Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, center, speaks at the Supreme

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, center, speaks at the Supreme Court in Algiers, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Algeria's president, 72, who led his oil-rich and gas-rich North African nation out of a bloody Islamic insurgency, started clearing the way Wednesday to give himself a third term in office, announcing plans to abolish limits that would have prevented his re-election.
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