At the same time  last week saw an unrelated trial of fallen billionaire Abdelmoumen Rafik Khalifa  his second  where alleged links between corrupt politicians and businessmen were aired...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The new information law will permit privately-owned television and radio stations  unseen since the collapse of Abdelmoumen Rafik Khalifa’s business empire and his popular Khalifa TV in 2003...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    The celebrities were missing from Algeria's 'trial of the century' at Blida Criminal Court  when Judge Fatiha Brihimi sentenced fugitive banker Rafik Abdelmoumen Khalifa to life imprisonment...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Abdelghani's clients included the failed El Khalifa Group  whose head  Rafik Abdelmoumen Khalifa  is lobbying hard from London to unseat Boutef  notably through his revived television channel  Khalifa News...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Some cover the collapse of Abdelmoumen Rafik Khalifa's business empire (AC Vol 44 No 7) and others report dubious land deals...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    The collapse of Abdelmoumen Rafik Khalifa's El Khalifa Group (EKG) has seen investors mobbing banks in search of their savings  French intelligence leaks about power brokers' roles in EKG's rise - plus a local aviation crisis...