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N°1074 - Paris, 07/25/2013 Gaelle Arenson TUNISIA Editor in Chief A busy autumn in store for ICSID Tunis has slammed the door on any out-of-court settlement in two arbitration proceedings before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes(ICSID). That strategy is not without risk.On July 18, the Swedish firmLundin re-activated a procedure which it had launched on Oct. (...)   [525 words]   [€8,2] ALGERIA L-3 , Africom's favorite subcontractor L-3 Communications has emerged as the real mainstay in American security cooperation in North Africa. In late June, the giant military services company landed two training contracts (...) Akhannouch in fish farming push     One of his grandfathers built the family empire, Akwa Group, out of two modest fishing vessels, but now Morocco's agriculture minister, Aziz Akhannouch, is putting his money on fish (...)  [220 words]   [€5,2] Zalagh Zalagh, a Moroccan poultry concern owned by the Chaouni family,  (...)  [75 words]   [€1,6] Correction: CMS. Correction: CMS. In response to our article ERBD to sponsor  (...)  [110 words]   [€1,6] Former aide joins Carignon in Marrakech - The former mayor of Lyon, Alain Carignon, who has converted  (...)  [79 words]   [€1,6] Case against IPA thrown out in court     The affair of "out of date" vaccine imported by Institut Pasteur d'Algerie (IPA) has ended with the Algerian Supreme Court acquitting all persons involved in the case on July 3, and (...)  [202 words]   [€5,2] Why Ben Ayed has changed tack     Tunisia's leading poultry manufacturer, Abdelwaheb Ben Ayed, has set his the Poulina Group Holding concern (PGH) on a new course in recent weeks by tightening ties with the new technologies (...)  [202 words]   [€5,2] SFBT SFBT (Societe de Fabrication des Boissons de Tunisie), leader  (...)  [100 words]   [€1,6] Chaouachi, flag-bearer for Sonede - Serving up to now as head of the central buying office of Soneda  (...)  [95 words]   [€1,6] Zeidan's (real) clean-up campaign     Prime minister Ali Zeidan is trying to gain the upper hand in a battle where hands tend to get dirty: (...)  [143 words]   [€5,2] Germany & U.S. vie for nuclear deal     Despite growing insecurity in the country, Tripoli's new masters haven't given up on the idea of developing a nuclear energy program. (...)  [204 words]   [€5,2] Amanie Advisors Amanie Advisors is to counsel the Libyan Stock Exchange (LSE)  (...)  [87 words]   [€1,6] Hammuda, a "Gaddafi friendly" figure - The new vice president of the Libya Africa Investment Portfolio  (...)  [74 words]   [€1,6] Al Kabir ousted at LCB - The governor of the Libyan Central Bank (LCB), Al Seddik Omar  (...)  [97 words]   [€1,6] FRENCH EMBASSY, ALGIERS Parant's last summer as French envoy?    Andre Parant could be spending his final summer in Algiers as France's ambassador to Algeria. According to Maghreb Confidential's sources in French diplomatic circles, the Algerian authorities have discreetly informed the Elysee Palace that they would like him to be shortly replaced.  (...)  [137 words]   [€5,2] BAWWABAT AL GFEBS, TAREEQ SWANI, TRIPOLI Islamic Call gets its money back    The World Islamic Call Society (WICS) has regained control of the Luxembourg-based equity fund FI Holding (>MC 963) which is said to have dozens of millions of euros in its coffers.  (...)  [165 words]   [€5,2] AMERICAN EMBASSY, TUNIS End to US-Ennahda understanding    Damaged by the attack on the American embassy by Islamists last Sept. 14, relations between the Obama administration and Ennahda remain frosty, to say the least.  (...)  [136 words]   [€5,2] Bricq hopes to harness Charrette France's foreign trade minister Nicole Bricq is counting for a leg-up from Herve de Charette, ex foreign  (...)  [101 words]   [€1,6] National Guard as seen by Qaid The General National Congress' security committee chaired by Abdelwahab Mohamed Qaid (a former member  (...)  [103 words]   [€1,6] Manai's parallel diplomacy  A long standing opponent of the Ben Ali regime, Ahmed Manai, has just set up the Institut Tunisien  (...)  [116 words]   [€1,6] Tripoli/Washington Ibrahim Omar Dabbashi, Libya's new ambassador to the United Nations, met for the first time with the organization's secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, at U.  (...)  [74 words]   [€1,6] Tripoli/Paris Hatem El Rayes, the head of protocol at Libya's General National Congress, was expected to carry out an official facts-finding mission to the French Parliament between July 24-26.  (...)  [76 words]   [€1,6] Tunis/Paris Arbi Abid, vice president of Tunisia's constituent parliament, was in Paris between July 22-24.  (...)  [63 words]   [€1,6]

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