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The joint Yemeni - Saudi committee for drawing the borders between the two states is convening tomorrow a meeting for discussing determining the border markers according to the 'Taef' agreement of the year 1934 and making a field survey locations of these markers. Go

King Mohammed VI will participate in the Africa - Europe summit, to be held April 3-4 in Cairo (Egypt), the Moroccan Royal Household and Chancellery department said in a release. Go

Libyan Leader Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi arrived on Friday morning at al-Salloum border area between Egypt and Libya in a visit to Egypt during which he will take part in the first summit between the European Union and the African states to be held on Monday and Tuesday in Cairo. Go

The Lebanese daily al-Nahar stated today that Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss will meet with Col. Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday and will meet later with the new Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro to congratulate him on his new post and then with the Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara. Go

An Israeli official source said on Friday that the Cypriot president Glafkos Clredies has expressed his country's readiness to host Israeli- Lebanese peace negotiations might happen in the future. The source said that the Cypriot President gave this proposal during his meeting on Thursday with the Israeli foreign minister David Levy. Go

Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is receiving a message from Vladimir Putin the Russian president that will be delivered by Genady Sleznyouf, head of the Russian Duma council who arrived at Cairo heading a delegation on a 3 - days visit to Egypt. Go

The Arab League council has elected Moroccan academic and jurist Khalid Naciri, chairman of the Arab human rights commission for a two-year renewable term. Naciri is member of the political bureau of party of progress and socialism (PPS) and former chairman of Moroccan human rights organization. Go

Morocco on Friday dedicated a human rights institute to train lawyers in related issues. The institute, sponsored by the Moroccan bar association, will also devise studies on the revision of legal texts to adapt them to international conventions on political, economic and social rights. Go

Princess Lalla Meryem opened in Rabat friday at Oudaya Gardens an exhibition of paintings by disabled women artists dubbed "Creativity defeats handicap." The princess was briefed on painters and paintings displayed, exceeding fifty works, and received a gift from one of the artists. Go

A platform for the defense of Maghreban homeless children in Spain as been adopted recently here to raise awareness among the Catalan society about the situation of homeless children in order to help their social integration. Go

Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian top negotiator, said that it was agreed upon convening a second tour for the Israeli - Palestinian talks in Washington on 6th of April adding that the last Israeli - Palestinian talks tackled topics concerning the final status negotiations and the remaining commitments from the transitional stage, referring that this these talks did not reveal results and the gap is still deep between the two countries. Go

Member of the Israeli Knesset Hashim Mahamid spoke about the unified Arab bloc and urged Israel's Arab population on the necessity to deal with Hizbullah, as this group is the one that has forced Israel's hand on the withdrawal resolution from Lebanon. He made these statements on Land Day before Palestinian demonstrations. Go

The house of representatives plenary meeting friday adopted three draft bills. Go

Cypriot President Glavkos Clerides on Friday expressed hope to finding out solutions to pending issues in the Middle East by peaceful means. This was expressed during the meeting held between Clerides and the Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak in occupied Jerusalem. Go

The French defense ministry said on Friday that its foreign minister Allen Richard will visit Israel on April 12 through 14. Al-Sharq Radio correspondent in Paris said that Richard's talks with the Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak will deal with the Middle east peace process and opportunities for its success. Go

The Israeli foreign ministry said on Friday that the Dutch Prime Minister Vim Cook will on tomorrow visit Israel for one day. A statement by the Israeli foreign ministry said that Cook will hold talks with the Israeli officials, in particular the Middle East peace process and means of strengthening bilateral relations and Israel's relations with the European Union. Go

A delegation of Egyptian businessmen and women will travel to Hungary, Poland and Czech in mid April on a marketing tour for Egyptian products that lasts two week and to discuss developing joint cooperation among the 3 countries and the Egyptian business organizations, increasing trade in traditional and nontraditional Egyptian export to East Europe in general and these countries in particular. Go

The Moroccan cement group has posted a 140 % increase in its turnover in 1999 compared to 1998, the group said. The sales stood at $ 26 million compared to $ 10.8 million in 1998, the group said, explaining the performance by the ceding of its Marrakesh plant to a French company. The Group, which produces 3 million tons annually, operates 8 plants in Morocco. Go