Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika poses before dancers from the
ballet of the cultural center of Wilaya, following their performance,
March, 14, 2002. He was on a visit to the Mostaganem region some 350
kilometers west of Algiers. Bouteflika announced yesterday that the
regional language of the non-Arab Berber people would be officialised
in Algeria. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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