ALGERIA/POLITICS

ISLAMIST LEADER HACHANI KILLED BY GUNMAN IN ALGIERS
A DIFFICULT TEST FOR BOUTEFLIKA'S CIVIL CONCORD

One of the top leaders of the banned Islamist party FIS was fatally shot in Bab El-Oued in Algiers on Monday. Witnesses of the attack say that Hachani was the target of a single killer. An unidentified gunman killed Hachani, who was in his dentist's waiting room. Two or three bullets hit him, one in the chest and the other(s) in the head. . ...

ALGERIA-MOROCCO/POLITICS
Algerian President and Moroccan King Continue their Cleanup of Government - THE STATE MEDIA IS LATEST TARGET ...

MOROCCO/ENERGY
AS PETROLEUM PRICE INCREASES ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, DEBATE FOCUSES ON THE TAX REGIME IN MOROCCO

The price of crude oil is going up. Last week on the International Petroleum Exchange, Brent North Sea crude reached $25.09 per barrel (Wednesday) for December delivery, settling at $24.95 on Friday. Oil producers have not seen such high prices since January 1991. But while OPEC countries saw their revenues soar 72%, to $45 billion, in third quarter 1999, Morocco fears that price increases will damage its vulnerable economy.
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Tunisia/Government
Major Government Reshuffle In Tunisia
A major government reshuffle was decided on November 17, 1999, by the Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. It included the appointment of a new Prime Minister and several new ministers. Mr. Mohammed Ghannouchi, 58, until now minister of international cooperation and foreign investment was named Prime Minister instead of Mr. Hamed Karoui, 71. ..

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