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Archive n° 581 - 12/05/2002

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

How to Torpedo EU-Moroccan Association

In a memo sent on Nov. 22 to the American official negotiating a free trade agreement between the United States and Morocco, the American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco launched a broadside at the European Union-Moroccan association accord. (...) [335 words] [$7]

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US AID FOR ANTI-TERRORIST CENTER

The United States, which considers Algeria the nation that has cooperated the most with it since the Sept. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

BOUTEFLIKA TO DROP IN ON BELGIAN KING

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika will pay an official visit to Belgium on Dec. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]

REVOLT OF PHAMACEUTICAL GROUPS

The Syndicat Algerien de l'Industrie Pharmaceutique (SAIP) intends to start importing generic medicines in order to compete on an equal footing with foreign drugs that are imported and reimbursed by a committee established by the government in 1996. (...) [90 words] [$2,1]

HACHETTE WELL PLACED FOR NEW SCHOOLBOOK MARKET

The French group Hachette which operates in Algeria appears in the best position to capture a ? (...) [65 words] [$2,1]

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GERMANS AND FRENCH JOCKEY FOR POSITION

Morocco's water and environment minister, Mohamed Yazghi, appears determined to set a new water and environment management policy into motion. (...) [109 words] [$2,1]

WORLD BANK ADVISES FISH INDUSTRY

The World Bank wants to step up its cooperation with Morocco's fishery ministry. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]

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FRENCH OFFICIALS AT CARTHAGE PALACE

Following recent visits by French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin and interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy, president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali will play host to three other government figures before the end of the year: (...) [94 words] [$2,1]

MONOPPRIX-MABROUK ON MOTORWAY

The son-in-law of Ben Ali, Marouane Mabrouk – he is married to Syrine—has achieved his goal. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]

MUNICIPAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

Curiously, several members of the government are selling off houses they built on municipal property that had initially been reserved for parks. (...) [78 words] [$2,1]

CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR COPS

Playing Santa Clause, president Ben Ali has just offered a number of senior police officials plots of land with a view on the sea at Salambo just two km away from the Carthage palace. (...) [53 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	CAP
	CAP, CGOEA and CNPA, the three leading Algerian employers' federations, have set up an umbrella organization like France's Medef. (...) [23 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	CEMENT WORKS
	CEMENT WORKS in Meftah, Skikda and Mascara are to be partially privatized in 2003. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	MALAYSIA
	JAWALA CORPORATION
	JAWALA CORPORATION (Malaysia), Airport Company of South Africa and SNC Lavalin have all been spurned in their respective bids to win the management contract at Houari Boumedienne airport. (...) [59 words] [$2,1]


	SPAIN
	COBEGA
	COBEGA (Spain) has bought a 70% stake in firms that bottle Coca Cola in Fes and Marrakech for $84 million. (...) [23 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	SIAAP
	SIAAP, an organization that purifies water in the Paris area, is training executives of ONEP, Morocco's national drinking water agency, at its facilities in Paris. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	EMA
	EMA, Entreprise du Metro d'Algier, has issued an invitation to tender for four new stations. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	PAXAR
	PAXAR, a New York code bar and labeling firm, is opening a production unit in Casablanca. (...) [20 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	FCE
	FCE, a forum for Algerian business chiefs headed by Omar Ramdane, has launched a nation-wide ? (...) [54 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	CFCIA
	CFCIA, the French chamber of commerce and industry, has teamed up with the study bureau Ecotechnics to stage a seminar on Dec. (...) [35 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA
	DJILALI MEHRI
	An Algerian millionaire who holds the Pepsi Cola-Algerie franchise and that of several brands of beer (Tango, Stella), Djilali Mehri, is to shortly sign an accord to become exclusive representative of the Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson in Algeria. (...) [69 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	REDA HAMECH
	A former official in Algeria's foreign ministry, Reda Hamech, has bolstered his position within the energy ministry. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	BERNARD DEROSIER
	With a new National Assembly now in place, Bernard Derosier, a socialist legislator from northern France, has become head of the France-Algeria Friendship group. (...) [60 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	KHADIJA KHALI
	President of the Association of Moslem Women in France, Khadija Khali is full of praise for Muammer Kadhafi and is actively preparing a seminar in Paris on Islam and globalization. (...) [46 words] [$2,1]


	NORTH AFRICA/UNITED STATES
	ELLIOTT ABRAMS
	A former assistant secretary of state during Ronald Reagan's presidency, Elliott Abrams, has been named president George W. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]