U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, briefs the

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, briefs the press following her meeting with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, right, in Algiers, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Rice's three-day visit to North Africa, including Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, is her first as Secretary of State in this region of increasing strategic importance in terms of oil resources, emigration and fighting terrorism.
AP Photo by OUAHAB HEBBAT