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Archive n° 616 - 09/18/2003

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Chirac «Advises » Mohammed IV on W. Sahara

Moroccan king Mohammed VI paid a discreet private call on President Jacques Chirac in Paris on Sept. 17 to mull the Western Sahara issue with the French leader. (...) [331 words] [$7]

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Americans still in pole position for ATC cover

The Etablissement National de la Navigation Aerienne is pressing ahead with a sweeping project to upgrade its air traffic control system and air navigation equipment. (...) [95 words] [$2,1]

OWNER OF WAFA PARTY HEADQUARTERS REVEALED

Will ex foreign minister Taleb Ahmed Ibrahimi's unathorized Wafa party shortly be able to operate out of its old headquarters. (...) [94 words] [$2,1]

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KING SEEKING YOUNG AND COMPETENT CIVIL SERVANTS

Faced with the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and an encrusted government bureaucracy, king Mohammed VI is trying to re-invigorate the state apparatus by injecting fresh blood into it. (...) [139 words] [$2,1]

MOROCCO'S JEWISH DIASPORA TO BE KEPT INFORMED

The Moroccan authorities are attempting to reassure the country's Jewish community following the murder of a second Jew in Mekhnes three days after the killing of a shop-keeper in Casablanca on Sept. (...) [80 words] [$2,1]

CIMPOR IN DRIVE TO BOOST MARKET SHARE

After failing to crack the Algerian market, Cimentos do Portugal (CIMPOR) is mounting a drive to gain additional market share in Morocco. (...) [90 words] [$2,1]

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FRANCE OUT IN FORCE FOR FARM SHOW

Several French companies will take part in the 8th Agricultural and Fisheries show being held in Tunis between Oct. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]

FOURTH TUNISIAN-FRENCH BUSINESS CONCLAVE

A wide range of French businesses will take part in a fourth Tunisian-French ? (...) [110 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

French business stands to lose from UTA affair

Colonel Muammar Kadhafi is furious with France for preventing him from announcing the lifting of the U. (...) [106 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA/CHINA
	CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION has just teamed up with Algeria's Sonatrach to form a new joint venture, Soralchin-SPA, to refine and market crude oil from the Touat field in the Sbaa basin. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ITOCHU
	ITOCHU has begun work on the Arzew desalination plant in Algeria which will consist of 318 MW power station. (...) [42 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	APEX-BP SOLAR
	APEX-BP SOLAR, an affiliate of BP France, has won a contract in partnership with Compagnie Marocaine des Hydrocarbures to supply 4,000 households with electricity generated by photovoltaic systems in the southern suburbs of Marrakech. (...) [37 words] [FREE]


	UNITED STATES/MOROCCO
	US AID
	US AID, the American development agency, has kicked off a new program to assist small and medium sized Moroccan companies. (...) [85 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	UNILEVER
	UNILEVER is to shortly start selling food products on the Algerian market, including goods by Knorr. (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	FANTOFT GROUP
	FANTOFT GROUP has been awarded a contract by ABB to supply a pipeline management system for the Western Libya Gas Project. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	UBIFRANCE
	UBIFRANCE is organizing an Algeria seminar concerning the robot and automation sector in Paris on Sept. (...) [21 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	MOROCCO
	HAMIDOU LAANIGRI
	General Hamidou Laanigri, who was named head of the Moroccan security service Direction Generale de la Surete Nationale (DGSN) this summer in succession Hafid Ben Hachem, remains highly influential in the domestic intelligence agency Direction de la Securite du Territoire (DST) and even more so at foreign intelligence service Direction Generale des Etudes et de la Documentation (DGED). (...) [85 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	Jacques Lanxade
	A former French ambassador to Tunis, Jacques Lanxade, who was named head of the Tunisian committee at Medef International, a branch of the French employers association, is organizing a first meeting of his panel in Paris on Sept. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	DJAMEL OULD ABBES
	Minister for solidarity in the Algerian government between 1999-2001, Djamel Ould Abbes took up his old post again in early September. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]


	SPAIN/LIBYA
	JOSE MARIA AZNAR
	Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose country backed the U. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO/EUROPEAN UNION
	AICHA BELARBI
	The former state-secretary for foreign affairs in Abderrahmane Youssoufi's government, Aicha Berlarbi, has quit her post as Moroccan ambassador to the European Union. (...) [34 words] [FREE]