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algiers
ALAIN MADELIN ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
   As a candidate in next year’s French presidential election and current head of the Democratie Liberale (DL) movement, Alain Madelin is cultivating North African electors living in the suburbs of major French cities.  (...)  [113 words]   [$2,1]
EU/US IN FISHERIES TUG-OF-WAR
   In a few months’ time Algeria is to sign an association agreement with the European Union that will pave the way for a fisheries agreement.  (...)  [131 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
COURT IN FULL DRESS FOR SPANISH BUSINESSMEN
   A high-level delegation of Spanish businessmen received an equally high level reception in Tangiers last week.  (...)  [126 words]   [$2,1]
FRENCH RETIREMENT HOME IN CASABLANCA
   After patios in Marrakech for the French jet-set, Morocco is now going to host a retirement home for elderly French expatriates.  (...)  [78 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
TUNIS RECRUITS COOPERATION WORKERS
   The Agence Tunisienne de la Cooperation (ATCT) is reported to have recruited nearly 1,700 new "cooperation" workers in 2000.  (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
GOVERNMENT WANTS RETURN ON STADIUM INVESTMENT
   Tunisian equipment minister Slaheddine Belaid last week presented the new Rades stadium where the Mediterranean games are to be held in September.  (...)  [138 words]   [$2,1]
SKIMPING ON AVENUE HABIB BOURGUIBA
   Because of heavy cost over-runs, the authorities in Tunis who are renovating the Avenue Habib Bourguiba have reportedly dropped two parts of the project:  (...)  [50 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA TELECOM BANS SMSs
   Tunisie Telecom’s latest decision isn’t likely to encourage electronics companies competing for Tunisia’s second GSM license to raise their bids:  (...)  [128 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
   UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL (UPI) and the Algerian news agency Algerie Presse Service (APS) have signed an accord to trade news and jointly market their services.  (...)  [28 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO/SENEGAL
OFFICE NATIONAL MAROCAIN D’ELECTRICITE
   OFFICE NATIONAL MAROCAIN D’ELECTRICITE (ONE) is to invest $53 million in a project to install four gas-fuelled turbines for the Societe Senegalaise d’Electricite (SENELEC).  (...)  [27 words]   [FREE]
MAURITANIA
VERITAS DGC
   VERITAS DGC is to conduct a 2D seismic survey in Mauritania’s deep offshore on behalf of the country’s mines ministry.  (...)  [37 words]   [FREE]
LIBYA
ILSA
   ILSA, the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, which is to be extended by the U.  (...)  [45 words]   [FREE]
LIBYA
BRITISH GAS
   BRITISH GAS and AGIP are in the running for Libya’s Al Zawiyah refinery project.  (...)  [40 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
DAMER
   DAMER, a Cuban pharmaceuticals company, has signed a partnership accord with Algeria’s LAD-Pharma for the production of Ateromixol, an anti-cholesterol drug.  (...)  [44 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
HYDRODRAGAGE
   HYDRODRAGAGE, a Danish firm, has been contracted to dredge sand to clear the entrance of the Algerian port of Beni Saf.  (...)  [45 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
KHALIFA AIRWAYS
   KHALIFA AIRWAYS of Algeria has just inaugurated a regular line between Algiers and Malaga in southern Spain.  (...)  [21 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
MAURITANIA
MOKTAR OUL DADDAH
   The former Mauritanian president, Moktar Ould Daddah, returned to his home country on July 17 after some hard bargaining between his son, Azzedine Ould Daddah, and Louleid Ould Weddad, the current president’s all-powerful chief-of-staff.  (...)  [67 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
MICHEL DE BONNECORSE
   The French ambassador to Morocco, Michel de Bonnecorse, who could shortly be named to Brussels, was promoted to the rank of officer of the Legion d’Honneur on July 13.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
YVES DE CHAISEMARTIN
   The supplement on Morocco that the Paris daily Le Figaro is preparing seems to have activated people on both sides of the Mediterranean.  (...)  [107 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
ABDELKRIM BENATIK
   King Mohamed VI has just created the post of state secretary in charge of foreign trade for Abdelkrim Benatik.  (...)  [86 words]   [$2,1]

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