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World Service,12 Mar 2019,53 mins

Algerian president Bouteflika gives up seeking re-election

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Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has abandoned plans to seek another term in office. The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has urged MPs to back the altered Brexit deal she has negotiated with the European Union, when they vote on it later on today. Doctors say fake medicines kill an estimated 250 thousand children in poor countries, every year.

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