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Archive n° 574 - 10/17/2002

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

African Affairs and DC10 Bombing

French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin will be meeting Muammer Kadhafi on Oct. 18. The Libyan leader apparently has a soft spot for de Villepin and that will be very useful because they have hard issues to broach. (...) [354 words] [$7]

algiers

DEFENSE MINISTER TO BE NAMED?

Speculation is mounting in Algerian political circles that a defense minister could shortly be named and that he might be a civilian. (...) [81 words] [$2,1]

CSA CALLS FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT KHALIFA GROUP

Like half of the French media, France's Communications Authority – Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel –wants to know more about Algeria's Khalifa group. (...) [136 words] [$2,1]

ONDEO HESITATES OVER ORAN DESALINATION UNIT

Although Ondeo Degremont asked for documents about a project to build a desalination plant in Oran for Algerienne des Eaux (ADE), it may not respond to the invitation to tender. (...) [121 words] [$2,1]

rabat

PEACE-MAKING TRIP FOR SECRET SERVICE BOSS

A former Spanish ambassador to Morocco and now head of Spain's foreign intelligence agency CNI, Jorge Dezcallar paid a discreet call on the kingdom following legislative elections in September. (...) [76 words] [$2,1]

RAILROAD MEN DROP IN

French and other representatives of the rail industry were due to visit Rabat until Oct. (...) [148 words] [$2,1]

tunis

CHINESE OUT IN FORCE AT BUSINESS FORUM

A number of Chinese business heavyweights turned up for the fourth annual Carthage business forum on Oct. (...) [95 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

NEW FRANCO-LIBYAN ?BUSINESS FRAMEWORK??

The joint Franco-Libyan committee that is due to meet in Paris next week will lay down a new legal framework for French business operations in Libya. (...) [115 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	SOLANO 2000
	SOLANO 2000, one of Spain's leading manufacturers of shoe accessories, will set up operations in Tangier's free trade zone with a 3. (...) [51 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTERNATIONAL
	GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTERNATIONAL (Luxembourg) has acquired the firm Laboratoire Pharmaceutique Algerien-SmithKline Beecham by injecting 13. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	TRAGSA
	TRAGSA of Spain is in talks with Algeria's agriculture ministry to set up operations in the fields of water management, animal breeding and tree growing. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/SOUTH KOREA
	ABOSUNG POWERTEC
	ABOSUNG POWERTEC, Sehwa Precision and Song Jeong, three South Korean firms that specialize in electrical goods, plastics and textiles, are to invest in the Algerian market. (...) [46 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	TELEFONICA
	TELEFONICA was invited by Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was paying an official visit to Madrid, to buy into Algeria's telecommunications sector (fixed telephone system in 2004). (...) [30 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	GIPSO
	GISPO, Groupement Interprofessionnel des Industries Pharmaceutiques in south-west France, has signed a technical training accord with CNIP, Tunisia's drugs industry association. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	BREAKWATER RESOURCES LTD
	BREAKWATER RESOURCES LTD., a Canadian mining company, has dropped out of the running for a contract to work the Oued Amizour zinc deposit in Algeria. (...) [45 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	CATHERINE LALUMIERE
	Vice president of the European Parliament and former French minister Catherine Lalumiere emerged as one of the strongest defenders of Libya during a debate in the Euro parliament attended by two opponents of Muammer Kadhafi, Hadi Shalouf and Mansour Kichia. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO/EUROPEAN UNION
	MOHAMED BENAISSA
	Moroccan foreign minister Mohamed Benaissa will be in Brussels on Nov. (...) [67 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	LARBI BELKHEIR
	French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy recently visited Algeria at the personal invitation of Larbi Belkheir, secretary-general of the Algerian president's office. (...) [49 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	JAMES WOLFENSOHN
	World Bank president James Wolfensohn will pay a call on Algeria in March 2003. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	FATMA-ZOHRA BOUCHEMLA
	The minister in charge of Algeria's expatriate community, Fatma-Zohra Bouchemla, has launched a program to encourage ? (...) [73 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	CATHERINE LALUMIERE
	Vice president of the European Parliament and former French minister Catherine Lalumiere emerged as one of the strongest defenders of Libya during a debate in the Euro parliament attended by two opponents of Muammer Kadhafi, Hadi Shalouf and Mansour Kichia. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]