Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (C) shakes hands with supporters during

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (C) shakes hands with supporters during an election campaign rally on March 27, 2009 in Tizi-Ouzou, 100 km east of Algiers. Bouteflika thanked citizens of Tizi Ouzou, the main Berber city in northeast Algeria, for turning out in large numbers to see him, as in other towns he visited in a region where the Algiers government is unpopular.