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algiers
MOBILIZATION FOR A RESHUFFLE
   The "Bin Laden effect" on Algiers has given rise to new jockeying for position between president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his senior generals.  (...)  [203 words]   [$2,1]
TOUATI’S "SWORD OF HAJJAJ
   Usually self-effacing, general Mohamed Touati, a native of Kabylia who serves as adviser to the defense ministry, called for a "Sword of Hajjaj" (a sort of Sword of Damocles) to be brandished again when he attended meetings of anti-terrorist units and discussed cooperation with the British and U.  (...)  [57 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
FUTURE OF "MAROC SOIR" GROUP
   Like his predecessor, Driss Basri, the new interior minister, Driss Jettou, likes to keep a finger in the media.  (...)  [187 words]   [$2,1]
BACK IN BUSINESS WITH MADRID
   After a long stand-off over the issues of fishing rights and immigration, the air has cleared over the Strait of Gibraltar.  (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]
UNCERTAINTY OVER RESERVES PROMPT TURN TO OIL DOWNSTREAM
   Energy minister Mustapha Mansouri declared recently that "oil and gas exist in Morocco but it’s too early to measure national reserves.  (...)  [112 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
NEW PALACEFOR BEN ALI THE 4TH
   Now preparing to run for a fourth mandate, president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali is looking for a new presidential residence.  (...)  [72 words]   [$2,1]
OVER 100 MILLION EUROS FOR TUNISIAN-SPANISH BUSINESS
   Last week’s visit by Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar gave rise to an extradition agreement between the two countries.  (...)  [113 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
BP
   BP is investing more and more in Algeria, but in this case in Algerian water.  (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED KINGDOM/LIBYA
MEC INTERNATIONAL
   MEC INTERNATIONAL, a British firm dealing in country-risk and headed by the former British ambassador to Libya, Oliver Miles, has indefinitely postponed a visit by European businessmen to Libya between Oct.  (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/FRANCE
SOCIETE NATIONALE CORSE MEDITERRANEE
   SOCIETE NATIONALE CORSE MEDITERRANEE shipping company has been doing poorly on its Algerian routes:  (...)  [64 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
TOTALFINAELF
   TOTALFINAELF has just been awarded a new exploration permit on the Berkine basin in Algeria following a call to bids by Sonatrach.  (...)  [54 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
MTT
   MTT, Tunisia’s telecoms ministry, is to issue a second invitation to tender for the country’s second GSM license.  (...)  [47 words]   [$2,1]
SPAIN/MOROCCO
SUPERSOL
   SUPERSOL, a Spanish supermarket chain, has won a license to sell alcohol from the new wali in Casablanca, Driss Benhima.  (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
MOROCCO
NADIA YASSINE
   The struggle between "Good" (the West) and "Evil" (fundamentalists) has come at an inopportune time for Nadia Yassine, daughter of the leader of the Islamist Al A’wa a Ihssan (Justice and Welfare) movement.  (...)  [162 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
AHMED BENCHEMSI
   The 27-year-old wonder kid of Moroccan journalism, Ahmed Benchemsi, is putting himself on the line by launching Tel Quel, a weekly devoted to society-at-large subjects with a circulation of 30,000.  (...)  [124 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
BENZAIM ABDELOUAHAB
   The head of an electrical appliances company, Benzaim Abdelouahab, is a fast rising star in Algerian business.  (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]

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