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Archive n° 621 - 10/23/2003

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Elections : Outsiders Step from Shadows

While waiting for the senior generals to decide whether to back Abdelaziz Bouteflika or Ali Benflis as their favorite for the forthcoming presidential elections, a number of newcomers seem ready to enter the race. (...) [301 words] [$7]

algiers

BANKING WRANGLE

The Kharroubi dynasty that has run the Banque Commercial et Industrielle d'Algerie (BCIA) for generations has filed suit against the governor of the Banque d'Algerie, Mohamed Laksaci, the deputy governor, Ali Touati, and the boss of Banque Exterieure d'Algerie, Boualem Benaissa. (...) [89 words] [$2,1]

FRENCH CEREALS MEN IN PUSH

A large delegation of officials from French cereals firms turned up in Algiers to discuss the prospect of more business from Algeria and competition from producers in East Europe. (...) [51 words] [$2,1]

EARLY PAYOFF OF FOREIGN DEBT

The Banque d'Algerie wants to take advantage of its exceptionally high level of foreign reserves -- $30 billion, or the equivalent of two years of imports – to reduce the country's foreign debt. (...) [67 words] [$2,1]

rabat

BMCE STILL TALKING WITH CAISSE D'EPARGNE

The BMCE will once again promote a partnership with France's Groupe Caisse d'Epargne after a veto on the alliance by Morocco's Comite des Etablissements de Credit in early October. (...) [92 words] [$2,1]

MARSEILLES PORT WANTS TO BOOST CASABLANCA TRAFFIC

A delegation from Marseilles port visited officials in the port of Casablanca in mid-October to persuade the Moroccans to send more of their goods to Europe by ship. (...) [120 words] [$2,1]

MOROCCAN TEXTILE FIRMS WOO BRITISH

Moroccan clothing companies were due to present their wares at the International Textile Machinery Show opening at Birmingham on Oct. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]

tunis

WILL CHIRAC'S VISIT PAY OFF?

In advance of French president Jacques Chirac's visit to Tunisia on December. (...) [87 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

CHAD WANTS DAMAGES

Under pressure from members of Libya's revolutionary committees, prime minister Shokri Ghanem travelled to Chad to try to defuse a major crisis brewing with N'Djamena. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

TRIPOLI CRAVES FRANCE'S INVOLVEMENT

The French government is still refusing to negotiate directly with Libya to settle the UTA affair, to Tripoli's extreme displeasure. (...) [136 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	LIBYA/TUNISIA
	STEG
	STEG in Tunisia and Libya's NOC have just established a joint venture, Jointgaz, to operate the gas pipeline linking Melita in Libya to the Tunisian port of Gabes. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	WILAYA DE SETIF
	WILAYA DE SETIF in eastern Algeria has just issued an invitation to tender for renovation of its drinking water network. (...) [45 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	IMF
	IMF will put the finishing touches to its report on Algeria in February. (...) [42 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	IONICS/MITSUI
	IONICS/MITSUI (U.S./Japan) has won the $250 million contract to build the desalination plant at El Hamma in Algeria. (...) [49 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	LAZARD FRERES
	LAZARD FRERES has been selected to organize the partial privatization of Credit Populaire d'Algerie. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	TOTAL
	TOTAL is to shortly open a branch to manufacture lubricants in Algeria. (...) [17 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	ASPIDE-MI
	ASPIDE-MI, a French company based in St. Etienne which makes surgical implants, sent officials to Morocco this week to sign contracts for distribution of its products in the country. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	TRAVAUX DU SUD OUEST
	TRAVAUX DU SUD OUEST, a French company that specializes in laying railway tracks, is to set up shop in Algeria. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	SOURIAU
	SOURIAU, a firm that makes connectors for Airbus airliners, opened a new plant in the free trade zone at Tangiers on Oct. (...) [29 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	NICOLAS SARKOZY
	French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy is to visit Algiers on Oct. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA
	SERGIO ROMANO
	Tempers have flared between Rome and Tripoli. In an article that appeared on Oct. (...) [72 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	SAID BELAIDOUNI
	A businessman widely known in financial circles, Said Belaidouni, was appointed managing director of the new private bank The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance Algeria. (...) [148 words] [$2,1]