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algiers
1.5 MILLION HOLDERS OF FRENCH-ALGERIAN CITIZENSHIP
   Thierry Mariani, a Gaullist legislator from Vaucluse, questioned interior minister Daniel Vaillant on a report by the French consulate in Algiers that said "the number of persons in Algeria holding double French-Algerian citizenship can be expected to grow by 1,500,000 in the coming 10 years.  (...)  [114 words]   [$2,1]
BANKERS AND BUSINESSMEN HOLD CONCLAVE IN SENATE
   Business chiefs were thinner on the ground than bankers and go-betweens at a France-Algeria seminar organized at the French Senate on Oct.  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]
MISGIVINGS OVER PUBLIC CONTRACTS
   A $7 billion plan to boost the economy that president Abdelaziz Bouteflika launched in May isn’t unfolding as planned.  (...)  [67 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
ANNE SINCLAIR, THE KING AND PARIS-MATCH
   The weekly Paris Match will shortly publish a long interview Mohammed VI gave to journalist Anne Sinclair.  (...)  [60 words]   [$2,1]
FRENCH DIGNITARIES ATTEND THE ECONOMIST’S FORUM
   A lot of leading figures in French-Moroccan circles turned out for the latest annual round-table forum organized by magazine The Economist in Casablanca on Oct.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
TREASURY ALERT
   A group of experts from the U.S. treasury department visited Morocco early this month to help the country put its monetary system in order.  (...)  [75 words]   [$2,1]
ODD LETTER FROM HICHAM QADIRI TO ABDELKADER ADJ
   On Oct. 15 a messenger carried a personal letter to the offices of Abdelkader Adj, a business partner of Robert Assaraf, a leader of the Jewish community in Morocco.  (...)  [199 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
BANKING SYSTEM STILL UNDER WORLD BANK PRESSURE
   A World Bank mission headed by Jean-Louis Sarbib has just visited Tunisia to warn the government about the economy’s undue dependency on the tourism and textile industries.  (...)  [87 words]   [$2,1]
BUSINESS MISSION TO CANADA CANCELLED
   Maghreb Confidential understands that around 10 Tunisian companies representing the private food and drink, pharmaceutical and environment sectors had planned to visit Canada between Oct.  (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
LIBERTY.TV.COM
   LIBERTY.TV.COM, an interactive television channel devoted to promoting tourism in the world, has been in Algeria since Oct.  (...)  [33 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
DALLAH EL BARAKA
   DALLAH EL BARAKA has displayed an interest in the shake-up of Algeria’s banking industry.  (...)  [33 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
PORT AUTONOME DE MARSEILLE
   PORT AUTONOME DE MARSEILLE has signed a twinning accord with Casablanca port that will involve technical and commercial exchanges.  (...)  [38 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
DEXTAMAR
   DEXTAMAR, a Moroccan shipping company, intends to inaugurate a regular container service between Morocco and Portugal.  (...)  [20 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA
EADS SOGERMA-TUNISIE
   EADS SOGERMA-TUNISIE, based at Monastir, aims to become a regional center for aircraft maintenance.  (...)  [34 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
   TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY in the U.S. has given ONEP a $200,000 grant to finance a feasibility study on a plant to treat waste water at Azemmour.  (...)  [31 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
CCILM
   CCILM, the Portuguese-Moroccan chamber of commerce, will send a delegation of 20 Portuguese businessmen mainly representing the capital goods sector to Morocco between Nov.  (...)  [29 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA/IRAQ
GAMCO
   GAMCO, an Iraqi car company, will shortly receive 60 trailer trucks and 60 cabins under an agreement with SNVI, Societe Nationale Algerienne de Vehicules Industriels.  (...)  [29 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
BAHJAT
   BAHJAT, an Egyptian industrial group, has signed an agreement with Algeria’s EIPEL to manufacture household appliances.  (...)  [19 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK
   INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK will award a $34 million loan to Algeria to finance a water supply project at Beni Haroun in eastern Algeria.  (...)  [27 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
MOROCCO
HICHAM SENOUSSI
   Former associate of Andre Azoulay on the staff of Mohammed VI, Hicham Senoussi has been named chairman of the Maroc Soir group by its founding president, Moulay Ahmed Alaoui.  (...)  [113 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
DJAMAL MOSTEFAI
   In step with its assistance to Algeria in launching a $7 billion three-year economic revival program, the World Bank plans to name Djamal Mostefai as senior leader of operations in Algeria.  (...)  [129 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/FRANCE
ABDELKADER BENSALAH
   During a visit to France between Oct. 23-25, the speaker of Algeria’s People’s Assembly, Abdelkader Bensalah, met with luminaries from across almost the entire political spectrum in the French capital.  (...)  [86 words]   [$2,1]

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