Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, center, dances near young children wearing

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, center, dances near young children wearing traditional costumes as he campaigns for the upcoming presidential elections in the wilaya of Ouargla, some 800 kilometers (497 miles) south of Algiers, Tuesday March 24, 2009. Campaigning for Algeria's April 9 presidential election officially began Thursday March 19 with incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, running for a third five-year term, widely considered a shoo-in. Other candidates are nationalists Moussa Touati of the Algerian National Front and Fawzi Rebaine, from a movement known as AHD54.