Algeria's ailing president in Paris hospital for 'routine' checkup, his office says
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Algeria's presidency says the country's ailing president has been in a Paris military hospital since Monday for a routine checkup and his condition is improving.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a stroke in April and was hospitalized for four months in Paris' Val-de-Grace hospital. He has seemed visibly weak in rare television appearances since then.
Tuesday's statement, carried by the official news agency, said it was a routine appointment made in June and he would remain at the hospital until Friday.
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Algeria will hold presidential elections in just three months and Bouteflika has yet to announce whether he will run for a fourth term.
Oil-rich Algeria is a key partner in the fight against terrorism and possesses on the region's most powerful militaries.