving in the army of Alfonso VIII . ref http www.orderofmercy.org Saints.htm stserapion ref He met St. Peter Nolasco and became a Mercedarian in 1222. ref http www.orderofmercy.org Saints.htm stserapion ref The Mercedarians goal was to free Christian captives held by Muslim states, and Serapion offered himself as a hostage at Algiers in exchange for some Christian captives. When the ransom money did not arrive in time or because he refused to stop preaching Christianity , ref Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor s Encyclopedia of Saints Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2003 , 743. ref Serapion was killed. According to Christian tradition ... biografi salger.htm Den hellige Serapion av Alger 1179 1240 Persondata name Serapion Of Algiers ... 14, 1240 place of death Algiers DEFAULTSORT Serapion Of Algiers Category Christian martyrs of the Middle ... more details
Infobox Public transit name Algiers tramway image Tamway algiers.svg imagesize 145 locale Algiers , Algeria transit type Tram began operation May 8, 2011 system length convert 16 km mi 1 abbr on lines 1 stations 29 ridership track gauge RailGauge 1435 al no lk no operator ETUSA map File Metro, suburban train and tramway map of Algiers.png 250px The Algiers tramway In Arabic is a tram system which was partially put into service on May 8, 2011 in the Algeria n capital Algiers . ref fr cite web url http www.lefinancier dz.com index.php?news 3815 title Tramway d Alger Inauguration du 1er tron on devant un parterre de responsables publisher Le Financier date 2011 05 08 accessdate 2011 05 10 ref The opened section has a length of convert 8 km mi 1 abbr on and 13 stops and is operated by ETUSA, the public transport operator of the Algiers metropolitan area, with Alstom Citadis trams. An extension to a total length of convert 23.2 km mi 1 abbr on kilometers is currently under construction. Technical and aesthetic characteristics File Tramway Alger.jpg left thumb 240px The future tramway must carry between 150,000 and 185,000 people a day, this mode airy and open the city offers a carrying capacity of 6,800 passengers per hour direction with a capacity of 400 persons per train. The light rail trains will be equipped with Alstom Citadis , second generation Type 302. EMA has ordered 41 trains. The first train was delivered March 28, 2009. ref fr http www.echoroukonline.com fra economie 3927 alstom livre la premiere rame citadis a alger.html Alstom livre la premi re rame Citadis Alger . Echo Rouk online, 03 2009. ref Their design aesthetic was conducted by the agency RCP Design Global for the general concept, tissues and indoor environments, but also for the outer ... maquette du Citadis arrive Alger . Le Rail Maghreb, 11 2007. ref See also Algiers Metro List of town ... in Algeria Category Transport in Algiers ar de Stra enbahn Algier fr Tramway ... more details
For other agreements forged in AlgiersAlgiers Agreement disambiguation Campaign name Iran hostage crisis Iran Hostage Crisis raw name Campaignbox Iran Hostage Crisis battles Canadian Caper wrap Operation Eagle Claw Eagle Claw wrap United States support for Iraq during the Iran Iraq war Iraq wrap Operation Credible Sport Credible Sport wrap Algiers The Algiers Accords of January 19, 1981, were brokered by the Algeria n government between the United States and Iran to resolve the Iran hostage crisis . ref name christopher obitu The crisis arose from the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, and the taking hostage of the American staff there. By this accord the 52 American citizens were set free and able to leave Iran. Among its chief provisions are ref Per the full text of the Accords found in the file in the References section ref The US would not intervene politically or militarily in Iranian internal affairs The US would remove a freeze on Iranian assets and trade sanctions on Iran Both countries would end litigation between their respective governments and citizens referring them to international arbitration, namely the Iran United States Claims Tribunal . The US would ensure that US court decisions regarding the transfer of any property of the former Shah would be independent from sovereign immunity principles and would be enforced Iranian debts to US institutions would be paid The US chief negotiator was United States Deputy Secretary of State Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher , ref name christopher obitu cite news last Barnes first Bart title Former secretary of state Warren Christopher dies at 85 url http www.washingtonpost.com local obituaries former secretary of state warren christopher dies at 85 2010 09 21 ABCPk6t story.html ... Jimmy Carter ref Notes reflist References http www.parstimes.com history algiers accords.pdf Full ... Treaties of the United States Category History of Algiers Category 1981 in the United States Category ... more details
Infobox Film name Pursuit to Algiers image Pursuit to Algiers 1945 poster.jpg image size 300 caption 1946 US Theatrical Poster director Roy William Neill producer Howard Benedict writer Screenplay br Leonard Lee br Based on br Sir Arthur Conan Doyle narrator starring Basil Rathbone br Nigel Bruce music Edgar Fairchild cinematography Paul Ivano editing Saul A. Goodkind distributor Universal Studios released film date 1945 10 26 runtime 65 mins. country Film US language English budget gross File Pursuit to algiers.JPG thumb 150px Home video DVD cover Pursuit to Algiers 1945 is the twelfth film in the Rathbone Bruce Sherlock Holmes Films Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes movies. The film takes some characters and events from The Adventure of the Red Circle . Elements in the story pay homage to an otherwise unrecorded affair mentioned by Watson at the beginning of The Adventure of the Norwood Builder , notably the steamship Friesland . Plot About to leave London for a much needed vacation, Holmes and Watson receive a cryptic invitation. Intrigued, Holmes accepts and is met by the prime minister of the fictional country of Rovinia, who begs him to escort Prince Nikolas home. It turns out that his father has been assassinated, and Nikolas is the heir. Holmes agrees. Arrangements have already been made for an airplane. When it develops problems, a smaller replacement only has room for the prince and Holmes, leaving Watson behind. When Watson protests, Holmes suggests he follow on a passenger ship bound for Algiers . On the voyage, Watson reads that the airplane has crashed in the Pyrenees and that it is unlikely that there are any survivors. Fortunately, Holmes has an aversion of plans made by others and is aboard the ship with Nikolas. He instructs Watson to introduce ... the prince when they dock at Algiers, only for Holmes to reveal that the prince was a decoy the real ... Mission fr Mission Alger nl Pursuit to Algiers pt Pursuit to Algiers ru ... more details
Infobox film name South of Algiers image Southofalgiers.jpg caption U.S. poster director Jack Lee film director Jack Lee producer Aubrey Baring br Maxwell Setton writer Robert Westerby starring Van Heflin br Wanda Hendrix br Eric Portman cinematography Oswald Morris music distributor Associated British Path released 17 March 1953 UK br 1 March 1954 U.S. runtime 88 minutes country UK language English language English South of Algiers U.S. The Golden Mask is a 1953 in film 1953 British adventure film, directed by Jack Lee film director Jack Lee and starring Van Heflin , Wanda Hendrix and Eric Portman . It is based on an original screenplay by Robert Westerby , and was partly filmed on location in Algeria . Plot Doctor Burnet Portman , a scholar of ancient history at the British Museum , is obsessed with finding the legendary and priceless Golden Mask of Moloch, believed to be buried in the lost tomb of a Roman general somewhere in the Algerian desert. He plans his latest expedition of discovery, but lacks funds to pay for an archaeologist to accompany him. He learns from the museum curator that Nicholas Chapman Heflin , an American author of popular archaeology books, is eager to go along and work without pay, on the understanding that he will be able to publish his experiences in magazine articles and book form. Burnet is dubious of Chapman s expertise and good faith, but finally agrees to let him join the party. Unknown to them, Burnet and Chapman are accompanied on their flight to Algiers by unscrupulous fortune hunter Petris Charles Goldner and his sidekick Kress Jacques ... reasons. On arrival in Algiers, Burnet meets up with his daughter Anne Hendrix and her boyfriend ... as Hassan Alec Mango as Mahmoud External links imdb title 0046349 South of Algiers http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift title 51677 South of Algiers at BFI Film & TV Database amg movie id 1 93511 DEFAULTSORT South of Algiers Category British films Category 1953 films Category 1950s adventure films Category ... more details
Infobox film name Tomorrow, Algiers? Demain, Alger? image caption director Amin Sidi Boum di ne producer Thala Films Production writer starring Nabil Asli, Houssam Herzallah, Amine Mensteur, Mehdi Ramdani, Mohamed Guechoud, Aida Guechoud distributor released film date 2011 runtime 20 minutes country film Algeria language Arab budget gross screenplay Amin Sidi Boum di ne cinematography editing Amin Sidi Boum di ne music Amin Sidi Boum di ne Tomorrow, Algiers? is a 2011 Algerian film directed by Amin Sidi Boum di ne. ref imdb title id 2005195 title Demain, Alger? ref ref cite web url http www.zagrebfilmfestival.com index en.php?page d0&iz fpf&fid 2553 title Tomorrow, Algiers? Demain, Alger? publisher Zagreb Film Festival accessdate 22 March 2012 ref ref cite book title International Film Guide 2012 first Ian Hayden last Smith year 2012 isbn 978 1908215017 page 56 accessdate 6 April 2012 ref Plot Four young Algerians faced with a choice which one way or another will mark their lives forever leave for Europe or protest in the streets. One of them will leave for Europe, he knows that he is leaving his country, perhaps for good, and will not see his friends again the others will join the protests. It looks like last year s Arab revolutions, but in fact the film refers to the eve of another great popular uprising, the one in Algeria in 1992. ref RefFCAAAL 846 22th ref Awards Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2011 References reflist Category 2011 films Category Algerian films Category Short films Algeria film stub ... more details
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