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Algerian teachers, students protest against President Bouteflika
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Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika drops fifth term bid
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Algeria judges refuse to oversee vote if Bouteflika participates
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Large crowds are gathering in the Algerian capital, Algiers, for yet another protest against four-term President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Thousands of Algerians protest, demand President Bouteflika’s exit
Thousands of Algerians took part in renewed protests in the capital and other cities on Tuesday, calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down and rejecting his offer to not serve a full term after elections in April.
Algeria leader vows to quit early if re-elected
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Algerians protest Bouteflika bid for fifth term as deadline looms
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Algerian students protest fifth term for President Bouteflika
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Protester dies in anti-government march in Algerian capital
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Dozen journalists arrested at Algiers censorship protest
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Algeria students demonstrate against 5th term for President Bouteflika
Thousands of students on Tuesday joined a growing protest movement in Algeria against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term, with rallies in and around the capital and other cities.
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Hundreds of demonstrators, in defiance of a ban of protests, rallied in the Algerian capital against a bid by ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fifth term in office.
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