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algiers
WASHINGTON'S TELECOM TARGETS
   Through its Trade Development Agency (TDA), which finances feasibility studies on projects that could boost American exports, Washington is closely targeting Algeria's telecoms market.  (...)  [105 words]   [$2,1]
OIL WINDFALL FOR 1999
   Sonatrach exported oil products worth $12.8 billion in 1999, a 28% rise over the 1998 figure, and its revenue jumped by no less than 38%.  (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
WASHINGTON TRIP FOR MOHAMED VI
   After a quickly-dropped plan for Bill Clinton to visit Rabat last October, the U.  (...)  [158 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCAN SARDINES GET BOOST FROM JAPAN
   Morocco intends to buy a vessel from Japan crammed with high-tech gear next March to assess the country's reserves in sardines and their breeding patterns.  (...)  [94 words]   [$2,1]
NO MORE SUSHI
   The only Japanese restaurant in Rabat has had to close its doors.  (...)  [83 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
BEN ALI LISBON-BOUND
   In the midst of a diplomatic chill with France, which will assume the rotating presidency of the European Union on July 1, Tunisian president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali will visit Lisbon on May 9-10.  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA YEAR AT AFD
   Tunisia led the pack among countries receiving development loans from Agence Francaise de Developpement in 1999.  (...)  [160 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
UNDER FIRE
   Ronald Neuman, U.S. deputy assistant secretary for North Africa, came up for a grilling during a hearing on American policy regarding Libya before the U.  (...)  [159 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
TUNISIA
MABROUK
   MABROUK in Tunisia has acquired a 54.4% holding in Le Moteur, a local firm holding a franchise on sales of Italian vehicles and earth-moving equipment, in a stock market operation.  (...)  [121 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
NOVITEC
   NOVITEC, a Franco-Italian company, has plans to invest $50 million in Morocco's shipbuilding industry, and particularly in the construction of coastal fishing vessels.  (...)  [32 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
EXIMBANK
   EXIMBANK in the U.S. has approved a loan ranging from between $700 million and $1.  (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/FRANCE
SOCIETE GENERALE
   SOCIETE GENERALE (SG) and the Sonatrach group signed an agreement providing for a loan of nearly $80 million to finance oil projects and services.  (...)  [34 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
WAFA GROUP
   WAFA GROUP, headed by Saad Kettani, has bought a 33% stake in Credit du Maroc (CDM) in a move that reportedly annoyed CDM honorary president Mohamed Karim Lamrai to an extreme.  (...)  [95 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
ALGERIA/FRANCE
JEROME MONOD
   The champions of closer ties between France and North Africa are understandably pleased with Jerome Monod's arrival at the Elysee palace as "coordinator" of political and financial support for Jacques Chirac's bid for re-election in 2002.  (...)  [171 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/TUNISIA
PATRICE MAGNIER
   The prefect of France's Loiret region, Patrice Magnier, voiced "his admiration for Tunisia's success on every level, which deserves to be better known in France" during a gathering at the Loiret chamber of commerce and industry that was chaired by Fethi Merdassi, Tunisian minister for international cooperation and foreign investment.  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
CHARLES STEVENSON ABBOT
   For the first time, admiral Charles Stevenson Abbot, deputy commander in chief of U.  (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]

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