ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian opposition parties on Tuesday criticized President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to run for a fourth term by dropping out of an election in April and calling for a boycott of a ballot they say will be unfair.
Bouteflika, the independence veteran who has ruled for 15 years, has rarely appeared in public since a stroke sent him to a Paris hospital last year, but the government said the 76-year-old will run again in the April 17 vote.
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