Is Algeria on the cusp of freedom, or does Bouteflika have one last play?

President's promise of 'deep reforms' has calmed protests but may not be the end of the crisis In the first line of Abdulaziz Bouteflika's letter to the nation on Monday night, the Algerian president said the country was living through a sensitive stage of its history. On this, at least he and his compatriots are agreed. The 82-year-old politician, who has had a series of strokes that have left him in poor health, has been in power since 1999. The announcement that he would not be seeking a furt...