Topic: Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika

How Syria and other countries use emergency rule to quash dissent

The concept of emergency rule has been at the forefront of much of the Mideast unrest. Meant to help a country in times of danger, emergency law has sometimes been turned into a political tool.

Countries in the Middle East where the 'winds of change' are blowing

Those who said that 'winds of change' were blowing through the Middle East were right. The past two months have seen a series of stunning political shifts across the region and are now reverberating along the North African coast, through the Gulf, and up into the Levant. Here is a look at where those 'winds of change' are taking us.

In Algeria, police flood streets to prevent Egypt-style revolution

Egypt's revolutionary fervor has spread to Algeria, but protesters calling for the government's ouster were outnumbered three to one by police on Saturday.

Nine countries in the Middle East where 'winds of change' are blowing

Those who said that 'winds of change' were blowing through the Middle East were right. As Egyptians' cries, first of anger and now of jubilation, beam into living rooms throughout the Middle East, here is a look at where those 'winds of change' are taking us.

Young Algerians, struggling to find opportunities, look to Europe for a better future

President Bouteflika is pledging $150 billion to create jobs. Algerian young people – an estimated 70 percent of whom can't find work – are getting impatient.

In Algeria, an abyss between truth and reconciliation

Citizens whose relatives mysteriously disappeared during the 1990s civil war want facts. The government has offered compensation, but focused on forgetting the past.

In Algeria, Bouteflika's opponents challenge his landslide win

Amid the whites, oranges, and purples of his flower garden, Mohamed Tiarti's wilting hope for political change mirrors the sentiment of many Algerians.

Poll results: Algeria's Bouteflika wins a third term

The government claimed extraordinarily high voter turnout, although polling stations were largely empty Thursday.

Despite fraud claims, Algeria's leader likely to be reelected today

President Bouteflika's quest for a third term is prompting concerns that he is poised to become North Africa's newest strongman.

The West should focus on North Africa

Making the Maghreb a development partner would promote human rights and reform.

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A French plan for Mediterranean unity

President Sarkozy's launches his project Sunday of building a 44-state union in the region.