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algiers

SPACE COOPERATION WITH LONDON

The Centre Nationale Algerien des Techniques Spatiales (CNTS) and the Surrey Space Center in the U. (...) [69 words] [$2,1]

NAVAL EXERCISE WITH U.S.

Units from the Algerian navy and the US Grasp, a US Navy vessel specializing in logistic support operations, carried out a four day exercise that included ship recovery operations. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]

OIL PRICE HIKE BRINGS MASSIVE RISE IN RECEIPTS

The surge in world oil prices, which reached $33.5 per barrel, boosted Algeria's total reserves of foreign currency to $7. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]

GSM LICENSES FOR SALE BY END OF YEAR

The Algerian post and telecommunications ministry is preparing to issue an international invitation to tender for mobile telephone licenses by the end of the year. (...) [52 words] [$2,1]

rabat

VEDRINE ANNOUNCES FINANCE MINISTER MEETING

France, which has held the rotating presidency of the European Union since July 1, will do "everything it can to see that Morocco's legitimate interests get the hearing they deserve" in the 15-nation EU, French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine declared during a brief visit to Rabat on Aug. (...) [105 words] [$2,1]

A BBC MONITORING STATION IN RABAT?

Officials from the BBC Monitoring Service (BBCM) have been waiting for some weeks for Morocco to agree to their request to open a liaison office in Rabat. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]

SAHARAN LEADERS BOUND FOR HOUSTON

Saharan chiefs have finally decided to take part in a meeting in Houston in September of the parties involved in the Western Saharan conflict. (...) [76 words] [$2,1]

INVESTOR WOES

Foreign investors in Morocco have a lot of obstacles to overcome, according to a survey commissioned by Morocco's government affairs ministry. (...) [100 words] [$2,1]

BAN ON OCTOPUS FISHING

Morocco has decided to ban fishing of octopus until Sept. (...) [47 words] [$2,1]

tunis

NEW FACES ON PRESIDENT'S STAFF

President Zine el Abedine Ben Ali plans to shortly appoint a large number of new advisors to his personal staff and officials to employers' and union organizations. (...) [37 words] [FREE]

GERMANY PAMPERS TUNISIAN FIRMS

Germany has lent Tunisia DM73.6 million ($34 million) to help lick Tunisian companies into shape in advance of the establishment of a European-Mediterranean free trade zone in 2010. (...) [100 words] [$2,1]

PASQUA AND SEGUIN TAKE THE WATERS

According to the daily La Presse, French right wing politicians Charles Pasqua and Philippe Seguin found themselves in the same water therapy establishment at the La Residence hotel at Gammarth this summer. (...) [79 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	BP AMOCO
	BP AMOCO plans to build a gas pipeline between Algeria and Spain in the hope of breaking into the thriving Spanish gas market. (...) [72 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	BANQUE ET FINANCE INTERNATIONALE
	BANQUE ET FINANCE INTERNATIONALE, a Tunisian establishment that specializes in communications technology and financial services, has won an international tender in the U. (...) [52 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	BANQUE COMMERCIALE DU MAROC
	BANQUE COMMERCIALE DU MAROC, which is 20% owned by ONA, posted net earnings of 753. (...) [91 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	TRABELSI
	TRABELSI group in Tunisia has built new warehouses for goods stretching several hundred meters along the road between Sousse and El Djem. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	TUNISAIR AND DELTA AIR LINES
	TUNISAIR AND DELTA AIR LINES have signed an agreement facilitating trans-Atlantic travel between the two countries via Delta's destinations in Europe. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	LONE STAR TECHNOLOGIE
	LONE STAR TECHNOLOGIES, a Texas-based oil affiliate of the U.S. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/MAURITANIA
	LOULEID OULD WEDDAD
	The powerful chief-of-staff to president Maouiya Ould Taya, Louleid Ould Weddad met in Paris in late July with French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine and several officials from the DGSE foreign intelligence agency. (...) [101 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	SHEIKH AHMED SAHNOUN
	Goods in a mosque attended by Sheikh Ahmed Sahnoun, founder of the Da'wa movement (Algerian Islamic League), since the riots of October, 1988, have been impounded by the Algerian government. (...) [76 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	ABDERRAHMANE TLILI
	Unlucky candidate in Tunisia's presidential election last October, Abderahmane Tlili, secretary-general of the UDU party, appears to be on a losing streak. (...) [59 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	AMINA BENKHADRA
	For the first time in the oil industry in the Arab world, a woman was named managing director of Office National de Recherches et d'Exploitations Petrolieres (ONAREP). (...) [93 words] [$2,1]