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algiers
NEW FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT
   Algiers is bolstering its anti-terrorist fight by tightening clamps on the funding of terrorism.  (...)  [58 words]   [$2,1]
PRIVATIZATION A YAWN
   The sell-off of public companies in Algeria has failed to arouse much excitement among Arab investors, according to a report from the privatization and reforms ministry.  (...)  [78 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
DALLAH EL BARAKA TO LAUNCH SATELLITE CHANNEL
   The boss of the Saudi Arabian group Dallah el Baraka, sheikh Salah Abdallah, is putting the final touches to a project to launch a new satellite television channel named "MA 3" in Morocco.  (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]
WASHINGTON PUMPS FOR INVESTMENT IN HOTELS
   In the past two months, the Commerce Department in the U.  (...)  [121 words]   [$2,1]
BANK LOANS ON THE RISE
   According to latest statistics from Bank al Maghrib, loans granted by Moroccan banks (excluding BNDE, CNCA and CIH) increased by 12.  (...)  [107 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
SHAKE-UP FOR SECURITY SERVICES
   Maghreb Confidential understands that Tunisia plans a radical rehaul of its secret services following the attack on the synagogue at Ghriba.  (...)  [145 words]   [$2,1]
NUCLEAR REACTOR LACKS FUNDING
   Tunisia's scientific research minister, Abdelkerim Zebidi, made a grand tour of French research institutes last week.  (...)  [123 words]   [$2,1]
CENTRAL BANK URGED TO LIMIT INTERVENTION
   In a report on its mission to Tunisia this year the International Monetary Fund called on Tunisia's Central Bank to "gradually reduce its exchange market intervention and allow the dinar to float more freely.  (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
LIBYA
AIR LIB
   AIR LIB is pressing ahead with negotiations with Tripoli to open a Paris-Tripoli line.  (...)  [94 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB
   BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB, the U.S. drugs firm, will open a new production unit for antibiotics in Casablanca.  (...)  [22 words]   [FREE]
LIBYA
BULA RESOURCES
   BULA RESOURCES, an Irish oil company headed by former Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds, and which is interested in getting into the Libyan market, has lost its listing on the London Stock Exchange.  (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
PORT AUTONOME DE MARSEILLE
   PORT AUTONOME DE MARSEILLE has signed a cooperation pact with the Office Tunisien de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP) that will initially involve training and port security.  (...)  [32 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
CMA-CGM
   CMA-CGM, the French shipping company, sees the forthcoming privatization of Morocco's Comanav and Algeria's CNAN as an opportunity to spur its international growth.  (...)  [27 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
ONCF
   ONCF, Office National Marocain des Chemins de Fer, has won a new soft loan from the Reserve Pays Emergents, a public French development fund.  (...)  [51 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
EXIMBANK
   EXIMBANK in South Korea is negotiating a first $40 million loan to help provide funding for Algerian businesses.  (...)  [21 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
MOROCCO
OTHMANE DEMNATI
   Expected for some months, the resignation of Mostapha Terrab as head of ARNT (Agence Nationale de Reglementation des Telecommunications) was confirmed by the palace.  (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
CARLTON FULFORD
   The deputy commander of American forces in Europe, gen. Carlton Fulford, paid an official visit to Algeria last week at the invitation of the Algerian armed forces chief of staff, gen.  (...)  [113 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES/MOROCCO
ROBERT ZOELLICK
   American trade representative Robert Zoellick will shortly visit Morocco with his staff to finalize a free trade agreement between the U.  (...)  [46 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/FRANCE
HABIB SOUAIDIA
   The author of the book La Sale Guerre (Dirty War), Habib Souaidia, will stand trial in absentia on April 29 before a court in Algiers.  (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]

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