Abdelaziz Bouteflika took more than 90 per cent of the votes as he cruised to a third consecutive term as Algerian president, official results showed today. Mr Bouteflika, 72, who changed the former French colony's constitution to allow himself a third run at the presidency, won with 90.24 per cent of votes cast in the oil-rich north African nation, the interior minister Yazid Zerhouni announced. Turnout was just below 75 per cent, Mr Zerhouni added.
*AFP
