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Algeria's Bouteflika says health won't prevent re-election bid, vows reforms


    ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said in a letter published on Saturday his current health would not prevent him from running for re-election and promised constitutional reforms if he wins the April 17 ballot.

    In the letter released by APS state news agency, Bouteflika, who has rarely spoken in public since suffering a stroke last year, gave the most detailed remarks about his intentions since registering his candidacy this month.

    (Reporting by Patrick Markey and Lamine Chikhi; Editing by Eric Walsh)