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Positive action by private individuals, organizations, and business: The effort of Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak in her role as private citizen in promoting women's issues in Egypt. The civic responsibility shown at the Arab journalists workshop in Tunis to better educate the public about women's issues. Prince Al-Walid bin Talal and all the other Arab citizens who gathered as one people to give moral support and solidarity to the Lebanese and Lebanon in their plight. Go

A fair for Egyptian products was opened yesterday in Shareka in the United Arab Emirates with the participation of 60 Egyptian companies from different production sectors like housing requirements, furniture, establishing hotels, tourism villages, housing, metal products, computers, clothes, steel, iron, leather products, chemical industries, tourism and banking services in addition to shows for Egyptian folklore. Go

The Palestinian government said that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will soon make a tour that includes Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania to discuss the latest developments in the peace process and the Arab stance toward Israeli obstinacy on all tracks. Go

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Energy is discussing the executive steps to turn the atomic power organization to an economic sector by presenting services to the private and public sector that include radioisotopes, and special studies for developing industrial engineering, food and petroleum industries using the nuclear technology. Go

A Jordanian delegation has recently visited Morocco to examine means to reinforce relations with Morocco in the field of health. The visiting delegation showed interest in the Moroccan experience especially in pharmaceutical industry, microsurgery, training and health legislation. Go

Prince al-Walid Bin Talal on Thursday told the Lebanese daily al-Nahar that he is very pleased over the positive reactions to the donation he has offered of US $5 million to rebuild what has been destroyed by Israel in Lebanon. He added that he will make his donation a landmark for a campaign of donations he will carry out on various levels. Go

Sources at the Yemeni ministry of the Interior said on Thursday that the US oil industry worker Kenneth White who was kidnapped 16 days ago was freed on Thursday. Go

A Euro-Mediterranean conference on investment will be held Feb 28 through March 1 in Lisbon. The conference, which will be moderated by Maghreban and European personalities, will deal with various aspects of investments in free-trade zones as well as financing possibilities in the Mediterranean region. Go

The tourism ministers in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan and Yemen and heads of tourism organizations in Qatar, Bahrain and Oman announced their consent to participate in the first tourism and travel conference and fair for the countries of the Mediterranean Sea, which Egypt hosts on March 1 - 3. Go

Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni agreed on establishing an Egyptian cinematic library in Kuwait to convene a joint symposium concerning the cinematic products of the Arab states and on inviting Egyptian artists, script writers, authors and filmmarkers to meet their Kuwaiti counterparts. Go

A statement issued by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Cairo said that volume of the agency's economic aid to Egypt this year reached $735 million, by which Egypt occupies the first position in list of countries receiving aid, adding that this number is considered a topping for the economic and political stability in which Egypt currently enjoys. Go

Newly appointed Moroccan ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mohamed Belmahi, on Thursday presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth I. Go

The average Cost of living index increased by 0.7% in 1999 compared to the previous year, according to the Statistics Department's newsletter. This increase is essentially due to the 2.1% rise of the index of products other than food. The index of food products decreased by 0.9%. Over the 1990-1999 period, the annual average cost of living index rose by 4.2%. Go

The Casablanca court of appeal on Friday sentenced the head of a drug trafficking web to capital punishment.The man, alias Ould Massouda, was found guilty of premeditated murder, torture, use of arms, drug trafficking at homer and at the international scale, kidnapping and forgery. Go

Nigeria and Cameroon will play Sunday in Lagos the final of the African Nations Cup (CAN-2000). Nigeria moved to the final following a 2-0 win over South Africa in the semifinal, while Cameroon cruised after defeating Tunisia 3-0. Tunisia and South Africa will play the third rank match. Go

US President Bill Clinton said today that a comprehensive peace between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel "is the only way" for a permanent peace saying regarding the prospects for peace that "I am hopeful." Go

Iraq and Russia agreed on establishing joint projects in the field of electricity as Russia will establish and develop several private electric stations which Russia previously was involved with in Iraq before the international economic sanctions were applied. The Iraqi electricity nets were exposed to comprehensive destruction during the Gulf War in 1991 due to which a severe retreat occurred in the electric power which pushed the Iraqi authorities to follow an organized way of cutting off electric power in the different Iraqi establishments, which is currently increasing from between 9 to 15 hours daily in the different Iraqi governorates. Go

Morocco's foreign minister Muhammad Benaissa has stated that the future of Morocco's relations with Israel is linked to development in the Middle East peace process. In an interview to the London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat (Middle East) daily the Moroccan foreign minister stressed that there is nothing new between his country and Israel concerning raising the level of relations or in regard to what has been said on establishing an air line between Morocco and Israel. He added that his country can not run the risk of establishing an airline with Israel at a time when the fate of the Middle East peace process is not known. He noted his country's readiness to contribute to salvaging the peace process and achieving a just and comprehensive peace in the region. Go