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algiers

ALGIERS WINS FROM WEAK EURO

Algeria's oil receipts over the past six months amount to $10 billion, or double the revenue of recent years. (...) [61 words] [$2,1]

QATAR OFFERS MILITARY GEAR

Qatar has offered to sell the Algerian army military goods it acquired in the United Kingdom: (...) [53 words] [$2,1]

rabat

MINISTERIAL CULLING

Prime minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi has a major dilemma on his hands. (...) [142 words] [$2,1]

MOHAMMED VI SOUTH OF SAHARA?

The Moroccan sovereign is expected to make a first visit to sub-Saharan Africa in mid-November. (...) [97 words] [$2,1]

SAHARANS SHORTLY IN HOUSTON

The Saharans have finally decided to take part in the September meeting in Houston of all parties to the Western Saharan conflict. (...) [73 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]

U.S. MISSION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS

A trade mission organized by the Trade Development Agency will visit Tunisia on Nov. (...) [51 words] [$2,1]

POOR CEREALS SEASON

The 1999-200 cereals harvest isn't likely to top the 10 million bushels mark compared to an average of 17 million in previous years. (...) [72 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

FRANCO-AMERICAN TALKS ON LIBYA

Since Kadhafi Janjalani, youngest brother of the founder of the Abu Sayyaf group, kidnapped an American citizen in the port city Zamboanga officials in Washington have contacted Paris to see to it that col. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]

NO NEW HOSTAGE RELEASES BEFORE SEPT. 8

Maghreb Confidential understands there will be no fresh release of hostages on Jolo island before the French legal authorities examine an appeal by the public prosecutor against a decision by a French examining magistrate, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, to charge Kadhafi in connection with the downing of a DC 10 operated by the defunct French airline UTA. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]

LIBYA SAID TO SEEK FRENCH SUBMARINES

Tripoli's shopping list for new French weaponry is reported to not only include Crotale NG missiles, new Mirage 2000-5 fighters and helicopters but also submarines and a high tech system for the surveillance of its maritime zone. (...) [47 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	BUREAU DE RECHERCHES ET DE PARTICIPATIONS MINIERES
	BUREAU DE RECHERCHES ET DE PARTICIPATIONS MINIERES (BRPM) and Morocco's Office National de Recherches Petrolieres (ONAREP) are shortly to merge, Moroccan energy and mines minister Youssef Tahiri told Africa Energy & Mining (Indigo Publications). (...) [56 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	VMD
	VMD, a Belgian company specializing in plant elements, amino acid and veterinary goods which already operates in Oran and Algiers is now thinking of setting up a quality control lab and a workshop to make soluble medical powders and injectable goods in Algeria. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	TOTAL/FINA/ELF
	TOTAL/FINA/ELF, which is already highly active on the Mabrouk field in Libya, is angling to win new blocks in the country. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]


	MAURITANIA
	MAURITEL
	MAURITEL, Mauritania's state-owned telecommunications operator, is expected to turn to France's Alcatel for the new equipment needed for its GSM affiliate Mauritel Mobiles. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	SWITZERLAND/TUNISIA
	SWICORP
	SWICORP, a Geneva-based company specializing in financial consultancy, is currently negotiating with the Algerian industrial group ENCG (Entreprise Nationale des Corps Gras) to get it to sell a stake in its operations to the Saudi agri-business group Savola. (...) [119 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/MAURITANIA
	JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MITTERRAND
	The son of the former French president, who has always been specially fond of Mauritania, has invested in a fishing company named IWIC which has its headquarters in a residence at Tevragh-Zeina in Nouakchott. (...) [92 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA
	ALI ABU SHERYA
	The real organizer behind the operation to release hostages on Jolo island was Ali Abu Sheraya, brother-in-law of col. (...) [47 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA
	SAIF EL ISLAM
	The Ilyushin aircraft that carried hostages on Jolo island to Tripoli on Aug. (...) [91 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	PATRICK DELNATTE
	The Gaullist legislator Patrick Delnatte has raised the issue of the French-Algerian agreement of Oct. (...) [116 words] [$2,1]