SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS

Bouteflika, who has been president since April 1999 and whose current term expires in March, hasn't announced whether he will seek another term, which would require changing Algeria's constitution to allow a third term, Med Basin Newsline reported Wednesday.

Because many think Bouteflika, 71, will indeed move to remain in office, the scheduled April 2009 presidential elections haven't drawn many potential opponents. Only one, Moussa Touati, leader of the newly created National Algerian Front, has filed candidacy papers.

Unnamed political sources told Med Basin Newsline that Bouteflika may move to alter the constitution to allow for seven-year, rather than the current five-year terms for the presidency, which would postpone elections until 2011.

The president's party, the ruling National Liberation Front, has announced its support for a third term for Bouteflika and constitutional reform.

 BREAKING STORIES

Algeria, Argentina sign nuke energy pact

Sources: Libya limiting talk about unrest

Libya questions December oil cuts

Tunisia releases noted political prisoners

Unrest, protests rock southern Libya

Report: Gadhafi offers Russia navy base

EU, N. Africa engaging in naval exercise

Study: Orange peel cleans dirty water

Medical charity disputes Niger accuations

Russian ships leave Libya, head west

Libya blocks oil shipments to Switzerland

Russian ships head for Syria, Caribbean

Algeria's Bouteflika silent on third term

Militants call cease-fire in Niger Delta

Eni S.p.A. acquires First Calgary stock

Morocco herds threatened, U.N. agency says

31 miners killed in Burkina Faso landslide

Libyan prime minister visits Russia

Khalil: Lower oil prices due to diplomacy

Spain: Decision on tunnel proposal near