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March 16, 2006 (Thursday)

• Kamal Boussaad and Berkane Bouderbala, editors of the weekly Errisala and its religious supplement Essafir, released after having been imprisoned for republishing the Jyllands-Posten cartoons. (RSF)

March 15, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Law passed against "proselytism and illegal evangelization campaigns" and attempts to convert Muslims. (APS)

March 14, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Algeria-Russia deal revealed to include monopoly rights for Russian companies including Lukoil and Gazprom to Saharan oil (RIAN)

March 13, 2006 (Monday)

• Abdelhak Layada, founder of the Armed Islamic Group, released under Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation (BBC)

March 10, 2006 (Friday)

• Algeria signs $7.5 billion arms deal with Russia's Rosoboronexport in return for $4.7 billion debt cancellation (ISN RIAN Stratfor)
• Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Algeria (Moscow Times RIAN)

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