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Archive n° 566 - 07/25/2002

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

U.S. Trains Algerian Judges and customs men

The U.S. has kicked off a high-powered program to improve the workings of Algeria's judicial and customs systems. (...) [310 words] [$7]

algiers

CHIRAC TO VISIT ALGERIA

President Jacques Chirac has promised his Algerian counterpart, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, that he will pay an official visit to Algiers by the end of the year, Maghreb Confidential has learned. (...) [73 words] [$2,1]

FIRST "KUKSUL" TROOPS OPERATIONAL

Armed forces chief-of-staff Mohamed Lamari attended a turning-out ceremony for the first "Kuksul" forces (...) [65 words] [$2,1]

A NEW ALGERIA-FRANCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?

The Algerian embassy in Paris is unofficially pushing for the creation of an Algerian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry that would take the place of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Algeria (CFCIA) and the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce (CCFA). (...) [128 words] [$2,1]

rabat

MINURSO MANDATE COULD BE EXTENDED

Although it negotiated effectively on Spain's behalf in the Perejil islet affair, Washington still backs Morocco's position on the third way in the Western Sahara issue (it submitted a new draft resolution on the matter to the Security Council on July 24) with support from France and the United Kingdom. (...) [78 words] [$2,1]

AMERICAN BRIEFING FOR PARTIES AS ELECTION LOOMS

The National Democratic Institute, an offshoot of the Democrat Party in the U. (...) [129 words] [$2,1]

MAJOR CASH INJECTION FOR BOUDJOUR CLEAN-UP

The city of Boudjour in the contested territory of Western Sahara plans to install a sewage and water treatment system worth 308 million DH ($28. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]

THERMAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR IMMIGRANTS

The Spanish electronics equipment maker AMPER will install a thermal system aimed at detecting boats carrying illicit immigrants in the Straits of Gibraltar this summer. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]

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BOUCHAMAOUI NEGOTIATING WITH McDO

Tunisia's Bouchamaoui group is in advanced talks with the American fast-food giant to open McDonald's restaurants in the country's leading holiday resorts. (...) [76 words] [$2,1]

HUGE COUNTERFEIT SHIPMENT BOND FOR TUNIS

A total of fake 42,422 Rolex and Chanel watches destined for Tunisia were seized by the French customs in Marseilles on July 17 during a routine check of a duty-free warehouse. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

ROME DOWNPLAYS LIBYAN BALLISTIC THREAT

According to a report by the Italian intelligence agency Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare that was obtained by the publication Intelligence Online (Indigo Pujblications), Libya's ballistic missile capacity is "over-rated. (...) [58 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	PALAIS DES ROSES
	PALAIS DES ROSES, an affiliate of the Saudi Arabian Dallah al Baraka group, plans to invest 160 million Euros to build a seaside resort at Tagahazouf close to Agadir. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	RATP
	RATP, the Paris transit authority, and the Syndicat des Transports d'Ile de France are to send experts to Casablanca to help the city blueprint an urban transit system. (...) [45 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ALGERIE TELECOM
	ALGERIE TELECOM and Asmidal have been marked down for privatization and the government has issued a call to bids for an investment bank to advise on the sell-off process for the two. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	AIR LIB
	AIR LIB is expected to meet its goals with regard passenger traffic on its new Algerian routes by the end of the year, according to a survey that KPGM carried out for the airline. (...) [37 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	STEG
	STEG (Tunisia's power utility) has a new chairman, Othman Ben Arfa, who succeeds Moncef Boussen. (...) [18 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	ARAB COMPANY FOR OIL AND GAS PIPELINES
	ARAB COMPANY FOR OIL AND GAS PIPELINES, which is to manage a project to extend the pipeline network between Libya and Egypt, held its first constituent general meeting in Cairo on July 21. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	SONATRACH
	SONATRACH, the Algerian oil company, will take part in a round table on U. (...) [58 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	SOTRAMOS/BOSCALIS
	SOTRAMOS/BOSCALIS Algeria/Holland has been short-listed alongside Dragmor (Poland), Dredging International (Belgium), IMT SPA (France) and Jean de Nul (Belgium) for a contract to dredge the Algerian port of Arzew. (...) [78 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	NORTH AFRICA/FRANCE
	BERNARD EMIE
	As we predicted, Bernard Emie, a foreign affairs adviser very close to the new foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, has just been named North Africa and Middle East director at the Quai d'Orsay. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	CORINNE BREUZE
	A foreign ministry counselor who holds a degree in classic Arabic, Corinne Breuze, will take over from Herve Besancennot as French consul-general in Casablanca next month. (...) [145 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	SAID BOUTEFLIKA
	The adviser and brother of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Said Bouteflika, has reportedly vetoed the appointment of a new director-general of the state-run television channel in the place of Hamraoui Habib Chawki, a founding member of the Rassemblement National Democratique. (...) [99 words] [$2,1]