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Second round of Israel- Syrian peace talks open in Washington
US President Bill Clinton on Monday night received Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa. Discussions dealt with the US efforts to provide success for the current round of peace talks.
Syria-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/4/2000
On the current Syrian-Israeli negotiations in Washington
In its Monday report, Israeli Radio said that issues to be debated in the Israeli-Syrian negotiations are connected to normalization and security arrangements in the course of negotiation committees, while the question of borders will be discussed at the conclusion of the negotiations.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/4/2000
Mubarak presses on with wide ranging economic issues
Mubarak asked the government to finish updating its programs to start an integrated monetary policy and economic policies that back the national economic stability, he said. These policies are also meant to cover the costs of development projects, attract direct investments, and uplift state resources besides controlling public spending and building a foundation to the exportation process, he added.
Egypt, Economics, 1/4/2000
Message from Mubarak to El Bashir
Sudanese President Omar El Bashir received a written message from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak today while receiving Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, who headed to Khartoum to discuss the latest developments in Sudan.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 1/4/2000
Mubarak to visit Jordan in the middle of January
Jordan-Egypt, Politics, 1/4/2000
Arab water share reaches poverty line
An Egyptian expert in the area of energy technology and water desalination has warned against the decrease in the Arab share of waters to much lower than the water poverty line set by the UN at 1,000 cubic meters annually.
Regional, Environment, 1/4/2000
Israeli ideas on the negotiations
The Hebrew-language Israeli Radio said on Monday, quoting well-informed political sources in the Israeli negotiating delegation as saying that the delegation has prepared various ideas on ways of preventing the Syrians from returning to the eastern bank of Tabaraya lake after Israel's withdrawal from the Golan.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/4/2000
Report: Border issue, the most difficult in the Syrian-Israeli negotiations
The al-Ayam daily issued in the occupied Arab territories on Monday quoted the Israeli daily Haartez as saying in its Sunday issue that the question of fixing borders will be the most difficult in the peace talks between Israel and Syria.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/4/2000
Syrians in the Golan demonstrate for release of prisoners in Israeli jails
Hundreds of the Syrian citizens of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan on Monday held a demonstration in which they called for the release of several Syrian young people from Israeli jails.
Syria, Politics, 1/4/2000
Lahoud we will not permit security violations
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud asserted during his meeting on Monday in Beirut with the commander of the Lebanese Army, General Michel Sleiman, the importance of not permitting any security violation and to strongly deal with such attempts.
Lebanon, Local, 1/4/2000
Unprecedented oil discoveries in Egypt
Egyptian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Sameh Fahmi on Monday announced an unprecedented oil discovery in the Mediterranean that will help raise Egypt's oil reserves from 3.7 to 8.2 billion barrels.
Egypt, Economics, 1/4/2000
Mubarak addresses Islamic Nation on Lailatul Qadr
President Hosni Mubarak Monday night urged Muslim to close their ranks and utilize their resources to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development.
Egypt, Religion, 1/4/2000
King Mohammed attends Night Of Destiny ceremony In Rissani
King Mohammed VI, commander of the faithful, attends Tuesday night a religious ceremony held in commemoration the eve of Ramadan 27 at Moulay Ali Mausoleum in Rissani, a release of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery Ministry said.
Morocco, Religion, 1/4/2000
Muslims observe Night of Power
In Syria, like other Arab and Islamic countries the Night of Power (Lilat al-Qader) was observed on Monday evening. This day was observed in Damascus at al-Othman Mosque under the celebration was held under the patronage of the president on the 27th night of the holy month of Ramadan.
Regional, Religion, 1/4/2000
Citrus fruit association worried by EU tomato restrictions
The Moroccan citrus fruit association, ASPAM, voiced concern over the European Union decision to require import certificates for Moroccan tomatoes as of Jan. 1st of this year, says a press-release.
Morocco-European Union, Agriculture, 1/4/2000
Joint water projects between Jordan and Syria
Jordanian Minister of Water and Irrigation Kamal Mahadin announced the commencement of the executive steps to build the El-Wehda Dam, in whose establishment Jordan and Syria will participate, on Yarmouk river in April.
Jordan-Syria, Economics, 1/4/2000
Report: Turkish fears over possible Syrian-Israeli peace
The radio said that these fears stem from
a possible peace agreement between Syria and israel which will weaken
the Turkish position in the region , especially as there are talks in
Israel, under Barak 's labor party of a new Middle East, where there is
not such a drastic need for such a strong military alliance existing
between Israel and Turkey.
Turkey-Regional, Politics, 1/4/2000
International auditing committee to end Qatari-Palestinian crisis
The Palestinian government and the Qatari government have reached an agreement to settle the crisis of the International Bank of Palestine, which has in the past days caused friction between the two sides.
Qatar-Palestine, Politics, 1/4/2000
Al-Sahaf: Resolution 1284 is impractical and not applicable
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf depicted United Nations Security Council resolution 1284 as impractical and not applicable as it imposes new commitments, formulas and requirements on Iraq aimed at maintaining economic sanctions.
Iraq, Politics, 1/4/2000
Egypt participates in meetings of the Indian Ocean Assembly
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa will head Egypt's delegation to the exceptional ministerial meeting for countries of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation, which includes 14 countries, scheduled for January 22 and 23 in Muscat.
Egypt, Economics, 1/4/2000
Mubarak urges heads of COMESA states to attend Cairo summit
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak addressed an invitation to Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, the current chairman of COMESA, and Zambian President Frederick Chiluba as the head of the country in which COMESA's headquarters are located to attend the first economic conference which will be opened by President Mubarak, in which he will deliver an important statement.
Egypt-Africa, Economics, 1/4/2000
Disorder ends in Egyptian village of Al-Kusheh
Calm prevailed yesterday evening and this morning in Al-Kusheh village after the recent violent events, due to which 20 persons were killed and 36 were injured.
Egypt, Local, 1/4/2000
Somalia: Humanitarian organization's engineer killed
A source at the Care International humanitarian organization said that an engineer working in this organization, Saheib Muhammad Hussein, was killed by armed Somalis on Sunday, 30 km north of the capital while he was on his way to inspect a project in Jouhar.
Somalia, Politics, 1/4/2000
Samir Rafie, The legendary artist
Samir Rafie' is a major pioneer of surrealism in the contemporary Egyptian art throughout the Twentieth Century.
Egypt, Culture, 1/4/2000
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Sudanese Minister of Information and Culture Ghazi Salah Al Din, spokesman of the government, stated today that, a change might take place in the bodies of ministries and their responsibilities, adding that the ministers and the rulers of provinces have resigned and that preparations for wide consultations by the president to reach a new concept not only in names but maybe in the form of the ministries. Al Din also emphasized that Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir welcomes the return of the opposition from abroad to revitalize political life in Khartoum.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said on Monday in Cairo that he will invite the foreign ministers of the Damascus Declaration signatory states (the GCC member states, Syria and Egypt) to hold their meeting in Cairo in March. In a statement, the Egyptian foreign minister added that the importance of the meeting stems from the need to strengthen cooperation among the declaration's signatory states.
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Sudanese Minister of Presidential Affairs General Bakri Hassan Salih is currently visiting Asmara carrying a message from Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir to his Eritrean counterpart, Isaias Afwerki. Sudanese sources in Cairo said today that Salih is carrying a specific draft from El-Bashir that addresses security and political issues as well as a solution for the problems between the two countries in light of the Doha agreement and the last meeting between the two presidents in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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Spanish Foreign Minister Abel Matutes will undertake this January 18-19 a tour in Morocco and Tunisia, reports Spanish daily "El Pais."
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Bharain granted citizenship to 26 persons in line with a decision by Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to grant Bahraini citizenship to "every deserving citizen," Bahrain Tribune reported.
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Sultan Qaboos of Oman on Monday received a message from Iranian President Muhammad Khatami.
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Egypt will witness a great demand in the coming period from international unions and organizations for convening their conferences in Cairo, the first of which is the annual conference of the tourism organizations union in Latin America known as El Conal, which is to be convened in Cairo in May in addition to convening the first Egypt stock market for tourism on March 1.
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A Tunisian official statement said that all the computer systems overcame their problems to pass into the year 2000 and that they are currently working in a normal way.
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A security source in Athens said on Monday that the car of the cultural attache in the Jordanian embassy in Greece was burnt in an attack over which a "disorder" group claimed responsibility.
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A Palestinian source in Gaza said a Russian plane landed on Sunday at Gaza's airport carrying 125 passengers in the first trip of its kind between Moscow and the Gaza Strip.
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Iraq has halted loading of Kirkuk crude oil for the first week of January, reducing planned Iraqi oil shipments for the month from a target of 2.1 million barrels per day to 1.435 million bpd, Gulf News reported.
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Egypt's population totaled 63,986 million including the Coptic population accounting for 5% to 6% (4.3 million) of the total population of Egypt. Annual population growth was 2.1%, while population increased by about 1.3%annually. As at January 1999, Egypt's labor force rase to 17.860 million (January 1st, 1999). Unemployment was 8.2%. This was said by Ahab Elwi, Chairman of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, to the "Al Musawur" Weekly magazine.
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Mehdi Qotbi, a Moroccan painter based in France, was made knight of the honor legion, upon a proposal by French president Jacques Chirac. The news was published in the French official gazette.
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Turkish Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu announced yesterday his country's intent to purchase AWACS early warning jets. Turkish sources depicted this transaction as being Turkey's eyes on all the Mediterranean Sea and Agean Sea. The sources said the jets will enable Turkey to monitor the whole aviation and missiles movement and that the value of the expected transaction is $1.5 billion US.
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The trial of Spanish trucker Manuel Trevino, charged of trafficking banned substances, was postponed to Feb. 8 by a decision Monday of the Tangier court. Defense attorneys handed in medical evidence Trevino was not fit to appear before the court Monday for psychological reasons.
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Moroccan and French historians compiled, under the aegis of the Moroccan military history commission, a new book depicting the bravery of Moroccan soldiers in WW II and paying homage to their sacrifice for the Allies' victory.
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Ebrahim Al Dossary, President of the Bahrain Society for Training and Development (BSTD), has been elected president of the International Federation for Training and Development Organization (IFTDO), Gulf Daily News reported.
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