HASSI MESSAOUD, Algeria (Reuters) - Algeria's biggest union urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday to seek a fifth term in office in a further sign that the veteran leader will run in next year's elections in the North African oil producer.
"I will deliver the request for a fifth term to Bouteflika's interior minister so he can hand it to him," Sidi Said, secretary general of the Union Generale des Travailleurs Algériens (UGTA), told a gathering of more than 2,000 workers.
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