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algiers
BOUTEFLIKA ALSO DECIDES BANKING QUESTIONS.
   The Banque d'Algerie still hasn't awarded a certificate of compliance to the private Banque du Commerce et de l'Industrie d'Algerie (BCIA) to open new branches, including one in France.  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
ONDEO MAKES ITS MOVE.
   The head of the Suez affiliate Ondeo Services and chairman of the France-Algeria committee at the French employers association MEDEF, Yves Thibault de Silguy held talks with prime minister Ali Benflis last week in Algiers.  (...)  [55 words]   [$2,1]
BELGIAN TRADE OFFICE OPENS.
   The Algerian ambassador to Belgium, Halim Benattallah, met with the foreign trade minister for the Brussels region, Didier Gosuin, to talk of a business delegation to Algeria between June 14-18 and of opening a permanent office in Algiers to represent Brussels and the Walloon region.  (...)  [49 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
A LOCAL BRANCH OF AL QAEDA?
   Maghreb Confidential understands that three Saudis close to the Al Qaida organization were arrested in Morocco at the end of March following a tip from U.  (...)  [175 words]   [$2,1]
CORPSE OF PRINCE'S FRIEND BARRED FROM ALGERIA.
   Only a week before the UMA summit, the Algerian authorities refused to allow a Moroccan military aircraft carrying the corpse of an Algerian national, Samir Djelloul Cheriff, to fly to Algeria.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
PARTNERSHIP WITH FRENCH NEW TECHNOLOGY FIRMS.
   The French confederation of small and medium-sized companies, CGPME, has held a meeting with similar-sized Moroccan firms in new communication technologies, bio-medicine and the food and drink sector.  (...)  [64 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
CHARFI IN WASHINGTON IN MAY.
   For want of backing from the French authorities, the former education minister and dissident Mohamed Charfi is counting on Washington for help.  (...)  [78 words]   [$2,1]
TUNIS TURNS TO FRANCE FOR CEREALS.
   The government has come under pressure because of the poor harvest this year, which saw farmers producing just 500,000 tons of cereals against consumer needs of 2.  (...)  [115 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
KADHAFI HAS SOFT SPOT FOR VILLEPIN.
   Everybody seems highly relieved in Tripoli. The visit of France's new foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, for the Forum 5-5 gathering passed off smoothly as there were no ?  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
CHINESE IN FINE ODOUR.
   Contracts worth a total of $3 billion have been signed between Tripoli and Beijing following the visit of Chinese president Jiang Zemin to Libya.  (...)  [45 words]   [FREE]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
SNVI
   SNVI, an Algerian automotive company listed for privatization (Italy's IVECO is reportedly interested in it) has won a contract from Gabon to supply 117 buses.  (...)  [76 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
ABEF
   ABEF, the Algerian banking association chaired by Mohamed Terbeche, will organize a meeting on June 24 in Algiers on project funding with officials from BNA, BEA, CPA, BADR, BDL, CNEP, Union Bank, Natexis, ABC, El Baraka Bank and Khalifa Bank.  (...)  [44 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
UNILEVER
   UNILEVER is seeking to find room on the Algerian detergent market on which the state-owned firm ENAD and the German giant Henkel already operate.  (...)  [60 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
CMC
   CMC, Algeria's Conseil de la Monnaie et du Credit, has awarded a license to the new establishment The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance SPA.  (...)  [65 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
AFREM
   AFREM International, manufacturer of machines for pasta and couscous, teamed up with the firms CRIM and CLEXTRAL to stage a seminar on wheat at the International Hotel in Algiers on June 13.  (...)  [36 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
PEPSI COLA
   PEPSI COLA is poised to launch two new beverages on the Algerian market this year, Miranda Tropicale Exotrique and Pepsi Light.  (...)  [33 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
LIBYA/EUROPEAN UNION
JEAN-CHARLES MARCHIANI
   A former French prefect and a Euro MP who still has contacts in high places in Libya, Jean-Charles Marchiani, was due to take part in a European parliamentary mission to Tripoli on June 12-13.  (...)  [122 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES/LIBYA
LOUIS FARRAKHAN
   The black American leader and president of the Nation of Islam organization, Louis Farrakhan, is back in Libya again.  (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE
YASSER HAWARY
   The publisher of the monthly magazine Arabies, Yasser Hawary, is to shortly launch the monthly Mashahir (?  (...)  [115 words]   [$2,1]

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