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algiers
BOUTEFLIKA AND ALGERIA'S "SPECIAL CASE."
   Questioned by business chiefs at the headquarters of the French employers federation MEDEF on Algeria's negotiations with the European Union, president Abdelaziz Bouteflika voiced bitterness over the fact Europe "is expanding eastwards instead of towards the Mediterranean basin" and said he was determined to see the EU bear Algeria's "special case" in mind during negotiations.  (...)  [107 words]   [$2,1]
"SELECTIVE" PRIVATIZATION
   Owing to what he termed the "mental structure of our government departments," Bouteflika told French bosses that privatization in Algeria would be initially very selective.  (...)  [57 words]   [$2,1]
BANKERS AND ADVISERS FLOCK TO BOUTEFLIKA
   "The entire Algerian banking system needs to be overhauled," Bouteflika declared on several occasions on June 15.  (...)  [136 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
WHO WILL BE THE KING'S BEST "SHERPA" IN U.S. ?
   With Mohamed VI's visit to the United States just a week away, Andre Azoulay, the king's adviser, has found himself competing strongly with Serge Berdugo, head of the Jewish community in Morocco, for the honor of introducing the sovereign in American business circles.  (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]
MOULAY RACHID SEEKS FRENCH BACKING
   Prince Moulay Rachid turned up for a luncheon with French president Jacques Chirac at the Elysees Palace to press France to back Morocco's bid to stage the world football championship in 2004.  (...)  [51 words]   [$2,1]
YOUSSOUFI SETTLES TELCOMS ISSUE
   Prime minister Abderrahman Youssoufi has decided that Maroc Telecom won't have to turn its cellular telephone branch into a separate affiliate once private investors are authorized to buy into MT.  (...)  [126 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
AMERICANS PREPARING FOR FIGHT
   The U.S. International Trade Administration reckons that Tunisia will spend $600 million on modernizing its telecommunications systems in 2000-2001 and has urged American companies to seek investment opportunities in the push.  (...)  [166 words]   [$2,1]
AFD'S URBAN DEVELOPMENT PUSH
   To get a good – but belated – start to its year in Tunisia the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has espoused two programs in working class urban areas.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
SONATRACH
   SONATRACH is pushing ahead with foreign expansion in exploration and production.  (...)  [108 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
BOUYGUES
   BOUYGUES has problems in Morocco. Work on the real estate development Sala El Jadida (SAJ) that was inaugurated with great fanfare four years ago by Hassan II and his super minister Driss Basri, has ground to a halt.  (...)  [116 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
SOMAFIC
   SOMAFIC, a Moroccan consumer credit establishment belonging to AXA Al Amane, could be struck off the list by Morocco's Securities Ethics Council for allegedly failing to provide information about its financial situation.  (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/FRANCE
CASTEL
   CASTEL, a French drinks concern, pulled off a coup during Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's speech before bosses at the French employers' federation MEDEF in Paris on June 15.  (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
ALGERIA
KAMEL ABDERRAHIM
   In the fight to succeed Tewfik Mediene as boss of the military intelligence service Direction du Renseignement et Securite (DRS), Kamel Abderrahim, head of Algeria's 2nd military region, appears to have the favor of those who don't want Mediene's number 2 man, Smain Lamari, to get the job.  (...)  [145 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
MOHAMED AL FAYED
   Brother in law of Adnan Kashoggi, the Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of Harrod's department store in London, has become one of the most zealous supporters of colonel Muammer Kadhafi in Europe alongside Austrian right-wing leader Jorg Haider.  (...)  [88 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE
CAMILLE CABANA
   President of the Arab World Institute and go-between for Jacques Chirac in several Arab capitals, including Damascus and Tripoli, Camille Cabana has every reason to be happy this week.  (...)  [105 words]   [$2,1]

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