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algiers
GUARANTEE FOR FRENCH INVESTMENT?
   On June 29 the French government's Journal Officiel published the contents of the Franco-Algerian agreement on encouraging and mutually protecting investment that was, in fact, signed in Algiers in February 1993.  (...)  [210 words]   [$2,1]
WAR WITH NO FRONT LINE
   The fact that the Algerian conflict between 1954-62 –which the French recognized as a "war" only last October – had no front line means that French soldiers who fought in Algeria can't claim "double time" for their service, as they could in Indochina.  (...)  [108 words]   [$2,1]
LAND SELL-OFF VETOED
   During a recent meeting between regional chiefs and the government on the question of land, the prime minister put paid to speculation that farmland might be privatized.  (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
TOURISM SECOND TO REMITTANCES
   In the first four months of 2000, remittances from Moroccan nationals working abroad amounted to 6.  (...)  [115 words]   [$2,1]
EDWY PLENEL AND LE MONDE
   We stated in our last issue that Edwy Plenel, chief editor of Le Monde, was in Morocco in a private capacity.  (...)  [164 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
BEN ALI, CLINTON AND ARAFAT
   The meeting organized rapidly between Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak at Camp David this week resulted in the postponement of Tunisian president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali's visit to Washington that had been scheduled for July 13.  (...)  [139 words]   [$2,1]
PORT PRIVATIZATION IN VIEW
   A future container port at Rades and the construction of a new commercial port in Sousse will be carried out by international companies under a franchise arrangement.  (...)  [37 words]   [FREE]
AFD PAMPERS TUNISIA
   The Agence Francaise de Developpment (AFD) will undoubtedly be as generous to Tunisia this year as it was in 1999, when the Tunisians attracted more AFD money than any other nation.  (...)  [88 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
LIBYA
CHEVRON
   CHEVRON sent several senior executives to Rome early this month to consult with the Libyan ambassador in Italy, Maghreb Confidential has learned.  (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITANIA
AIR MAURITANIA
   AIR MAURITANIA has been acquired for Ffr13 million by a consortium made up of Air Afrique, the Ballouhey company and a minority government stake.  (...)  [63 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITANIA
RENAULT
   RENAULT has returned to Mauritania via the SERA company. Its local partner is francophile Behir Ould Malaye Hacen.  (...)  [28 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA
THE GEORGES SOUSSE COMPANY
   THE GEORGES SOUSSE COMPANY has won a contract from Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT) to upgrade security at its headquarters in Tunis.  (...)  [55 words]   [$2,1]
CANADA/MAURITANIA
REX MINING COMPANY
   REX MINING COMPANY hasn't had its licenses "cancelled" as we indicated last week following a misunderstanding over terms.  (...)  [130 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
FRANCE/LIBYA
VULCAIN
   A former agent of the DST's anti-terrorist squad going by the code-name Vulcain has filed a complaint before a court near Paris that states he was "arrested, confined and tortured.  (...)  [178 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
LALLA OUM KALTOUM ALAOUI
   The CAFEM welfare association that helps women in the Oued Akrech valley some 10 km from Rabat to read and write has as its secretary-general, Lalla Oum Kaltoum Alaoui, daughter of the organization's leader, princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, sister of Hassan II.  (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
HAMED KAROUI
   Former prime minister and now vice-president of the governing Rassemblement Constitutionnel Democratique (RCD) party, Hamed Karoui is still very much in favor with Tunisia's leadership.  (...)  [72 words]   [$2,1]

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