29.08.10 Algeria Focus August issue: Table of contents

BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR PRESIDENT Bouteflika

POLICY FOCUS
> Bouteflika takes charge over holidays after long absence from public view: Still spending big
> The supplementary finance act awaits publication
> Jobless youth resort to hunger strike and even suicide frustrated by lack of opportunities in oil sector

POLITICS AND SECURITY
> Security tightened for Ramadan in order to curtail terrorist activity
> Former FIS leader returns to Algeria to visit his family according to national media
> Water cannon: a solution to football violence?
> Table 1: Paramilitary corps is disbanded
> Algiers governor and old Zerhouni ally 'to quit' in the next local government reshuffle

GEOPOLITICS
> US and France vie for ownership of Sahel security strategy
> Algerian ambassador to Mali reinstated after five month absence
> Major helicopter deal to be signed by Berlusconi in mid October
> Serbia demands Algerian support on Kosovo

ENERGY INDUSTRY
> Sonatrach wins arbitration ruling against Gas Natural over price of gas shipped through Maghreb-Europe pipeline
> Sonatrach begins filling Medgaz pipeline with plans for it to come on stream later in the year
> Alcatel-Lucent wins Saipem communications contract
> Algeria seeks transmission line bids to be presented in late September

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
> Headaches for Tou as Algiers transport projects flounder spiralling in costs and serious disputes between authorities: Algiers metro: so near, yet so far
> Algerians oppose Egyptian purchase of mining shares as Egypt falls foul of Algerian regime once again
> Nokia manager is detained following forgery probe
> Telecoms minister mulls Blackberry ban like several other Arab countries
> Inflation continues on rising trend due to unspecified causes
> Algeria comes fifth in Africa for FDI in 2009