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With Egypt's president Mubarak visiting the USA, we thought we run some of these facts by investors about the USA economy: Go

The Egyptian Culture Ministry decided to specify museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies, Ramses II and the royal jewelers in the frame of the new Egyptian Museum that will be located in the pyramids area on 120 feddans as the largest museum for archeology in the world. Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni told ArabicNews.com that these special museums will include many halls for cinema, video, libraries and souvenir sales. Go

The chief of protocol in Geneva, Jerome Koushlin, said that the Syrian - American summit will be convened next Sunday in a major hotel in the city and will last from noon and until the afternoon of the same day. AFP quoted Koushlin as saying that meetings between US President Bill Clinton and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, which is close to the airport and to the nation's palace, and the meetings will conclude with a press conference. Go

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday received the bishop of Jerusalem in exile (exiled by Israel more than 20 years go), Hellarione Cappucci. Talks dealt with conditions in the occupied Arab territories and the efforts made to revive the peace process. Go

Egyptian Petroleum Minister Samah Fahmi announced the consent of the international companies working in field of drilling for petroleum in Egypt to increasing and intensifying their activities and investments in Egypt. He assured that all petroleum and gas products necessary for the development plans for the Egyptian people and for satisfying local demand will be met by the plans and policies that expand use of natural gas in stations for electricity generation. Go

The Japanese investment bureau in Cairo is due to begin its activity on Sunday in cooperation with the Egyptian investment organization and the Japanese embassy in Cairo to develop Japanese investments in Cairo and increase awareness of opportunities available in the Egyptian market to Japanese businessmen. The bureau also aims at establishing free trade zones for Japanese products to export them to the Arab and African markets as well as to contribute to the large Egyptian projects like Toshka, Owainat, Port Said and the Suez Gulf. Go

Kurt Fur Jhon, the regional manager of Coca-Cola company in Egypt, stated that the company started exports of half a million dollars from its factories in 6th of October city in Egypt to the African countries and Middle East and that it has sent a shipment to the Palestinian areas under the slogan "Made in Egypt," saying that there is a plan to export the company's products to the markets of the COMESA assembly in the frame of benefiting from Egypt's membership in this important African economic assembly. Go

The union of the Italian tourism companies decided to hold its meetings in Cairo during May. Egyptian Tourism Minister Mamdouh El-Beltagi said 600 Italian companies are expected to participate, in addition to 1,000 agents for these companies in Europe, Asia, Canada and thhe USA, which means attracting the largest number of Italian companies to deal with the Egyptian market, which forms a development for the tourism marketing base for Egypt. He clarified that Egypt hosted in 1999 30 conferences, 122 fairs and 50 parties and festivals whether locally, in the Arab states, or internationally. Go

King Mohammed VI, winding up a state visit to Paris on Wednesday, addressed President Jacques Chirac a message saying the two countries share the same ideals and aim for the same objectives. The king said he would keep an undying memory of the intellectual communion which pervaded his talks at all levels and ever-converging views. Go

Kurdish sources told ArabicNews.com that Soleimania city in northern Iraq is currently witnessing intensive efforts to establish the first party for Kurdish Jews, named the Kurdish Jewish National Party, with support from Jalal Talibani, chief of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, who controls this area. Go

King Mohammed VI sent President Mohamed Rafik Tarar a message of congratulations on the occasion of Pakistan's National Day. Go

Police and custom officers arrested Wednesday a Moroccan national living in Spain for attempt to smuggle banned substances out of the country and seized 11 kg of cannabis resin. Go

Two people were slightly injured in a fire outbreak at a detergent factory Wednesday in Casablanca, Morocco's economic capital, about 100 km south of Rabat. Go