Algeria
March 9, 2003
Algeria’s central bank has appointed an administrator to take over Khalifa Bank, amid fears that the mismanaged financial institution would place the country 's entire emerging private banking system
The municipality of Abu Dhabi plans to construct an elevated monorail to provide transportation to and from the city. The project is part of a 25.8 billion Emirati dirham upgrade of the Emirate’s tran
March 6, 2003
An Air Algerie jet crashed shortly after takeoff in southern Algeria on Thursday, killing 102 people on board, the airline said. One person survived.
Shireen Wajdi verbally attacked Shireen Ahmad saying she lacks all talent as a singer and has no artistic knowledge
The landmark trip of French President Jacques Chirac to ex-colony Algeria seems already to be bearing fruit. On the heels of the visit, oil major TotalFinaElf confirmed that its is looking into the po
The IMF executive board concluded the Article IV consultation with Algeria in February. The report concluded that after restoring—under particularly difficult circumstances—macroeconomic stability wit
Twenty-seven months after the outbreak of the intifada, 60 percent of the population of the West Bank and Gaza live under a poverty line of two dollars per day. The numbers of the poor have tripled fr
March 5, 2003
Canada’s Talisman Energy recorded total cash flow of $2.6 billion on revenues of $5.3 billion in 2002, a 6.8 percent increase compared to figures from 2003. Last year, production started from Algeria’
Specialists for Computer Systems (SCS) attained membership of Microsoft’s Gold Certified Partner Program for Security Solutions this past November. This program identifies Microsoft Certified Partners
March 4, 2003
First Calgary Petroleums has reported that production testing of the MLE-2 gas well at Algeria’s Ledjmet Block 405b is progressing very favorably. Two of the six intervals to be tested have flowed at
The Egyptian air force has accepted delivery of the first of six E-2C Hawkeye 2000 export configuration aircraft upgraded by Northrop Grumman Corporation. A second upgraded aircraft for Egypt is sched
March 3, 2003
Iraq continued on Monday the process of destroying its Al Samoud 2 missiles under United Nations supervision. Iraq destroyed six more missiles on Mond
French President Jacques Chirac said Monday that the world must put "strong pressure" on Iraq and force it to disarm through peaceful means.
Algerian singer Fula will return to Lebanon this week after spending several weeks in Paris-France to continue the filming of the music video for her song “Badr 14” part of her latest release
Sakhr Software recently conducted high level discussions with Intel, the world’s leading chipmaker, to further strengthen continued cooperation between the two companies. The discussions concerned the