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President Abdelaziz Bouteflika basks in the glow of an unprecedented visit from French President Jacques Chirac, welcomed as a hero on 2-4 March after his standoff with the United States over Iraq. Meanwhile, Boutef's friend and high-profile Energy and Mines Minister, Chakib Khelil, looked a lame duck, even as one of Chirac's blue-chip business companions, TotalFinaElf boss Thierry Desmarest, said he might invest up to US$1 billion in Algeria....

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Keywords:

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, French, Jacques Chirac, United States, Iraq, Chakib Khelil, Thierry Desmarest, Mohammed Sidi Saïd, Mohamed Lakhdar Badreddine, Ali Benflis, Sonatrach, Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens, Front de Libération Nationale

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