Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (C) dances with children wearing traditional
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (C) dances with children wearing traditional clothes as he campaigns for the forthcoming presidential election in Ouargla, about 800 km (500 miles) southeast of Algiers, March ...

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (L) greets a local leader as
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (L) greets a local leader as he campaigns for the forthcoming presidential election in Ouargla, about 800 km (500 miles) southeast of Algiers, March 24, 2009. ...

Supporters wave the Algerian flag as Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Supporters wave the Algerian flag as Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika campaigns for the forthcoming presidential election in Ouargla, about 800 km (500 miles) southeast of Algiers, March 24, 2009. Well-known ...

A supporter, holding a poster of Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
A supporter, holding a poster of Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the Algerian flag, cheers as Bouteflika campaigns for the forthcoming presidential election in El-Oued, southeast of Algiers, March 24, ...

This Sept. 1971 file photo shows of a nuclear bomb
This Sept. 1971 file photo shows of a nuclear bomb detonated at the Mururoa atoll, French Polynesia. The French government is offering compensation to thousands of people who suffered health ...

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) poses with a girl dressed
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) poses with a girl dressed in traditional clothes as he campaigns for the forthcoming presidential election in Ouargla, about 800 km (500 miles) southeast of ...

This July 27, 1995 file photo shows the Mururoa Atoll
This July 27, 1995 file photo shows the Mururoa Atoll bases, 750 miles southeast of Tahiti, French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. The French government offered for the first time ...

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (L) shakes hands with supporters as
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (L) shakes hands with supporters as he campaigns for the forthcoming presidential election in El-Oued, southeast of Algiers, March 24, 2009. Well-known opposition figures are boycotting ...

This picture taken on June 6, 2000 shows a beach
This picture taken on June 6, 2000 shows a beach at the former French nuclear base in Mururoa, French Polynesia. France said on March 24, 2009 it will compensate 150,000 ...