Arab leaders cable condolences to Algerian President on floods victims

Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika on Saturday evening received telephone calls from President Bashar al-Assad,, President Ali Abdullah saleh of Yemen, Libyan President col. Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi, and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan in which the Arab leaders expressed their condolences on the catastrophe which hit Algeria as a result of the heavy rainfall on Saturday.

The Arab leaders also expressed their heart- felt commiseration over that heavy losses inflicted by this storm on Algiers and other towns in various Algerian provinces.