ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian opposition parties rallied several thousand supporters on Friday to call for a boycott of next month's election and to reject President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's run for another term after 15 years in power.
Bouteflika, the 77-year-old veteran of Algeria's independence war, registered for the April 17 ballot despite suffering a stroke last year that opponents say has left him unfit to govern for another five years.
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