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Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa asserted that the Cairo summit for Africa and Europe created the basis for the coming summit that will be held in three years in Greece, clarifying that the African - European cooperation became a reality especially as there are mechanisms that are determined in a time frame and follow-up plans. Moussa told ArabicNews.com that the Cairo summit managed to place the topics of African- European cooperation and joint understanding on a positive new track through many executive fields with emphasized on the existence of mechanisms for continuous revision. Go

Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said there with 10 large international companies in the computer field to train 50,000 Egyptian youths annually on using computers and data systems. In statements to ArabicNews.com he said that a percentage of those youths will be specified to be trained to teach computers in the schools in return for a monthly fee, adding that there will be other centers for training graduates of Egyptian universities to repair devices and do assembly work. Go

A statement issued by the European Commission in Cairo expressed the disappointment of the European Union toward progress in Libyan - European relations following the severe criticism addressed by Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gaddafi in his speech before the African- European summit which concluded its works on Tuesday in Cairo. The statement said Gaddafi's remarks to European officials topped by Romano Prodi, head of the commission adds difficulty to the coming discussions, especially in shadow of Libya's desire to enter into the Barcelona declaration for European- Mediterranean cooperation. Go

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia on April 15, his first visit to Saudi Arabia since his election. The visit is also in the course of a tour to be held by the Lebanese president covering Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Iran. Go

Cairo will host in November the meetings of the union of Austrian tourism companies, in which 400 members of the union will participate to discuss the union's coming plan in addition to paying many field visits to different tourist locations in Egypt to learn about the new tourism potential in the fields of sports tourism like safaris and golf and cultural tourism. They will be received by Egyptian Tourism Minister Mamdouh El-Beltagi and by officials in the Egyptian tourism chamber, Egyptian tourism establishments and other organizations working in this field. Go

IBM (US) company reached an agreement with the Egyptian Assembly for Computer Programming Companies (seven companies) for joint production of computer software in Egypt, the Middle East, North Africa and in the Arab states of $3 million annually in the first stage of the agreement, which lasts for three years. Go

The Tunisian-Indian joint commission wound up in Tunis Wednesday its 8th session with the signing of a set of cooperation accords and action programs. The accords deal with cooperation in the realms of justice, agriculture, scientific research, technology, and cultural exchanges. The Tunisian Union of Industry, Commerce and Handicraft and the Indian industry confederation agreed to foster their cooperation. Go

An economic delegation from a trade chamber in South Africa will visit Cairo on April 27 to discuss means of increasing commercial exchange and economic cooperation with Egyptian businessmen, said Abd El-Sattar El-Ashra, secretary general of the Egyptian trade chambers. Go

The Egyptian supreme council for archeology agreed that 12 French missions will make repair and excavation work for pharonic archeology in different places in Egypt and work in the Egyptian oasis areas, Giza, Sahara, Naser Lake in Aswan and in Luxor. Gaballah Ali Gaballah, secretary general of the council, said there are other requests from Italian, Swiss and Spanish missions to do excavation work in in the Delta area. Go

Oman yesterday loaded its first shipment of liquid natural gas (LNG) for South Korea, Oman Daily Observer reported. Go

A Jordanian official statement said that an Italian airplane coming from Iraq was forced to landing at a Jordanian military base Wednesday for flying without a license, adding that Claudio Gastania, captain of the airplane, was kept to be investigated on charge of violating Jordanian airspace without official permission and jeopardizing civil aviation. Go

A regional conference on protection of wildlife in western and central Asia and North Africa will be held in Tunis April 8-11. Participants will draw up a working document dealing with habitat, water resources, biodiversity and environment laws in these regions. Go

Human Rights Minister Mohamed Aujar left Rabat Thursday for Vienna where he is to attend the inaugural ceremony of the European racism and xenophobia observatory, said a press release from the department. Go

Algeria's private Antinea Airlines has become the first private airline to join the Air Transport International Association (ATIA), Algerian News Agency reported. Go

US and British jets yesterday hit Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery in southern Iraq in response to "repeated anti-aircraft artillery fire against coalition aircraft earlier today" against aircraft patrolling the southern Iraq "no-fly zone," the US Central Command said yesterday. Go

Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadhan said Wednesday that the new weapons inspection commission created by UN Security Council 1284, UNMOVIC (the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission), will not be allowed into Iraq and that only unconditional lifting of UN economic sanctions from Iraq and condemnation of US attacks and holding the US accountable for the results of these attacks could be addressed at the Security Council, Iraqi News Agency reported. Go

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced yesterday a $10 million increase in US aid to the Palestinians from $75 million in each of the past five years to $85 million this year, Khaleej Times reported. Go

United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his accompanying delegation were received on a visit to Bahrain by Bahraini Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and the Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defense Forces, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Bahrain Tribune reported, adding that the visit will address cooperation and bilateral economic and political relations. Go

Hotels in Bahrain are preparing promotional campaigns, including lowered room rates, to attract off season visitors, Gulf Daily News reported. Go