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Oman and the United Arab Emirates today are to exchange ratification documents on a bilateral agreement on border demarcation, Oman News Agency reported. Go

Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Bin Ali will today start an official visit to Poland at the invitation of Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski. The visit, which will last for three days, aims at strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries in economic and investment fields and issues of mutual concern. Go

Bahraini Prime Minister Sheikh Khaleifa Bin Salman al-Khaleifa has stressed that Bahrain backs every Arab effort and inclination to increase inter-Arab contacts. Go

Jordanian Information Minister Saleh El-Kallab denounced yesterday statements by Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy which refuse Israel's withdrawal from the lands adjacent to Tabaraya lake, saying that Levy's declarations reveal a real crisis in the camp of the enemies of peace inside Israel, which Levy belongs to. In press statements he said that Levy's declarations are "swimming against the current," adding that the peace process is witnessing great progress regarding USA's entry in its full capacity to achieve a settlement on the Syrian - Israeli track and referring to the importance of mutual concessions concerning Tabaraya lake in order to meet at a point on the way to peace. Go

Yemen's labor minister, Mohamed Tayeb, arrived in Rabat Sunday bearing a message from President Ali Abdallah Saleh for King Mohammed VI that deals with bilateral ties he termed as "strong" and underscored convergence of views between Rabat and Sanaa. The two countries, he said, are keen on upgrading exchanges in every field. Go

The Arab Journalists Union received with deep anxiety news of the arrest of five journalists from Sahafa newspaper by the Sudanese security authorities. Those arrested include Kamal Hasan Bekheet, the paper's editor-in-chief, under pretext of publishing a poem by a Sudanese poet which the security authorities saw as encouragement for the opposition. Go

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan on Sunday in Abu Dhabi met with the president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, currently visiting Abu Dhabi. Go

Turkish and Syrian officials will convene in the Turkish capital, Ankara, during the coming month to discuss means of achieving more ease and improvement in relations between the two neighboring countries. Informed Turkish diplomatic sources said that communications will take place during the next few days to determine the date of this meeting, which will include high-ranking officials from the Foreign Ministries in the two countries, saying that the meeting will follow-up on the meetings held by a Turkish delegation headed by Ogor Ziyal, undersecretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, during his visit to Damascus earlier this month. Go

Sudanese sources said that Hassan Aiyedeen, the assistant foreign minister, will head to London next week to present his ratification papers as an ambassador for his country to the UK, saying that this forms a completion of normalizing the diplomatic relations between Sudan and the UK and mobilizing the relations between the two countries in the economic, commercial and cultural fields. Go

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Sunday received a message from Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika dealing with relations between the two countries and means of backing and developing them. Go

King Abdullah II of Jordan will visit Israel this week in the first visit of its kind. Israeli Radio quoted the Israeli daily Maariv as saying that King Abdullah will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at Eilat, SANA reported. Go

Spouses of foreign ambassadors accredited to Morocco held over the weekend in Rabat a charity bazaar, destined to help the poor. The bazaar, that was dedicated by Princess Lalla Hasna, is an annual event displaying handicraft products from several countries. It raises funds for the needy. Go

Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh on Sunday in Amman reviewed with the mayor of Beijing areas of cooperation between Jordan and China and prospects for deepening cooperation between the capitals of the two countries. Go

State adviser to the Chinese government, M. Luo Gan, left here saturday after a visit to the kingdom crowned by the signing of an economic cooperation agreement, extending Morocco a $3.6 million loan destined for development projects. Gan conferred with Prince Moulay Rachid and Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi on ways to enhance cooperation, mainly in infrastructure, trade and investments. Go

Egyptian Tourism Minister Mamdouh El-Beltagi said his ministry is getting ready to make an international campaign to market Egypt's celebrations of the anniversary of the holy family's arrival in Egypt in June in the frame of continuing the Egyptian celebrations of the beginning of the new millennium. Go

The 4th national congress of the National-Democrat Party "PND" (opposition-right) elected in Casablanca Saturday M. Abdellah Kadiri to its secretariat general, ending the feud with contender former health minister Alami. Go

Salem Ahmed Salem, secretary general of the Organization of African Unity, stated yesterday that the organization currently considering establishing an African parliament, clarifying that a draft is currently being made to form an agreement concerning this matter. Go

A leading source in the opposition Yemeni Socialist Party has denied that there are any disputes inside the leadership of the party over the situation of the socialist leaders who have been outside Yemen since the incidents of 1994. Go

A report issued by the Egyptian council for exporting agricultural crops revealed a severe decrease in Egyptian citrus exports to Gulf Cooperation Council member states during the last two years reached 35% under previous levels. Go

The Central Bank of Mauritania has put into circulation 500 and 1,000 Uguiya notes (204 ouguiya = $1). The bank said the new notes, which are forgery-proof, were meant to "better protect" the country's currency. The old 500 and 1,000 ouguiya notes would continue to be legal tender, it added. Go

A yemeni national was arrested here last week at the Mohammed V International Airport for smuggling banned substances, reported the "Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraqi" daily. The passenger was carrying 3 kg of hashish (cannabis), said the daily. Go