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Archive n° 623 - 11/06/2003

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Tarek Ben Ammar Pushes TV Deal

A businessman who made a name for himself by producing Roman epic films in Tunisia in the 1970s, Tarek Ben Ammar, has sprung to the forefront of Tunisian television (...) [347 words] [$7]

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SAID BOUTEFLIKA PUSHING ALL THE BUTTONS

The brother and adviser to president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Said, was in Paris last week to drum up support for Bouteflika's presidential campaign in 2004 among the Algerian community in France. (...) [92 words] [$2,1]

BRUSSELS STILL WONDERING ?WHO'S KILLING WHO.?

For several months the Algerian government has been exerting pressure on the European Union to get it to include the Islamic GIA and GSPC movements on Europe's list of terrorist organizations. (...) [77 words] [$2,1]

END TO ?IN-HOUSE? FUNDING

Algeria's new legislation on currency and loans has thrown a spanner into the development strategy of the big Cevital, Nouvelle Conserverie Algerienne and Blanzy groups. (...) [101 words] [$2,1]

BATTLE OVER CAR SALES CONTINUES

Vendors of new cars will need to continue fending off competition from importers of second-hand vehicles for the time being. (...) [52 words] [$2,1]

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THE STORY BEHIND YOUSSOUFI'S WITHDRAWAL

According to Maghreb Confidential sources, the resignation of Abderrahmane Youssoufi as first secretary of the USFP party on Oct. (...) [277 words] [$2,1]

BCM DROPS BMCE BID

The Banque Commercial du Maroc (BCM), an establishment owned by ONA-SNI which never got over the acquisition of Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieure (BMCE) by Othman Benjelloun in 1995, has dropped its efforts to buy BMCE. (...) [96 words] [$2,1]

AIRBUS SUB-CONTRACTORS BUILD UP STEAM

Souriau, a company specializing in the manufacturer of connectors for Airbus airliners, has opened a new production plant in the Tangiers free trade zone. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]

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MEHDI TRABELSI ALSO SELLS LACOSTE

Owner of Omega Distribution, Mehdi Trabelsi has added the Lacoste clothing line to his products. (...) [47 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	ORASCOM
	ORASCOM, the Egyptian telephone operator which won Algeria's 2nd GSM contract will pay the finance ministry $369 million before the end of the year to honor the second part of the contract. (...) [59 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	FIRST CALGARY PETROLEUM
	FIRST CALGARY PETROLEUM, the smallest foreign oil company operating in southern Algeria, wants to sell its gas on the London market. (...) [37 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	MITRE GROUP
	MITRE GROUP, the U.S. firm that specializes in the security of data bases, has opened a Moroccan affiliate in Rabat. (...) [26 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	BEMAEX
	BEMAEX, a French firm that builds fire engines, is to supply tanker trucks for Algeria's civil protection agency. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	LOUIS BERGER
	LOUIS BERGER, an American consultancy, has won a $66 million contract from Agence Nationale Algerienne des Autoroutes to supervise the project for a motorway between El Affroun and El Hoeinia. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	BCIA
	BCIA, the private Algerian bank that has just been wound up, had plans to open a Paris branch, according to our sources. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	OFFICE TUNISIEN DES TERRES DOMANIALES
	OFFICE TUNISIEN DES TERRES DOMANIALES is selling two oil mills, the Destrumeau plant and the Bouchay plant at Sfax, as part of a restructuring of its business. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	TUNISIE TELECOM
	TUNISIE TELECOM has issued an invitation to tender for the supply, installation and connection of an optical fibre link to run alongside the railway line between Tunis and Sfax. (...) [33 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	ABDERRAHMANE DAHMANE
	Ali Benflis will be able to count on the significant support of Abderrahmane Dahmane, president of the Conseil des Democrates Musulmans de France, for his bid for the Algerian presidency next year. (...) [57 words] [$2,1]


	WESTERN SAHARA
	ABDELKADER TALEB OUMAR
	The President of the Autonomous Sahroui Democratic Republic (ASDR), Mohamed Abdelaziz, named a new prime minister on Oct. (...) [73 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	ALAIN JUPPE
	The Carthage Palace is drumming up support within France's center-right UMP party prior to president Jacques Chirac's state visit in December. (...) [82 words] [$2,1]


	GERMANY/TUNISIA
	PETER STRUCK
	Tunis and Berlin are building up their military ties. Visiting Tunisia last week, German defense minister Peter Struck signed a cooperation pact that provides for visits and the transfer of expertise. (...) [34 words] [FREE]