Cuba's President Raul Castro (L) talks to journalists as

Cuba's President Raul Castro (L) talks to journalists as his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika listens at the presidential palace in Algiers February 8, 2009. Cuban President Raul Castro began a three-day visit to Algeria on Saturday in a sign of continued warm ties with a country that Cuba helped break free of colonial rule almost half a century ago.
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