Algerian Parliament and Council of Nation members vote 'yes' for controversial constitutional amendments during a special session on November 12 2008...
{"Image ImageDescription": "Algerian Parliament and Council of Nation members vote \"yes\" for controversial constitutional amendments during a special session on November 12, 2008. Algeria's parliament approved controversial constitutional amendments on November 12 which will allow veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to serve a third term. A combined total of 500 members of the upper and lower houses of parliament approved the amendments to the former French colony's constitution while only 21 voted against. There were eight abstentions.             AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2008 AFP"}