Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, right, meets Touareg people as

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, right, meets Touareg people as he visits 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