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Algerian president in France for medical tests

Published April 28, 2013 Updated April 28, 2013 06:36am

ALGIERS: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to France for further medical tests, Algeria's official news agency, APS, said.

The news agency said late on Saturday that Bouteflika was in Paris at the recommendation of his doctors. The 76-year-old president was hospitalised on Saturday after a minor stroke.