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algiers
U.S. BUSINESS OPENS ARMS TO BOUTEFLIKA
   During president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s visit to the U.S., the Algerian embassy in Washington asked the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) and the U.  (...)  [133 words]   [$2,1]
FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PUSH CULTURE
   The Office Universitaire et Culturel Francais en Algerie (OUFCA), which comes under the a wing of the French foreign ministry named DGCID that deals with overseas development, will meet on July 25 in Paris to discuss re-opening French cultural centers in Annaba and Constantine, as the French consul-general in Annaba, Jean-Claude Schlumberger, mentioned as a possibility last week.  (...)  [188 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
A NEW MOHAMMED VI FOUNDATION
   Foundations play a key role in marking the successive reign of the Alalowite kings.  (...)  [152 words]   [$2,1]
EAUX DE MARSEILLES PREPARING FOR SECOND ROUND
   The water company Societe des Eaux de Marseilles (SEM) was beaten out in February by Vivendi and its local partner ONA in the bidding for a contract to manage the water and electricity network in Tangiers-Tetouan.  (...)  [166 words]   [$2,1]
RUMORS AND VISAS
   When a new visa service at the French consulate in Casablanca opened on July 5 a huge crowd formed outside the premises, blocking all traffic in the immediate area, because of a rumor the French had greatly eased conditions for visas.  (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
EN NAHDA WORRIES THE SWISS
   Unlike previous occasions, the Swiss justice and police ministry’s latest report on "Terrorism and Extremism in the Arab-Islamic World" paid little attention to Algeria but rather focused on Tunisia and particularly on the opposition movement En Nahda.  (...)  [147 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
IMMARSAT
   IMMARSAT, the satellite communications company, has signed an agreement with Algeria’s post and telecommunications ministry to install a Land Earth Station Operator (LESO) to develop its coverage of North Africa.  (...)  [33 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
TIFA
   TIFA, a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, has just been signed between the U.  (...)  [50 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
EXIMBANK
   EXIMBANK, the American export credit guarantee establishment, will extend its guarantee to housing, farming and new technology projects in Algeria.  (...)  [45 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
BBVA MAROC
   BBVA MAROC, an affiliate of Spain’s Banco Viscaya Argentaria, has been acquired by Morocco’s Wafabank.  (...)  [31 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
BOUYGUES
   BOUYGUES could join forces with Bollore’s leading rival, Denmark’s Maersk, to break the stalemate over construction of the new Tangiers port.  (...)  [42 words]   [FREE]
UNITED STATES/MOROCCO
TDA
   TDA, the U.S. Trade Development Agency, is to provide funds for an American firm to conduct a technical study on the privatization of the airports of Casablanca, Agadir and Marrakech.  (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
CITIBANK-ALGERIA
   CITIBANK-ALGERIA, HALLIBURTON, BP AMOCO, NORTHROP GRUMMAN and RANK XEROX constitute the board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Algeria that has just been set up.  (...)  [48 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
TUNISIA
MOHAMED ALI GANZOUI
   Insiders at the Carthage Palace say Mohamed Ali Ganzoui, the country’s leading security official, will be named Tunisia’s ambassador to Tripoli.  (...)  [54 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/LIBYA
JEAN-JACQUES BEAUSSOU
   A diplomat and historian who is close to French prime minister Lionel Jospin, Jean-Jacques Beaussou, is said to be the front runner alongside another competitor, Henri Vidal, to replace Josette Dallant as ambassador to Tripoli.  (...)  [133 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
MONCEF KAOUACH
   Dropped by his former friends and bitter, Moncef Kaouach, former head of Tunisia’s Banque du Sud, has had to withdraw to Paris.  (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
TAHAR BEN JELLOUN
   The French-Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun has chosen the title "Le Journal de la Polemique" for a book he will publish at the Seuil house in September.  (...)  [65 words]   [$2,1]

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