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Controversy over anti-colonial film in Cannes

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In this edition: Algerian movies are in the spotlight at the Cannes film festival, and one of them is causing controversy; North Africa's biggest port is now up and running in Tangier; and Fifa punishes Egypt for last year's violent attack on Algeria's football team.

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A year's jail for writing about the Moroccan King's health

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Gaddafi mediates Tuhareg peace deal
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Gaddafi mediates Tuhareg peace deal

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Ben Barka affair resurfaces

In this edition: Interpol releases arrest warrants for four officials wanted in connection with the kidnapping of politician Ben Barka back in the 1960s; press censorship in Morocco; a focus on Algeria's Socialist Forces Front.
27/09/2009 - THE WEEK IN MAGHREB

Gaddafi's show at the UN Assembly

in this edition: Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi's rambling performance at the UN assembly; the end of Ramadan gets pricey in the economic crisis; Moroccan wine is starting to rival European bottles.
21/09/2009 - MOROCCO

French immigration policy blamed for woman's death

In this edition: Justice is still not done for the families of those killed in 1995 terrorist attack in Paris; speed-dating Ramadan-style, and a report on French immigration, where a woman seeking medical treatment in France died waiting for a visa.

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