Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen at the presidential palace in Algiers in this December 11, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi/Files
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika signed a decree on Friday authorizing a formal start to campaigning for the April 17 presidential election in the major oil- and gas-producing OPEC country.
Reported by the official news agency APS, the decree was Bouteflika's first public act after he returned from a hospital visit in Paris on Thursday for what state media called health check-ups following a stroke at the start of last year.
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