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Archive n° 582 - 12/12/2002

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

A Pharmaceutical Storm Brews Up

Algeria's importers of medicines have been up in arms since the Algerian authorities suspended the licenses of those which haven't invested in an industrial project. (...) [316 words] [$7]

algiers

BOUTEFLIKA PLAYS OFF SENIOR GENERALS

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is skillfully using his foreign supporters to mark points and win elbow room at home against his senior generals. (...) [124 words] [$2,1]

BROWN & ROOT CONDOR TO TAKE UP AIRPORT PROJECT?

The Algerian-American consultancy Brown & Root Condor (a joint venture between Sonatrach and Halliburton) that specializes in oil projects could complete construction of the new Algiers airport. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]

rabat

WILL MOHAMMED V SQUARE SET PRECEDENT FOR ARAB LEADERS?

To discourage Arab leaders from clamoring for streets and squares in Paris to be named after them, the Paris City Hall said its forthcoming inauguration of a ? (...) [168 words] [$2,1]

BRITISH PUSH FOR BUSINESS

Trade Partners UK, an organization that backs British firms anxious to set up operations abroad, is planning a business mission to Morocco between March 1-4. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

tunis

EXPERTS EXAMINE REAL ESTATE ISSUE BEFORE CHIRAC VISIT

The long-standing quarrel between France and Tunisia over the ownership of property, which was discussed during the last meeting of the Franco-Tunisian joint committee in Paris early this year and when French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin's visited Tunis in November, could well be resolved before president Jacques Chirac's visit to Tunisia early in the new year. (...) [88 words] [$2,1]

NEW DICTIONARY BANNED

The Larousse 2002 dictionary of proper nouns hasn't been distributed by the Institut Francais de Cooperation in Tunisia. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]

NEW IPOs OF GOVERNMENT STAKES

Although the flotation of stakes in state-owned companies on the Tunis stock exchange hasn't exactly triggered delirium among investors up to now, the government has decided to carefully dole out holdings of 15% to 20% in three successful companies in 2003. (...) [66 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

CLINTON DRAWING CLOSER TO KADHAFI?

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton is expected to attend a seminar in London in February that has been organized by the ? (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

UNPAID HOTEL BILLS

The Hotel Warwick in Paris is unhappy. It was delighted in July to sign an agreement with Libyan Airlines to house pilots, flight attendants and the airline's guests after the carrier resumed service to Paris. (...) [51 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	PIANIMPIANTI
	PIANIMPIANTI, an Italian water treatment company, still hasn't received permission from the Moroccan authorities to introduce an overall environment management system in the city of Khouribga despite disbursement of funding for the scheme by the European Union. (...) [41 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	AFD
	AFD, the Agence Francaise de Developpement, has awarded a 12 million Euro loan to the city of Oujda in Morocco for completion of its $22. (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
	TDA
	TDA, the U.S. Trade Development Agency, is to finance the second phase of a feasibility study for a project to use solar energy for rural electrification and pumping in Algeria. (...) [57 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	KARTHAGO
	KARTHAGO, a group owned by Belhassen Trabelsi, brother-in-law of the Tunisian president, which is already very active in the airline, hotel and holiday industries, is going to open a publishing house to issue guide-books to Tunisia. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	LAVAL
	LAVAL, an Algerian veterinary laboratory, is teaming up with the French lab CEVA to make anti-biotic and anti-parasite goods. (...) [22 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/TUNISIA
	SAKMO
	SAKMO, a joint Algerian-Tunisian company that builds thermic engines under license for the Italian firm Lambardini, is going to be privatized. (...) [43 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	AIRBUS INDUSTRIE
	AIRBUS INDUSTRIE may have run into problems with Algeria's Khalifa Airways. (...) [44 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
	RICHARD HOLMES
	The first Algerian-American business conference scheduled for New York between Dec. (...) [102 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	EL HADI BENZAGHOU
	The secretary general at the energy and mines ministry, El Hadi Benzaghou, was sidelined by his minister, Chakib Khelil, on Dec. (...) [108 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	SALAH ABDELLAH KAMEL
	The boss of the Dalah el Baraka group, sheikh Salah Abdellah Kamel, tops the hit parade of Saudi investors in Morocco's tourism industry according to a recent Saudi survey. (...) [149 words] [$2,1]