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Maghreb Confidential /Archives

Archive n° 629 - 11/18/2003

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Washington's Free Trade Offensive

Maghreb Confidential has obtained the copy of a State Department report issued on Dec. 1 (...) [330 words] [$4.7]

TUNISIA

Tunisian Anti-Terrorism Law

New Legislation is aimed at satisfying Washington which put a number of Saudi investors active in Tunisia onto its black list of terrorism bankrollers. (...)

algiers

Colin Powell’s secret message

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Moment of truth for LNG in US

The Liquefied Natural Gas conference that drew energy ministers from 24 countries to Washington on Dec. (...) [150 words] [$1.5]

New World bank cooperation strategy

In a stroke of good news for Abdelaziz Bouteflika with just five months to go before Algeria's presidential election, the World Bank has announced a new country assistance strategy for Algeria for the period between 2004-2006. (...) [84 words] [$1.5]

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Royal vacation in Europe

After spending a few days in Paris, where he will be received at the home of Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed VI will take to the ski slopes at Courchevel in the French Alps. (...) [38 words] [FREE]

World champion for hashish

According to an inquiry by the U.N. unit that fights drugs and organized crime - and which uses satellites to conduct its investigations -- no less than 134. (...) [109 words] [$1.5]

Spain in water management venture

Spain's overseas development agency AECI will take part in the decentralized management of water supply in Morocco. (...) [79 words] [$1.5]

ADB to inject $1.5 billion

The African Development Bank headed by Morocco's Omar Kabbaj has unveiled a $1. (...) [66 words] [$1.5]

Study on Morocco-Spain tunnel

Water-depth studies for the construction of a tunnel linking Tangiers to Tarifa in Spain will begin in 2004 following the adoption of a $27 million ? (...) [59 words] [$1.5]

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Americans eye milk market

Several American companies are interested in the forthcoming privatization of Tunisie Lait, the country's second-leading producer of milk and dairy products. (...) [108 words] [$1.5]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	Valeo
	Valeo has inaugurated its new electronics and liaison systems plant at Bouznika in Morocco. (...) [18 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	ECOMED (US)
	ECOMED (US), GMF Pompage (Morocco and Jacorossi Impresse (Italy/Egypt) have been disqualified from a tender for the management of waste at Casablanca. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	Bank Al Maghreb
	Bank Al Maghreb, the Moroccan central bank, has just seen its charter amended to enable it to exercise tougher control over loan establishments and enjoy wider independence in monetary policy. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Tunisia’s interior ministry
	Tunisia’s interior ministry has issued an invitation to tender for a contract for four-wheel-drive vehicles. (...) [73 words] [$1.5]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	SIEMENS/SAIPEM/SOFRESID
	SIEMENS/SAIPEM/SOFRESID as well as Alstom and SNC Lavalin are all bidding for the contract to build a power station at Berrouaghia in Algeria. (...) [46 words] [$1.5]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	SOFREMINES
	SOFREMINES has joined forces with the U.S. firm Booz Allen & Hamilton to conduct a ? (...) [37 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	CCI PARIS
	CCI PARIS, the banking group, and COMEXIO-Paris are to join forces with the Chambre Algerienne de Commerce et d'Industrie and SAFEX to organize the 2nd ? (...) [40 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	MOROCCO
	LALLA MERYEM
	Acting like a genuine "social affairs minister" (...) [209 words] [$1.5]


	MOROCCO
	DRISS BENZEKRI
	The chairman of Morocco's Human Rights Consultative Committee, Driss Benzekri, has seen his proposal to set up an ? (...) [75 words] [$1.5]