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algiers
THE AFGHAN AND PAKISTANI FUNDAMENTALIST CONNECTION
   The Algerian intelligence agencies are looking closely into links between fundamentalist groups in the Annaba region in eastern Algeria and their chiefs believed to be operating out of Afghanistan and eastern Pakistan.  (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]
REAPPEARANCE OF ALI BELHADJ'S BROTHER
   Kidnapped by unidentified assailants on June 19, Abdelhamid Belhadj re-surfaced at 3 o'clock in the morning on June 24.  (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
MOROCCO'S "FRIENDS" IN WASHINGTON
   The invitation list for the banquet laid on at the White House for king Mohammed VI provides a snapshop of America's varied interests in Morocco.  (...)  [259 words]   [$2,1]
AMERICANS INTERESTED IN DEBT CONVERSION
   France's program to convert Morocco's debt into investment (soon to be copied by Spain) isn't reserved exclusively for French companies.  (...)  [120 words]   [$2,1]
BRAIN DRAIN OF COMPUTER EXPERTS
   According to a study carried out by Morocco's Groupe de Recherche en Economie International headed by Dris Benali, Morocco's future no longer lies in the traditional textile and leather industries but rather in new technologies.  (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
LE MONDE AND LIBERATION BACK IN FAVOR
   Using the Tunisian ambassador to France as a go-between, the government has approached editors of Le Monde and Liberation, French dailies that were banned in Tunisia, and asked them to return to the country and its news stands.  (...)  [59 words]   [$2,1]
BOOST IN BRITISH TIES
   Ever since British Gas signed an agreement with the government to invest $450 million in Tunisia relations between the two nations have shifted into far higher gear.  (...)  [172 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
FRANCE/MOROCCO
CLUB MEDITERRANEE
   CLUB MEDITERRANEE will shortly take over the residences in Laayoune, Morocco that currently house 300 members of the United Nations Mission for Western Sahara.  (...)  [64 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
INTERNATIONAL MAGHREB MERCHANT BANK
   INTERNATIONAL MAGHREB MERCHANT BANK (IM Bank) which is controlled in Tunisia by Moncef Sheikh Rouhou, has brought two new members onto its board:  (...)  [107 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA/YUGOSLAVIA
HYDRO-TECHNIKA
   HYDRO-TECHNIKA, a Serb firm that specializes in hydraulic equipment (dams, pipes, civil engineering work) has undertaken three projects in Tunisia with funding from the Bank of Yugoslavia.  (...)  [53 words]   [$2,1]
ROYAL AIR MAROC
   ROYAL AIR MAROC has shortlisted its current advertising agency Ketchum Advertising along with Saatchi & Saatchi and Ailleurs Exactement for the contract for its forthcoming advertising campaign.  (...)  [47 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
BEST-REINSURANCE
   BEST-REINSURANCE, a Tunisian affiliate of the Al Baraka group headed by Saudi businessman Salah Kamel, has obtained an A++ rating from the U.  (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
TUNISIA
WASSILA BOURGUIBA
   The heirs to the late Wassila Bourguiba, wife of ex-president Habib Bourguiba, have decided to sell the luxurious residence of the former First Lady and its 5,200 sq.  (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
BELGIUM/LIBYA
ABDEL RAHMANE SHALGAM
   Libyan foreign minister Abdel Rahmane Shalgam will carry out his first working visit to a European Union country – in the instance, Belgium – on July 11.  (...)  [111 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/BURKINA FASO
AHMED ZAOUI
   The father of Ahmed Zaoui, a fundamentalist who was expelled from Switzerland, has been in Ouagadougou for the past few days.  (...)  [126 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
HEDI MABROUK
   Contrary to what we have reported on several occasions, the son of ex-ambassador Hedi Mabrouk, who died on June 16, isn't Marouane Mabrouk who married Cyrine, daughter of the Tunisian president, but Samy.  (...)  [50 words]   [$2,1]

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