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ALGER, Algeria – 2,000 students, doctors, dentists and veterinarians marched in the Algerian capital to ask President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down.
Protesters dressed in white coats and stethoscopes paraded Tuesday in front of Algiers central hospital chanting slogans: "You have ruined Algeria – you must leave" and "a free and democratic Algeria" "
The protesters urged Bouteflika, unpopular, to resign at the end of his technical term in April.
Last week, the 82-year-old troubled president declared that he would not run for a fifth term, but he also postponed indefinitely the scheduled elections, which critics described as a desperate To hang on to power.
Bouteflika announced Monday that a "national conference" on a new election date and that a new constitution for the country that would take "decisive decisions" would be held soon.
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