BG Group, Tunisia Continue to Discuss Barca Power Project
25/10/2004
BG Group has announced that discussions with the Tunisian government on the development of a 500 MW CCGT power plant have not yet been concluded. The...Continue...
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Morocco, World Bank to Set New Strategy of Co-operation for 2005-2009
25/10/2004
Morocco and the World Bank will set a new strategy of co-operation covering the period 2005-2009. According to official sources, Rabat and the Bank a...Continue...
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Algeria's Trade Balance Records $6.5 Billion Surplus
25/10/2004
Algeria's balance of trade recorded a surplus of $6.51 billion in the first nine months of 2004, according to figures from the National Customs' Comp...Continue...
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Number of French Tourists Visiting Tunisia Soars
25/10/2004
More and more French tourists are visiting Tunisia. According to Akhbar Tunisia newspaper, 850,000 tourists from France visited Tunisia in the first...Continue...
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Tunisian President Wins Fourth Term as Expected
25/10/2004
President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, 68, was re-elected to a fourth term on Sunday (24 October) with 94.5 per cent of the vote. Opposition figures Moha...Continue...
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Algerian-US Friendship Parliamentary Group to Foster Bilateral Relations
25/10/2004
The president of the National People's Assembly (APN), Amar Saidani, met with US Ambassador to Algeria Richard Erdman on Saturday (23 October) and ag...Continue...
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Algerian Foreign Minister Says Algiers Has Privileged Relations With UN
25/10/2004
In a speech Saturday (23 October), Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem said Algiers has privileged relations with the UN. He and others gat...Continue...
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Algerian Customs Agents Seize 600 Weapons
25/10/2004
Algerian Customs agents have seized 600 weapons and a large quantity of ammunition in different ports around the country, transferring them to securi...Continue...
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UN’s Annan Concerned by Growing Illegal Migration Across Western Sahara
25/10/2004
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has voiced concern over the growing number of illegal immigrants transiting Western Sahara en route to Europe. "The a...Continue...
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Although Improving, Infant Mortality Rates Still High In Maghreb
25/10/2004
The daily L'Economiste ran data Sunday (24 October) on infant mortality rates in North Africa and the Middle East. In Morocco, the neonatal mortality...Continue...
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Algeria to Host African Parliamentary Union Conference
25/10/2004
Algiers is scheduled to host the 27th conference of the African Parliamentary Union in late November. Chairman of the National Council Amar Sa'eda...Continue...
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New Magazine About Tunisia to Be Launched
25/10/2004
A new French-language magazine focusing on Tunisia is due to be launched on 1 November. The monthly, called Le Tunisien, will be under the directorsh...Continue...
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