Algerian President Abelaziz Bouteflika, foreground left, closely surrounded by

Algerian President Abelaziz Bouteflika, foreground left, closely surrounded by bodyguards, waves as he walks through Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, during a visit to this remote Sahara desert town, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, as part of inspections of the country's Special South Development Program. It is Bouteflika's first inspection visit since he narrowly escaped a Sept. 6, 2007 bomb attack in the eastern city of Batna that killed at least 22 people waiting to see him.
AP Photo by OUAHAB HEBBAT