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Algeria bans soccer matches during parliamentary elections

Algeria bans soccer matches during parliamentary elections

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Feb 29, 2012
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By James M. Dorsey

Fears that anti-government protests in Algerian soccer stadiums and provincial towns could again spill into the streets of the capital Algiers have prompted the government to ban matches in early May when Algerians go to the polls.

The ban follows failed efforts by the government to persuade soccer officials to speed up this season’s pr…

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