The women's Olympic volleyball team cheer after a training

The women's Olympic volleyball team cheer after a training in Algiers March 17, 2008. The Beijing Olympics marks a modest recovery for women's sport in Algeria, where female athletes were once reviled by religious conservatives. The nation's female volleyball players show just how far things could change: All Africa Games champions, they are on their way to Beijing, the first time an Algerian women's volleyball team has competed in the world's greatest sporting event. Picture taken March 17, 2008.
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