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algiers
NICOLAS SARKOZY ON FIRST TRIP TO ALGIERS
   The mayor of the Paris suburb of Neuilly and former minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, will travel to Algeria towards the end of the month at the invitation of the government.  (...)  [144 words]   [$2,1]
FORMER U.S. ENVOY’S BOOK
   Cameron Hume, the U.S. ambassador to Algeria until earlier this year, plans to publish a book on his adventures in the country entitled "Mission to Algiers:  (...)  [128 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
FIGARO’S PROJECTS
   In recent months, French newspaper and magazine publishers found themselves competing to land a first interview with king Mohamed VI in a French-language publication.  (...)  [127 words]   [$2,1]
BRITISH IN CASABLANCA NEXT SPRING
   A delegation of British businessmen representing the communications, energy, agri-businesses and holiday industries will visit Morocco in March or April of next year.  (...)  [90 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
AL MUSTAQUILA HAS LOST ITS FAVORITE NEWSCASTER
   The leading program of the "iconoclast" London-based television channel El Moustaquila, "La Grand Maghreb" has lost its main newscaster, Zouheir Latif.  (...)  [136 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
Saif El Islam’s "Cultural" Visit
   The eldest son of col. Muammer Kadhafi, Saif El Islam, has found a fine pretext to travel to Paris.  (...)  [144 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
JAPAN/TUNISIA
NEC
   NEC, the Japanese group that specializes in information technology and communications, sent a delegation to Tunisia to examine forming partnerships that include a pilot digital television project in Tunis and a radio broadcasting venture.  (...)  [37 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
   EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK (EIB) is organizing a seminar on attracting private investment in Morocco on Sept.  (...)  [35 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
GEOPHYSIQUE
   GEOPHYSIQUE, a French oil services company which has just posted net profits for the first half of 2001, declared it had lost 9 million Euros ($7.  (...)  [44 words]   [FREE]
JAPAN/MOROCCO
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY
   JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) teamed up with AMCI (Agence Marocaine de Cooperation Internationale) to organize an international seminar on vocational training in the merchant marine sector between Sept.  (...)  [37 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
   TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY of the U.S. has offered a $350,000 grant to the Casablanca region to finance a study on the collection and treatment of solid waste in the area.  (...)  [35 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
BANQUE MAROCAINE POUR LE COMMERCE ET INDUSTRIE
   BANQUE MAROCAINE POUR LE COMMERCE ET INDUSTRIE (BMCI) has received a go-ahead from Morocco’s loan establishment committee to buy a 99.  (...)  [31 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
OFEC
   OFEC, the Office des Foires et Expositions de Casablanca, is organizing a 7th International Food and Food Technology fair, ALITEC 2001, between Sept.  (...)  [29 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
ROYAL AIR MAROC
   ROYAL AIR MAROC (RAM) has resumed service between Casablanca and Tan Tan.  (...)  [29 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA
BEST REINSURANCE
   BEST REINSURANCE, a Tunisian affiliate of the Dallah Al Baraka group headed by Saudi businessman Salah Kamel, will postpone its initial public offering on Tunisia’s second-tier stock exchange because of market conditions.  (...)  [35 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
ALGERIA/FRANCE
AHMED GUENAD
   An Algerian who heads security at the Stade de France, Ahmed Guenad, is pressing ahead with his successful career in France.  (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
DIEGO MARADONA
   Only soccer star Diego Maradona shined during largely unnoticed ceremonies marking the 32nd anniversary of colonel Muammer Kadhafi’s seizure of power.  (...)  [63 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
NADIA OMRANE
   The editor of the first independent electronic newspaper (alternatives-citoyennes.sgdg.org) that is written in Tunis and put on line in Paris to avoid censorship, Nadia Omrane has managed to strike a fresh tone that contrasts with the stilted language used by the rest of Tunisia’s media.  (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
ABDALLAH AL BADRI
   Former state secretary for energy, Abdallah al Badri has just been named deputy prime minister.  (...)  [86 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
   After Sophie Marceau dropped out, the film actress Charlotte Rampling has agreed to preside over the first international film festival at Marrakech between Sept.  (...)  [35 words]   [FREE]

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