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Mubarak ends successful visit to Washington
"I told them that dismantling these weapons (of mass destruction )will spare the US and other countries the effort of looking for defense systems against them," President Hosni Mubarak said.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/31/2000
Mubarak visits Pentagon
President Hosni Mubarak arrived yetserday at Pentagon, where he will hold an expanded working session with Defense Secretary William Cohen, his aides and with high-ranking military officers from the various branches of the US armed forces.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/31/2000
Al-Shara to EU ambassadors: Clinton conveyed proposals represent retreat from Rabin's deposit
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara met on Thursday with the ambassadors of the European Union member states accredited in Damascus to brief them on the actual events that took place during the Geneva summit between President Hafez al-Assad and US President Bill Clinton, as well as the Syrian position toward what took place and what has been stated in the media in this regard afterwards.
Syria-European Union, Politics, 3/31/2000
Lebanese campaign to combat corruption
The civil Lebanese "We are all Responsible" association started a non-governmental campaign to combat corruption in Lebanon, with complete support from Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and complete financing from the US Agency for International Development.
Lebanon, Politics, 3/31/2000
A state in Sahara is not viable, ex-U.N. chief says
Ex-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Perez De Cuellar, said he has always been skeptical as to the viability of a state in the Sahara.
Morocco, Politics, 3/31/2000
President Lahoud gets a message from Saudi king
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Thursday received a message from Saudi King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz pertaining to joint cooperation between the two countries and means of strengthening them for the interests of the two countries and the Arab states.
Lebanon-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/31/2000
El-Baz: Egypt supports Syrian demands
Osama El-Baz, the political advisor of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, said that the Mubarak - Clinton summit followed Geneva summit, therefore it will be a new start for new communications in Cairo to learn about the possibility of resuming negotiations on the Syrian track.
Egypt, Politics, 3/31/2000
Solidarity, increased production in next finance bill
The next finance bill will be based upon solidarity principles and production enhancement, said Thursday Economy and Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou in the weekly government council meeting.
Morocco, Economics, 3/31/2000
Lebanese premier and the Geneva summit
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss has stated that there are no definite results for the Geneva summit that took place on Sunday between Syrian Prsident Hafez al-Assad and US President Bill Clinton. He ruled out describing this summit as a failure or a success or between the two.
Lebanon, Politics, 3/31/2000
Israel uses taplines to steal Lebanese water
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss has called on the international community to take strong measures to deter Israel's continued daily and repeated aggressions against Lebanese civilians and humanitarian organizations in south Lebanon as well as to question Israel's practices its prisons.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 3/31/2000
King Mohammed visits handicapped children's center
On the occasion of the national day for the disabled, King Mohammed VI visited Thursday afternoon the "Ibn Al Baitar" institution catering to handicapped children in the Khemisset province.
Morocco, Politics, 3/31/2000
Jordanian king to punish those responsible for clashes in Um Seihoun
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh said on Thursday that Jordanian King Abdullah II gave his instructions to "punish" the officials responsible for the bloody confrontations between the police and the Bedouins thar took place in the village of Um Seihoun, neat the Petra archaeological area last week.
Jordan, Local, 3/31/2000
Jordan, Sudan: peace can be established only through withdrawal from the Golan, south Lebanon
Jordan and Sudan have stressed the importance of committing to the march of peace on all tracks in order to achieve a just and comprehensive peace based on international legitimacy resolutions.
Jordan-Sudan, Politics, 3/31/2000
Government sets up committee for disabled integration
The government decided Thursday to set up a special committee chaired by Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi to design programs for better integration of the disabled in daily life.
Morocco, Culture, 3/31/2000
Syrian vice president, premier meet with Jerusalem bishop in exile
Syrian Vice President Muhammad Zuheir Masharqa met on Thursday in Damascus with the bishop of Jerusalem in exile, Helaroune Cappucci.
Syria, Politics, 3/31/2000
UAE president discusses with GCC secretary consultation meetings
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan has discussed with the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jamil Hujeilan, preparations for the biannual meeting of the GCC leaders due to be held in Saudi Arabia.
United Arab Emirates-Gulf, Politics, 3/31/2000
Levy and Indyk meet on Lebanon
Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy has stressed that Israel's decision to withdraw from south Lebanon will be carried out until July, describing news on earlier implementation of this decision as mere predictions.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 3/31/2000
Ertirean delegation ends visit to Sudan
A high-ranking Eritrean delegation ended its visit to Khartoum to revitalize steps toward national rapport and political reconciliation among the Sudanese factions, the opposition and the government.
Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 3/31/2000
Parliamentary conference on security, cooperation in Mediterranean opens in Marseille
More than 200 parliamentarians from some twenty countries are meeting in the southern French city of Marseille to discuss security and cooperation in the Mediterranean and attempt to reactivate dialogue between nations on the northern and southern shores.
Regional, Politics, 3/31/2000
Mediterranean forum meets in Funchal
Foreign ministers and officials of 11 Mediterranean countries took part Thursday and Friday in the Mediterranean forum meeting held in the Portuguese resort island of Madeira to discuss regional cooperation in the political, economic and cultural realms.
Regional, Politics, 3/31/2000
China's president to visit the Middle East, South Africa
The spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Chinese President Jiang Zemin will start a visit on April 12 to six states in the Middle East and South Africa.
Regional-China, Politics, 3/31/2000
Foreign investment of one billion LE in supermarkets in Egypt
The French Carrefour and German Metro companies started studying the Egyptian market concerning supermarkets after the success of the British Sainsbury company in entering the Egyptian market quickly.
Egypt-International, Business, 3/31/2000
First water project on BOT system in Tunis
The Tunisian government agreed on granting the establishment and operation of the water stations of the capital, Tunis, to an alliance of companies that includes French, German, British, and Tunisian companies whose investments reach $100 million. The projects will serve 700,000 persons in Tunis.
Tunisia, Business, 3/31/2000
Yemeni Socialist Party denies accusations addressed to it
The opposition Yemeni Socialist Party has criticized what it described as criticism made against it by the internal and external media with the objective of defaming it.
Yemen, Politics, 3/31/2000
Israelis who visited Yemen wind up their visit, did not meet with Yemeni officials
The delegation of the Israelis who are of Yemeni descent on Wednesday ended visit to Yemen and claimed it had met with Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani.
Yemen-Israel, Politics, 3/31/2000
Bensaid likely to stay on top of leftist party
Mohamed Bensaid, long-time leader of the Moroccan leftist party the Organization for Democratic and Popular Action (OADP) said he is likely to stay on top of the party upon the wish of the organization.
Morocco, Politics, 3/31/2000
Palestinians have the right to statehood, Shimon Peres
"The Palestinian people have the right to have control of its own destiny and to have its own state and own economy," former Israeli Premier Shimon Peres said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/31/2000
EU stresses commitment to establishing peace in Middle East
The European Commission on Thursday announced that Chris Patten, the commissioner for European foreign affairs, will hold a tour which will cover several countries in the Middle East in which he will assert the commitment of the European Union to establishing a durable peace in the region.
Regional-European Union, Politics, 3/31/2000
Palestinian women organize sypmosium on Palestinian refugees
The general union of Palestinian women in Cairo organized a symposium entitled, "The homeless Palestinians between right of return and schemes of settlement and its reflections on the Palestinian women." The symposium, in which the Palestinian personalities in Cairo and Arab and foreign women participated, concluded today.
Palestine, Politics, 3/31/2000
Gabon renews backing to Morocco's territorial integrity
Gabon on Thursday renewed backing to Morocco's territorial integrity and stressed that Morocco should return to its seat at the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
Morocco-Gabon, Politics, 3/31/2000
French donation of one million euros for Lebanon
The French agency for development decided to grant Lebanon one million euros as a donation to prepare for a study concerning municipal and health services projects.
Lebanon-France, Economics, 3/31/2000
Conference for Arab financial markets in May
The sixth annual conference for the Arab financial markets will be held in May in Beirut, Lebanon.
Regional, Economics, 3/31/2000
Moroccan - Qatari youth, sports cooperation enhanced
Moroccan Youth and Sports minister Ahmed Moussaoui conferred in Rabat with head of the Qatari youth and sports department Nasser Moubarik Al Ali on means to enhance bilateral cooperation.
Morocco-Qatar, Culture, 3/31/2000
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The spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry, Anne Gazeau-Secret, said on Thursday that the French minister of state for industrial affairs intends to visit Libya in April on the occasion of the Tripoli exposition.
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Mauritanian Premier Cheikh El Afia Mohamed Khouna arrived in Casablanca Friday on a short visit before flying to Cairo Saturday to represent his country at the Africa-Europe summit. The Mauritanian official underlined in a statement to reporters the importance of Moroccan-Mauritanian relations that he described as "excellent."
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King Mohammed VI on Thursday received speaker of the Gabonese National Assembly (Parliament), Guy Nzouba Ndama.
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Israeli Radio said the US decided to concentrate on the Palestinian-Israeli negotiation tracks after the failure of the Geneva summit to bridge the gap between the Syrian and Israeli tracks. The reports added that this was expressed by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on her way to meet with her counterparts in the states of the Caribbean Sea.
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Egyptian Transportation Minister Ibrahim El-Domairi said his ministry received three international offers to finance the establishment of the third stage of Cairo's subway that extends from Cairo International Airport to the Embaba area. He said saying there are serious offers from Japanese, French and German companies to establish this stage whose cost reaches 10 billion LE and contributes to transporting more than 1.5 million passengers daily.
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The Kuwaiti Umma Council (parliament) agreed on a law to support the national labor which aims at encouraging Kuwaiti graduates of universities and higher institutes-- estimated at 10,000 graduates annually-- to work outside the governmental sector, which currently empoys more than 90% of the Kuwaiti labor force. The law states that the government will assist financially those who wish in the Kuwaiti private sector, which pays lesser salaries.
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The number of projects which took place in the frame of encouraging the Egyptian private sector, which is affiliated to the Mediterranean - European cooperation program, reached 70. More than 50 private projects have been evaluated. A report issued by the European Commission in Cairo said workshops will be established to invigorate the performance of the Egyptian private sector with Egyptian non-governmental business organizations in encouraging joint cooperation among European, Mediterranean and Egyptian companies.
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The German airline Lufthansa decided to establish a sales bureau in Beirut, Lebanon due to an increase in tourism to and from Lebanon. A statement issued by the regional bureau of Lufthansa in Cairo said it was also agreed to increase the number of Lufthansa trips from 3 to 5 per week during the first half of April to pave the way for organizing daily trips to and from Beirut in the summer.
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The chief of staff of the Spanish Navy, Admiral Antonio Moreno Barbera, pays an official visit to Morocco April 2 through 6 at the invitation of inspector of the Moroccan royal navy, a statement by Spain's embassy in Rabat said.
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The Moroccan Royal Navy units hailed Thursday in the Gibraltar strait a pneumatic boat heading for Spain with 40 illegal emigrants on board. All people arrested were Moroccan nationals including two sailors from Ksar-Seghir on the Mediterranean. Men and boat were handed over to the gendarmerie brigade in Tangier for legal procedures, say gendarmerie sources.
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The government council meeting Thursday adopted two decrees amending the list of public holidays in the kingdom, said government spokesman Khalid Alioua.
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Thirteen Moroccan judokas, male and female, are taking part in Tunisia's international judo tournament held March 31st and April 1st in Nabeul, 50 kms south of the capital.
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Oman will host the three-day West Asia oil and gas exhibition 2000 starting on April 11 at the Oman International Exhibitions Centre, Oman News Agency reported.
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A United Nations aircraft carrying three UNICEF workers was fired on by unknown attackers at an airport in Somalia yesterday. Kevin Farrell, acting UN Coordinator for Somalia, said no one was injured in the attack, which took place at the Kismayo airport.
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The United Nations World Food Program said that over 12 million people in the African Horn could need emergency food assistance due to drought. It added that ongoing conflicts and the presence of refugees and displaced persons in the region also affect the regional humanitarian situation.
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Algeria's Ministry of Energy and Mines plans to auction off 48 small and medium-sized mines on April 15, Algerian News Agency reported, adding that the auction would include "small marble mines, semi-precious stones as well as small gold mines situated in the north of the country."
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