Al-Ahram Weekly 23 - 29 September 1999 Issue No. 448
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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Bouteflika Bouteflika triumphs this week. His gamble has paid off, and may result in the dawning of a new age. This possibility of rebirth brings spring to mind, although it is September; I gave him a thick, flowery moustache, almost shrub-like in its abundance, and round eyes like buds about to burst into bloom. By George Bahgory

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