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Archive n° 565 - 07/18/2002

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Rival Franco-Arab Chambers of Commerce

A major tiff has broken out between organizations that represent Franco-Arab business interests in Paris. (...) [312 words] [$7]

algiers

COUNTER-ESPIONAGE CHIEF WANTS TO STEP DOWN

Major general Smain Lamari, architect of a secret accord between the Algerian army and the fundamentalist AIS movement, has asked to resign for medical reasons. (...) [105 words] [$2,1]

ALGERIAN MILITARY BOSSES IN PARIS?

Algerian political circles are intrigued by the absence of generals Larbi Belkheir, Mohamed Touati and Abbes Ghezeiel, respectively the president's chief-of-staff, military adviser and adviser on defense issues. (...) [95 words] [$2,1]

$10 MILLION FACE-LIFT FOR CNAM

Marked down for partial privatization (the government will sell off a maximum of 49% of its equity), the Compagnie Algerienne de Navigation Maritime (CNAM) has just spent $10 million to upgrade the condition and certification of its 26-vessel fleet. (...) [77 words] [$2,1]

rabat

RABAT/MADRID, A CRISIS LONG IN THE MAKING

The military escalation between Morocco and Spain concerning the islet of Perejil (known as Leila to Morocco) was the latest turn of the screw in a bitter series of clashes. (...) [125 words] [$2,1]

BENJELLOUN LAUDED AS PHILATHROPIC BANKER

With a partnership in the offing between Le Figaro and Morocco's pro government Matin de Sahara, the Paris publication has been quick to butter up Othaman Benjelloun, new boss of the Maroc Soir group that owns Le Matin. (...) [105 words] [$2,1]

CASA STOCK EXCHANGE STILL WILTING

Moroccan finance minister Fathallah Oualalou had tough words to say concerning the current state of Casablanca's stock exchange during a press conference in Rabat on Morocco's economy last week. (...) [72 words] [$2,1]

POST OFFICE BOWS TO CHANGE

Morocco's mail service Barid Al Maghrib (BAM), which currently enjoys a monopoly, will be put under the authority of an oversight committee chaired by finance minister Fathallah Oualalou as part of step-by-step move towards deregulation. (...) [85 words] [$2,1]

tunis

SUMMER PURGE AT STATE-OWNED FIRMS

The bosses of the state-owned railway company SNCFT and Tunis Air have announced massive layoffs to reduce their ? (...) [64 words] [$2,1]

COOPERATION PACT WITH FRENCH ?SILICON VALLEY.?

Two scientific accords have been signed between Tunisia and Sophia Antipolis, the French ? (...) [82 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	SONATRACH
	SONATRACH, the Algerian oil company, has discreetly put out a call to former cooperation workers from abroad to help its senior executives restructure the firm. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	MICHELIN
	MICHELIN is planning to resume operations in Algeria after staying away for several years. (...) [51 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	ACCOR
	ACCOR, the French hotel group that wants to resume investing in Algeria, is particularly interested in the coast of Kabilya and other parts of west Algeria. (...) [30 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ARPT
	ARPT, the Algerian post and telecommunications regulatory board, has issued an invitation to tender for a study of the market for telecommunications services. (...) [26 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	BIWATER
	BIWATER, a British firm that specializes in treating water and safeguarding the environment, teamed up with Italy's Caprari to promote their goods with the Algerian water company Algerienne des Eaux at a seminar in Algiers on July 10. (...) [85 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	PUBLICIS
	PUBLICIS, the French advertising company, has begun a major campaign for South Korea's LG Electronics in Morocco. (...) [21 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	NTT DOCOMO
	NTT DOCOMO and KDDI, Japanese operators of mobile and fixed telephones, are interested in the Moroccan market and recently met with the state secretary for telecommunications, Nasr Hajji. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/LIBYA
	ALEPCO
	ALEPCO, an Algerian-Libyan oil exploration company, held its AGM in Tripoli on July 11. (...) [37 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA
	DJILLALI HADJADJ
	A doctor and journalist who represents the anti-corruption NGO Transparency International in Algiers, Djillali Hadjadj, has just been named adviser to Algeria's CNSS (Caisse Nationale de Securite Social). (...) [79 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	MADJID SIDI SAID
	On behalf of the UGTA union, of which he is secretary-general, Madjid Sidi Said has bought 1 million dinars worth of stock in Saidal, the state-owned drugs company that is listed on the stock exchange. (...) [85 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE
	JEAN-LOUIS REIFFERS
	An active member of the Marseilles-based Institut de la Mediterranee, the academic Jean-Louis Reiffers, has just returned from Washington where he met with World Bank officials on several occasions to ask for backing from the World Bank Institute in organizing a conference in Marseilles in mid-September. (...) [86 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	ABDERRACHID TEBBI
	Former chief-of-staff of the veterans ministry and now chief-of-staff to Karim Younes, speaker of the Algerian parliament, Abderrachid Tebbi will head a team that Younes has established to help make Parliament more familiar with the outside world and improve its performance. (...) [66 words] [$2,1]