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algiers

RAFFARIN'S ALGERIAN CARD.

Yazid Sabeg, chairman of CS Communication et Systemes (formerly Compagnie des Signaux) was briefly considered for a post in prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin's new French government. (...) [60 words] [$2,1]

BOUTEFLIKA'S THIRD BROTHER.

Abdelaghani Bouteflika, chief lawyer of Khalifa Airways and highly discreet brother of Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, accompanied the private airline's boss on a visit to Paris last week. (...) [86 words] [$2,1]

PRIVATIZATION CALLED OFF?

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is expected to veto a new privatization plan presented by the privatization and reforms minister Noureddine Boukrouh. (...) [45 words] [FREE]

A ?POLITICAL? ASSOCIATION PACT

Speaking during an ?Algeria? seminar held by CERI on May 21, Ivan Martin, a researcher at the New York University in Madrid, cast doubt over Algeria's willingness to apply the association agreement it recently signed with the European Union. (...) [148 words] [$2,1]

rabat

AZNAR ON IMMIGRATION ISSUE

Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar will propose a global plan against illegal immigration at the European Summit in Seville on June 21 (the same day as the UMA summit meeting in Algiers). (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

BUDGET COMPROMISED

Financial officials in Rabat are counting the overruns in the country's 2002 budget. (...) [102 words] [$2,1]

MAROC TELCOM'S NEW PARTNER IN NOUAKCHOTT

Maroc Telecom has sold off 20% of its 54% stake in Mauritel to businessman Abdallahi Ould Noueigued, boss of the ? (...) [65 words] [$2,1]

tunis

NO FRANCO-TUNISIAN AS PRESIDENT

French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin greeted his Tunisian counter-part, Habib Ben Yahia, rather coolly at the Mediterranean forum in Mykonos on May 20. (...) [98 words] [$2,1]

TUNISIAN HIGH TECH EXPERTISE FOR QUEBEC

Quebec finance minister Pauline Marois and a 30-member business delegation have just wound up a high-profile visit to Tunisia. (...) [89 words] [$2,1]

NEARLY 1,200 FIRMS IN TROUBLE

According to a report for Tunisia's industry ministry, no less than 1,157 companies were in difficulty at the end of March, of which 470 were in receivership and 131 being wound up. (...) [99 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	TUNISIA
	LENOTRE
	LENOTRE has bought the Tunisian confectioner Ben Yedder, one of the only firms in Tunisia to regularly contribute to president's 26/26 fund. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	EGYPT
	ORASCOM
	ORASCOM, the Egyptian holding company, has paid a first 120 million DR installment for Tunisia's second GSM license. (...) [35 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ALGERIE TELECOM
	ALGERIE TELECOM will review the conditions in which certain contracts were recently signed with foreign companies. (...) [38 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	ALCATEL
	ALCATEL has signed a $125 million contract with Orascom Telecom Tunisie to supply its GSM network with equipment over a five year period. (...) [26 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	OMNIPAR
	OMNIPAR, a Moroccan holding company, is setting up a chain of chocolate stores named Tentation. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	NOC
	NOC, Libya's national oil company, aims to boost its output from 1. (...) [41 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	ADD GEOMATIQUE
	ADD GEOMATIQUE (Quebec) has signed a partnership accord with ISERT-MAROC (Institut Superieur d'Electronique et des Reseaux et Telecommunications) to establish a $14 million geographic information system at Rabat. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	ONEP
	ONEP, Office National Marocain de l'Eau Potable, has called on the NGO Transparency Maroc to set up a training program in ethics for its personnel. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	CARTHAGO AIRLINES
	CARTHAGO AIRLINES, which operates two Boeing 737 aircraft, made its inaugural flight in Djerba on May 16 in the presence of government officials, including tourism minister Mondher Zenaidi. (...) [54 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	TUNISIA
	SOFIANE BEN ALI
	The nephew of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, Sofiane Ben Ali, has reportedly torn down the house where Yasser Arafat resided when in exile at El Marsa, in order to build a mansion of his own. (...) [41 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	AHMED IBRAHIM
	The cousin of col. Muammer Kadhafi who heads the people's committees, Ahmed Ibrahim, found himself facing an almost empty hall when he chaired a meeting to prepare for the peoples' congress that is held in Libya every summer. (...) [42 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	BECHIR HARIR
	Tipped as a future transport minister, Bechir Harir, a close associate of Saif El Islam who is already secretary of a transport committee in the Tripoli area, has hastened to repair the road that runs between the capital and airport. (...) [84 words] [$2,1]


	EGYPT/LIBYA
	MOUTASSEM KADHAFI
	A cheerful climate surrounds relations between col. Muammer Kadhafi and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. (...) [101 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	RACHID AMMAR
	Following the death of army chief-of-staff Abdelaziz Skik in a helicopter crash on May 1, president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali has named col. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]