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Archive n° 625 - 11/20/2003

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

How "Mr. AA" Fell from Grace

The growing influence of the "Abdallah couple" within government circles lies behind the dismissal of Abdelawahab Abdallah. (...) [346 words] [$7]

algiers

FISCAL AMNESTY FOR MILLIONAIRES ?

A fiscal amnesty for Algerian millionaires who have expatriated their money is expected to figure among Abdelaziz Bouteflika's proposals in next year's presidential election. (...) [68 words] [$2,1]

BAN ON ALCOHOL IMPORTS

Taking advantage of the absence of FLN legislators in Parliament late on the evening of Nov. (...) [113 words] [$2,1]

HEAVY RESTRUCTURING BILL AT CNAN

Announced early this year, an operation to restructure the Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigation (CNAN) and sell off a 49% stake in the shipping company is proving highly expensive for the government. (...) [116 words] [$2,1]

rabat

OTHMAN BENJELLON'S VERSION OF MANDARI AFFAIR

According to our sources, a suit filed by Othman Benjelloun against Hicham Mandari in Paris on Sept. (...) [142 words] [$2,1]

PUSHING MOROCCAN HOLIDAYS IN LONDON

Morocco's tourism minister travelled to London last week for the World Travel Market fair. (...) [85 words] [$2,1]

CDG TO RIDE TO SOFAC'S RESCUE?

Will Morocco's Caisse de Depot et Gestion rescue the Sofac consumer loan company in which it is the biggest shareholder? (...) [85 words] [$2,1]

HONORS FOR FRENCH IN MOROCCO

France's Ordre National du Merite was awarded on Nov. 14 to the following personalities with connections to Morocco: (...) [60 words] [$2,1]

tunis

?5+5? SUMMIT TO MULL HUMAN RIGHTS

A major theme of the ?5+5? summit gathering in Tunis in early December will be emigration in the Euro-Mediterranean area along with public freedoms and human rights. (...) [61 words] [$2,1]

WASHINGTON SETS UP DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION –AND RADIO STATION

Considering Tunisia as a strategic ?launching pad? for its views in the Middle East, the U. (...) [94 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	SOCIETE ALGERIENNE DE GESTION DES PARTICIPATIONS DE L'ETAT
	SOCIETE ALGERIENNE DE GESTION DES PARTICIPATIONS DE L'ETAT and Entreprise Portuaire d'Annaba are seeking a foreign company to renovate the cereals silos in the port of Annaba in Western Algeria. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	TAP
	TAP, the Portuguese airline, is to resume services to Morocco in 2004. (...) [67 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/TUNISIA
	SOTACIB
	SOTACIB, the Societe Tuniso-Algerienne de Ciment Blanc, has issued an invitation to tender for a bank to advise it on its privatization. (...) [26 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	INVENSYS
	INVENSYS, an international firm specializing in the automatic management of assembly lines, has been contracted by the Entreprise Nationale Algerienne d'Industrie Petrochimique (Sonatrach group) to upgrade its complex at Skikda. (...) [47 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	MORA
	MORA, an Italian group that bought the Sofomeca smelter in Tunisia in August, plans to turn the site into an ? (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	FLIGHTCARE-CELEBI-FINAMCO
	FLIGHTCARE-CELEBI-FINAMCO, a Spanish-Turkish-Moroccan consortium, is in pole position to become the second-ranking handling operator at the airports of Casablanca, Agadir and Marrakesh. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA/RUSSIA
	Moscow Lifts Sanctions against Libya
	Moscow Lifts Sanctions against Libya. Russian oil firms and others are going to return to Libya following president Vladimir Putin's decision to lift his country's sanctions against Tripoli. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	SONY BUSINESS EUROPE
	SONY BUSINESS EUROPE was awarded two contracts worth a total of 296 million DR from the state-controlled Algerian television network to supply audio visual equipment. (...) [28 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	UNITED STATES/MOROCCO
	WENDY CHAMBERLIN
	Three weeks after a visit by William Burns, under secretary of state for the Middle East, Wendy Chamberlin, director of Asia and the Middle East, is paying a call on Morocco. (...) [145 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	AHMED GHAZALI
	Former secretary-general at the justice ministry, Ahmed Ghazali was named chairman of the Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA), a new body that will supervise deregulation of the television and radio sector. (...) [58 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	MICHEL VAUZELLE
	The president of the Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region, Michel Vauzelle, was in Bourmerdes, Algeria on Nov. (...) [31 words] [FREE]