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algiers
BOUTEFLIKA'S FRENCH JAUNT
   Everything has been done to ensure president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's rather long state visit to France (June 13-17) is a carbon copy of that of Moroccan king Mohamed VI in March.  (...)  [404 words]   [$2,1]
MULTI-INDUSTRY AMERICAN OPERATION
   The U.S. Trade Development Agency is in the process of choosing an international expert to examine the market in Algeria and Morocco for waste management and the treatment of liquid waste.  (...)  [107 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
FRENCH EMBASSY EMBARRASSED
   Some 1,500 French teachers in Morocco and language teachers at the French embassy's cultural service are planning to stage a strike on June 19, the day set for Morocco's high school graduation exams, The teachers have been calling for a year for negotiations on their grievances concerning work conditions, a deterioration in the quality of education and the precarious nature of local contracts.  (...)  [173 words]   [$2,1]
FILALI PUTS OFF PARTIAL IAM SELL-OFF
   Privatization minister Rachid Filali has put back to September the sale of 35% of Maroc Telecom (AIM) that had initially been planned for this month.  (...)  [105 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
WASHINGTON EYES CLEAN-UP
   The U.S. administration is urging American firms to invest in Tunisian goods and services linked to the environment.  (...)  [140 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
MOROCCO
GROUPAMA
   GROUPAMA of France posted a 5.6% drop in its international revenue to Ffr11.  (...)  [39 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
AXA ASSURANCE MAROC
   AXA ASSURANCE MAROC, a new company formed out of a merger between the Compagnie Africaine d'Assurances and Axa Al Amane, has two big groups as its main shareholder:  (...)  [43 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
BANQUE MAROCAINE DU COMMERCE EXTERIEUR
   BANQUE MAROCAINE DU COMMERCE EXTERIEUR (BMCE) has acquired over 50% of Maghrebail by purchasing 121,500 shares put up for sale by the Banque Centrale Populaire, some 51,700 of them through the BMCE affiliate Interfina.  (...)  [61 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
WILLIAM PITTERS INTERNATIONAL
   WILLIAM PITTERS INTERNATIONAL, a French firm specializing in the sale of spirits, has bought the Mascara vineyards.  (...)  [38 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
KEPAK
   KEPAK, an Irish company, plans to invest nearly $3 million in meat processing and making prepared meals in Algeria.  (...)  [29 words]   [FREE]
LIBYA
NATIONAL OIL COMPANY
   NATIONAL OIL COMPANY of Libya is to issue an invitation to tender for the development of 137 oil blocks in November.  (...)  [32 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA
TUNISIE TELECOM
   TUNISIE TELECOM has issued an invitation to tender for the supply and installation of an AUDIOTEX network.  (...)  [26 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA
L'OFFICE NATIONAL DE L'ASSAINISSEMENT
   L'OFFICE NATIONAL DE L'ASSAINISSEMENT (ONAS) in Tunisia is seeking contractors to conduct a study and to build two sewage-spreading stations.  (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA/RUSSIA
PROMEXPORT
   PROMEXPORT, the Russian state-owned company, is to shortly deliver anti-missile defense systems and munitions to Libya and will repair armored vehicles under a $100 million contract.  (...)  [47 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
ALGERIA/FRANCE
YAZID ZERHOUNI
   Algerian interior minister Yazid Zerhouni came to Paris to carefully prepare the visit of his president and "friend" Abdelaziz Bouteflika with his French counterparrt, Jean-Pierre Chevenement.  (...)  [163 words]   [$2,1]
AUSTRIA/LIBYA
MOHAMED SAYEF AL ISLAM KADHAFI
   In organizing a recent meeting in Tripoli between his father and Austria's extreme right-wing leader Jorge Haider, the eldest son of col.  (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]
NORTH AFRICA/UNITED STATES
ROBERT PELLETREAU
   The former assistant secretary of state for the Middle East and ex ambassador to Tunisia, Robert Pelletreau, who lobbies on behalf of Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt for the company Afridi & Angell, sits on the board of EFG-Hermes, an Egyptian investment bank.  (...)  [51 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
MAXIME BONO
   The deputy mayor of La Rochelle, Maxime Bono, and the head of the town council in Essaouia, Tahar Afifi, signed a cooperation accord in the tourism, culture and maritime fields.  (...)  [40 words]   [FREE]

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