ALGIERS, Algeria, February 25, 2008 (ENS) – One of the largest seawater desalination plants in the world was officially opened in Algiers on Sunday by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and a senior executive of the U.S.-based General Electric Company, which built and will operate the plant. The new $250 million facility will supply the drought-stricken, thirsty millions of residents of this capital city by the sea.
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