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Archive n° 561 - 06/20/2002

algiers

A "COUNTER-ALGERIA YEAR"?

Several Kabilya associations in Paris are preparing a ?counter-Algeria Year? (...) [82 words] [$2,1]

SLIM PICKINGS FOR BELGIAN MISSION.

Just two contracts were signed when a Belgian business delegation visited Algiers between June 14-19. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

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MOROCCO'S FRIENDS IN FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

While Hamlaoui Mekachera's appointment as state secretary for veterans affairs in the new French government delighted Algerians living in France over 10 ministers in the administration feel as much at home in Morocco as in France. (...) [155 words] [$2,1]

AMERICAN BUILDERS AND ARCHITECTS SHOW THEIR STUFF.

The deputy assistant secretary of commerce, Nealton Burnham, led a delegation of U. (...) [77 words] [$2,1]

BRITISH FLY FLAG AS WELL.

As part of its efforts to make Morocco a target for British business, the Trade Partners UK firm has organized a visit by U. (...) [110 words] [$2,1]

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BEN ALI'S INNER INNER CIRCLE.

Who's running things at the Carthage Palace ? President Zine el Abedine Ben Ali appears to be listening less and less to people in his inner circle. (...) [80 words] [$2,1]

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FRESH NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS ON LOCKERBIE BOMBING.

Talks on compensating the families of victims of the Lockerbie attack resumed very discreetly at the Georges V hotel in Paris on June 18. (...) [82 words] [$2,1]

NO ENGINES FOR LIBYA'S AIRLINERS.

An order by Libyan Airlines for 15 airliners from Airbus Industrie could well be stalled by a diplomatic twist. (...) [106 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	UNION BANK
	UNION BANK, headed by Brahim Hadjas, is reportedly talking with Mohamed Benichicou on buying a stake in the Algerian daily Le Matin. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	AL JAZEERA
	AL JAZEERA, the Qatari television channel, is expected to open its first office in Algiers in September. (...) [43 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	AUCHAN
	AUCHAN, already established in Morocco, is now eyeing the Algerian market. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	BESIX
	BESIX, an affiliate of the Belgian BBM construction firm, has won a 100 million Euro ($95 million) contract from Libya to build several LNG tankers that will be stationed off Mellitah on the Libyan coast. (...) [61 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	DAHER
	DAHER, a French aeronautics company, inaugurated a new unit in the free trade zone in Tangiers last week. (...) [21 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	DAEWOO
	DAEWOO is to install its first plant and assembly line in Algeria before 2005. (...) [35 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	AQUA CORP.
	AQUA CORP., an Arab-American firm and Italy's Ensaldo Energia are bidding for a contract to build the Hamma desalination plant in Algiers. (...) [27 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	HOLCIM MAROC
	HOLCIM MAROC, (ex-CIOR) an affiliate of the international cement group Hocilm Ltd. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	AIR LITTORAL
	AIR LITTORAL, a regional French carrier, inaugurated regular service between Nice and Algiers last week. (...) [31 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA
	MOHAMED MEDIENE
	As countless times before, Mohamed Mediene, known as Toufik, is reportedly on his way out as boss of Algeria's intelligence services. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	SAADI KADHAFI
	The son of col. Muammer Kadhafi, Saadi, dropped into the George V hotel in Paris last week to party in the French capital. (...) [66 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	ALI BENHADJ
	The prison conditions of the charismatic leader of the Front Islamique du Salut, Ali Benhadj, will shortly be improved. (...) [69 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	MOHAMED TOUATI
	Major-general Mohamed Touati, adviser to president Bouteflika on security concerns, is preparing for an international gathering on terrorism in Algiers in September. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/BELGIUM
	CHAIEB TALEB
	The secretary-general of the Belgian-Luxembourg-Arab countries chamber of commerce, Chaieb Taleb, is spearheading Belgium's business offensive in Algeria. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]