MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n° 624 - 13/11/2003

NULL Carthage Palace : So Long "Mr. AA" Only a few weeks prior to a state visit by French president Jacques Chirac and after the expenditure of millions of dollars in vain attempts to brush up the image of Tunisia's "modern" yet "authoritarian" leader Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, the president's communications adviser and official spokesman, Abdelawahab Abdallah, nick-named "Mr. (...). [Total : 316 Words]. (4,7USD)

TUNISIA MOHAMED JERI A former chief-of-staff to Tunisia's president (1990-94) and ex finance minister (1995-97), 55-year-old Mohamed Jeri has been named head of the country's Audits Court. (...). [Total : 41 mots]. (FREE!) TUNISIA/FRANCE/LIBYA HABIB BEN YAHIA The Carthage Palace is determined to see that the 5+5 summit in Tunis in December is a success. (...). [Total : 56 mots]. (1,5USD) 2 TUNISIA NOUREDDINE BOUTAR A print-press journalist, Noureddine Boutar, has managed the quite considerable feat of launching Tunisia's ? (...). [Total : 50 mots]. (1,5USD) ALGERIA AHMED BENBITOUR Former Algerian prime minister Ahmed Benbitour has just added his name to the growing list of potential candidates for the 2004 presidential elections. (...). [Total : 83 mots]. (1,5USD) ALGERIA ABDERRAHMANE CHIBANE A former religious affairs minister in the Chadli government, Abderrahmane Chibane, who was sounded out about taking the post of director of the Paris Mosque in the late 1990s, has re-activated the Algiers-based religious association Nadi Ettarakki. (...). [Total : 57 mots]. (1,5USD)