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algiers
PROTECTING THE FRENCH EMBASSY
   In the French foreign ministry's budget this year, the government set aside Ffr33.  (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
CIVIL AVIATION OPENING TO PRIVATE INVESTMENT
   Foreign investors may be able to take part in operating Algerian civil aviation services in the near future.  (...)  [72 words]   [$2,1]
SONATRACH DELEGATION IN BELGIUM
   Officials from Sonatrach arrived in Brussels on Nov. 6 for a week-long visit to Belgium.  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
JEAN DANIEL'S PORTRAIT OF MOHAMMED VI
   In his "Carnet 1999" (1999 Notebook) published by Grasset, Jean Daniel, former editor of the weekly Nouvel Observatur, described his encounter with Mohammed VI on Sept.  (...)  [167 words]   [$2,1]
NEW AIRPORT
   A project for a new airport at Marrakesh has reportedly got off the ground.  (...)  [87 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
TWO BUILDINGS TO MARK THE OCCASION
   To mark the 13th anniversary of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali's takeover of power two new and imposing buildings were inaugurated in Tunis on Nov.  (...)  [52 words]   [$2,1]
SPCD A STOCK EXCHANGE STAR
   Recently taken over by Unilever, Tunisia's Societe de Produits Cosmetiques et de Detergents (SPCD), owned by Taofik Chaleb, has seen its shares soar on the Tunis stock exchange.  (...)  [75 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
CRUISES FOR LIBYA'S "FRIENDS
   " For want of being able to travel by air, Libya's "friends" are taking advantage of Mediterranean cruises to make stopovers in the country.  (...)  [283 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA/FRANCE
SCETAUROUTE
SCETAUROUTE, an affiliate of EGIS, is teaming up with the World Bank and the Agence Nationale Algerienne des Autoroutes (ANA) to organize a task force "on Algerian roads" in the hope of attracting foreign loans.  (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
SONATRACH
SONATRACH and the South African oil groups Mossgas and Soekor signed a cooperation pact on various energy projects (upstream and downstream).  (...)  [30 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA
TUNIS AIR
TUNIS AIR, which went heavily into debt this year to acquire 12 new aircraft, is reportedly in difficult financial straits and will report a loss for first-half 2000.  (...)  [59 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO/TUNISIA
NOVOSYSCOM
NOVOSYSCOM, an affiliate of Finland's NOVO group that specializes in information technology, is setting up shop in Tunisia.  (...)  [41 words]   [FREE]
FRANCE/MAGHREB
MIDEST
MIDEST, a trade event for industrial sub-contractors, was held between Nov.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITANIA
BRIMAX
BRIMAX has signed an agreement to study Mauritania's on-shore oil potential for the Nouakchott government.  (...)  [63 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
FRANCE/MOROCCO
JACQUES LEFEVRE
Maghreb Confidential has learned that Jacques Lefevre, deputy chairman of Lafarge, will be the next head of the Moroccan committee at the French employers' federation MEDEF.  (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
CHRISTINE DAURE-SERFATY
Was it carelessness or a penchant for provocation that led the Institut Francais de Casablanca to invite Christine Daure-Serfaty to a round table of politically-committed writers on Nov.  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]
SPAIN/MOROCCO
JUAN BARRENCHEA
The director of Medi Telecom, Juan Barrenchea, will be leaving his job after less than a year in the post.  (...)  [58 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED KINGDOM/TUNISIA
PETER HAYNES
The British Gas Group (BGG) has just named Peter Haynes as head of its Tunisian affiliate, British Gas Tunisia, in succession to Sean Sutcliffe who has returned to the London headquarters.  (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/FRANCE
JACQUES JAYET
Advisor for crafts, commerce and tourism to city hall in Grenoble, Jacques Jayet will travel to Algiers and Oran in mid-January with a delegation of businessmen from companies like Euptech in Meylan and Marseilles-based Navarro.  (...)  [45 words]   [FREE]

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