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algiers
NEW ECONOMIC PUSH FOR ANNABA
   The re-opening of the French consulat in Annaba in eastern Algeria in November could well give a new push to the city's economic activity.  (...)  [105 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
MOHAMED VI/CHIRAC DINNER
   On a private visit to France, king Mohamed VI was scheduled to dine tete a tete with French president Jacques Chirac at the Elysees Palace on Oct.  (...)  [61 words]   [$2,1]
TEACHERS' PETS
   Morocco's education ministry appears to some like a milch cow.  (...)  [78 words]   [$2,1]
FAVORED DESTINATION OF FRENCH MINISTERS
   According to a head-count by the French foreign office, Morocco is the country that receives the most visits by members of the French government.  (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
SIX ACCORDS WORTH $96 MILLION WITH CANADA
   During a recent visit to Morocco by Quebec finance minister Bernard Landry, Canadian firms signed six contracts worth a total of $96 million.  (...)  [105 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
WORLD BANK APPEAL IN FAVOR OF "CIVIL SOCIETY"
   In a new report entitled "Cooperation Strategy 2000-2002" that the World Bank published with the agreement of Tunisia's government, the institution said that "conditions appear ripe for more active participation of civil society in the development process.  (...)  [129 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
GOVERNMENT SHUFFLE IN WAKE OF ANTI-AFRICAN POGROMS
   Finance minister Mohamed Bayt al Mal, who was made scapegoat for financial losses, has been replaced by the deputy governor of the Central Bank, Abdulsalam Al Ojaili, while the minister for security and justice, Abulkassem Al Zoui has stepped aside in favor of A.  (...)  [125 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA THE FOCUS OF BUSINESS SEMINARS
   The SMI Energy concern is organizing a seminar at the Hotel Negresco in Nice on Oct.  (...)  [99 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
DUB INTERNATIONAL
DUB INTERNATIONAL from Quebec is to buy the Algerian company Electro-Industries and invest $70 million in the manufacture of electric motors.  (...)  [31 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
ENTERPRISE OIL
ENTERPRISE OIL intends to convert its prospecting license in the Draa Haute Mer block in Morocco's Atlantic offshore into an exploration permit.  (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
LYDEC
LYDEC, an affiliate of France's Suez-Lyonnaise group, is expected to shortly get a green light from the Conseil de la Region du Grand Casablanca to install a run-off network for rainwater in the Moulay Rachid industrial zone.  (...)  [47 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
TEAM PARTNERS GROUP
TEAM PARTNERS GROUP, an information services engineering group listed on the second-tier Paris stock exchange and headed by Bernard Leng (his family owns 70% of its equity) has set up shop in Morocco by buying a Moroccan computer company.  (...)  [65 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
OFFICE NATIONAL MAROCAIN DES CHEMINS DE FER
OFFICE NATIONAL MAROCAIN DES CHEMINS DE FER (ONCF, Moroccan Railway System) has listed the doubling of the Meknes-Fes railway line as a priority in its 2000-2004 expansion plan.  (...)  [88 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
SONATRACH
SONATRACH has joined a consortium led by Argentina's Techint to respond to an invitation to tender for a contract to ship and distribute gas from Peru's Camisea oil field.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
ALGERIA/FRANCE
PIERRE JOXE
The president of France's audits court, Pierre Joxe, paid an official visit to Algeria between Oct.  (...)  [48 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/TUNISIA
FRANCOIS DAVID
The head of the French export credit guarantee agency COFACE, Francois David, met in Tunis on Oct.  (...)  [50 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/LIBYA
PIERRE SAURAT
An international consultant who founded a "Franco-Libyan Cultural Association" in March, Pierre Saurat, has just opened a Franco-Libyan Tourism Office in partnership with local private investors.  (...)  [106 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
SLIM CHIBOUB
The son-in-law of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, Slim Chiboub, has bought the Baghali beach at a price of 1 dinar per square meter.  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
SERGE HABIB
Scania Maroc, the leading truck company in Morocco with over 32% of market share, has named Serge Habib as its new chairman in succession to Marc Haezenbergh.  (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]

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