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Boualem Benhaoua, the owner of the shop, played an important role in promoting Rai stars including Cheb Khaled - often dubbed the king of Rai - and Cheb Hasni, a youth icon of the 1990s who was killed by Islamic militants opposed to his sentimental songs.

The government's ban on movement affects three areas where infections are especially high: Cheb and Sokolov along the German border as well as the Trutnov district on the Polish border.

Health Minister Jan Blatny says the measure will become effective Friday for two counties in western Czech Republic on the German border - Cheb and Sokolov - and another in the northern part of the country - Trutnov - on the border with Poland.

US hip hop artist Nelly and Algerian singer Cheb Khaled are scheduled to perform a concert in Jeddah on 14 December.

In the year 2000, Sting was having trouble selling his Brand New Day album, while radio stations were shunning its second single Desert Rose, a duet with Algerian rai music artist Cheb Mami.