Skikda, Algeria - Peoples democratic Republic of
ALGERIAN PRESIDENT AND ENERGY MINISTER TOUR PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX FOLLOWING EXPLOSION IN ALGERIA.
Algerian president Abdelazziz Bouteflika (L) and Energy Minister Chakib Khelil tour the grounds of the vast petrochemical complex in the port city of Skikda January 20, 2004, following a huge explosion on Monday evening. Rescue workers searched through rubble for missing workers at Algeria's largest refinery and export port on Tuesday after a blast at a nearby liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant killed at least 23 people, including one French and one Turkish worker, officials said. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra ZB/CRB