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Government apologizes for banning Assahifa weekly
Spokesman of the Moroccan government, Khalid Alioua, conceded that the government's ban on "Assahifa" weekly edition of April 17 was an error and expressed the government's apology for this measure which he called "a reproach and not a sanction."
Morocco, Politics, 4/29/2000
Egyptian journalists union decides to boycott international conference for press
The Egyptian journalists union council issued in its urgent meeting yesterday a statement in which it announced that it will boycott the international union's conference for the press councils, which ended its works today.
Egypt, Politics, 4/29/2000
Journalists union decries prison sentences in press cases
After it renewed its adherence to the respect of professional ethics, mainly the need to undertake investigation before publication, the union argued that the press code provisions related to judicial action in press cases should be conform to the rule of law and guarantee the freedom of speech and press without restrictions nor constraints.
Morocco, Politics, 4/29/2000
Human rights in Africa still nonexistent
Egyptian lawyer Mohammed Moneeb, representative of the non-governmental organizations in the African continent urged yesterday the Organization of African Unity of sign the agreement against torture, calling on the African committee for human rights and African states to persuade the organization to sign it.
Regional-Africa, Politics, 4/29/2000
Moroccan interior minister visits Algeria
Moroccan Interior Minister Ahmed El Midaoui arrived this Saturday in Algiers for a visit that is "part of brotherly consultation and relations between the two countries."
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 4/29/2000
King Mohammed to build diplomacy based on the engagement of all Moroccan institutions
King Mohammed VI has called for the consolidation of non-governmental diplomacy and for involving parliamentary, economic, cultural and media associations in the country's diplomacy and renewed the pledge to elaborate a new institutional frame...to build a strong diplomacy.
Morocco, Politics, 4/29/2000
Arab states consider replacing foreign labor with Arab labor to deal with Arab youth unemployment
Ibrahim Qaider, the general manager of the Arab Labor Organization, said the organization seeks to make a mechanism that contributes to solving the problem of employing Arab youths and confronting unemployment in general.
Regional, Economics, 4/29/2000
Bashar al-Assad to WSJ: Israel is mistaken if ot thinks its withdrawal from Lebanon is equivalent to peace with Syria
Col. Bashar al-Assad has stated that Israel is committing a mistake if it thinks its unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon is equivalent to peace with Syria.
Syria, Politics, 4/29/2000
Report: Tripartite meeting for Syrian, Egyptian, Saudi FMs in Damascus
A high-ranking Syrian source at the Syrian Foreign Ministry stated that preparations are underway to convene a tripartite meeting including Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara, Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal in Damascus, but the Syrian official did not set a final date for such a meeting, saying that such a meeting will be set through diplomatic channels.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 4/29/2000
Morocco hands in Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratification documents
Snoussi added that it is necessary to bring Israel to abide by the agreements signed as part of the Middle East peace process with Palestine, Syria and Lebanon as a strong signal to Israel's will to restore confidence.
Morocco-UN, Politics, 4/29/2000
Gulf Summit today in Muscat
The leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are discussing today in Muscat GCC relations with Iran and military cooperation with the USA.
Gulf, Politics, 4/29/2000
Walker seeks Mubarak's views on regional issues
Egypt-USA, Politics, 4/29/2000
Jordanian Nation's Council will not receive Israelis
Some 20 Jordanian members of parliament got a commitment from the chairman of the Jordanian Nation's Council not to permit the Israeli parliamentarians taking part in the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference due to start on Sunday evening to enter the headquarters of the Jordanian Parliament.
Jordan-Israel, Politics, 4/29/2000
Oman begins negotiations to join WTO
Oman started its first negotiations to enter the World Trade Organization, which can be a challenge for getting into the system of economic globalization, especially as globalization is no longer considered an option, and the countries ignoring it may face isolation and risks, Omani Trade Minister Makboul Ali Sutlan said.
Oman, Economics, 4/29/2000
Iranian President Mohammed Khatami receives ISESCO Director General
Iranian President Mohammed Khatami received this Saturday Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, Director-General of the Rabat-based Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO- who is on a visit to Teheran to attend the fifth session of the Executive Council of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, ISESCO said in a release.
Regional, Politics, 4/29/2000
Land mine victims in Sudan
The Sudanese daily al-Anbaa said on Friday that three persons were killed and another eight wounded in a land mine explosion outside the city of Kasla, in eastern Sudan.
Sudan, Local, 4/29/2000
Ebeid: economic conditions satisfactory
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said the conditions of the Egyptian economy are extremely satisfactory adding that the government is seriously acting to reactivate demand on the market as an urgent challenge.
Egypt, Economics, 4/29/2000
Jordan: relations with Syria are good, Jordanians not convinced to normalize with Israel
Jordan Minister of Information and Culture Saleh al-Qallab has asserted that Jordanian- Syrian relations are very good and reviving.
Jordan, Politics, 4/29/2000
De Charette calls for intensifying efforts to revive the Syrian track
Former French Foreign Minister Herve De Charette has warned that the situation in the Middle East region is inclining towards deterioration.
Syria-France, Politics, 4/29/2000
Hizbullah, Amal movement discuss latest developments in south Lebanon
The leaders of both the Hizbullah Party and the Amal movement on Friday held a meeting in which Israeli military escalation in southern Lebanon and the western Bekaa was discussed.
Lebanon, Politics, 4/29/2000
Nasrallah: Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon a result of resistance effort
Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hizbullah, asserted that the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon is a result of the Lebanese resistance in Lebanon, adding that the resistance is the one that impose the withdrawal on Israel by making it afraid to remain in the Lebanese lands.
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 4/29/2000
Continuing battles between opposition and governmental troops in Sudan
The opposition alliance in Sudan said its troops seized military headquarters affiliated to the government troops in the eastern part of the country.
Sudan, Politics, 4/29/2000
Mali, Tunisia sign accord on prevention of double taxation
Tunisia and Mali signed on Friday an agreement on preventing double taxation to promote investments and encourage the private sector to engage in partnership projects.
Tunisia, Economics, 4/29/2000
Mauritanian president ends visit to Morocco
Mauritanian President Mouaouyia Ould Sid Ahmed Taya left Casablanca Friday at the end of a three-day official visit to Morocco.
Morocco-Mauritania, Politics, 4/29/2000
It is difficult for the time being to assert existence of oil in Morocco
Moroccan Minister of Energy and Mining Youssef Tahiri said it is difficult for the time being to assert that oil exists in Morocco.
Morocco, Business, 4/29/2000
Record income for Egyptian museums due to strong tourism
The Egyptian archeological museums achieved a monthly income of 40 million LE which is the highest income in history of the Egyptian supreme council for archeology which supervises these museums.
Egypt, Culture, 4/29/2000
One million German tourists visited Tunis
Tunisian official statistics said that one million German tourist visited Tunis during the last year, as they accounted for 22% of the total foreign tourists who visited Tunis estimated at 4.8 million tourists and nearly a quarter of the European tourism volume coming to Tunis, which reached nearly 4 million persons.
Tunisia-Germany, Economics, 4/29/2000
Lebanese resistance operations in south Lebanon
In a detailed report on its Friday operations, the Lebanese resistance said its groups at 6:00. a.m. broke into the pro-Israel South Lebanon Army militia's Aramti position and attacked more than 24 positions of the Israeli occupation troops and their agents along the front line.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/29/2000
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Egyptian Oil Minister Engineer Sameh Fahmi stated that he will announce during the coming days petroleum discoveries worth $2.1 billion, telling ArabicNews.com that exporting petroleum is not a goal in itself, yet it is an attempt to get rid of the foreign partner's share and bring foreign currency into the country. He said the ministry is currently focusing on industrializing gas devices through a project worth $1.38 billion, and it is expected to achieve sales of $100 million annually.
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The director of the public department for military survey in Saudi Arabia, Lt. Gen. Mure' al-Shahrani, has announced that the agreement on guarantees for land border demarcation between his country and Qatar will be signed in Doha next Monday. In a statement to the Saudi daily al-Riyadh issued on Friday al-Shahrani stated that the agreement on land border demarcation between the two countries dates back to 1992, adding that work for border demarcation lasted for long years of effort and continued work.
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The spokesman for the prisoners committee in Iran, Maj. Gen. Muhammad Balar, said on Friday in Tehran that his country will release 480 Iraqi prisoners, but he gave no date for the release.
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Colonel Moammar Gaddafi, leader of the Libyan revolution, said he no longer objects the Arab states joining NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), saying in a speech that was televised by Libyan television yesterday evening from Sert city that "We were objecting to US military maneuvers with Arab countries, yet now we see that any maneuver will not turn to be against us because there are Arab intimate countries participating in it."
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An Israeli source said on Friday in Jerusalem that the US Middle East peace process coordinator, Dennis Ross, will arrive in Israel on Tuesday in order to join the round of Israeli- Palestinian negotiations which will start in the city of Eilat next Sunday in an attempt to reach an agreement of the final status framework.
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Member of the Israeli Knesset and the chairman of the Israeli Ihud Leumi Yisrael Beiteinu party for Russian speakers, Avigdor Liberman, has called for lifting parliamentary immunity from Arab Israeli Knesset member Azmi Bishara and for Bishara to be tried for carrying out anti-Israeli activities.
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The Palestinian leadership asserted its refusal to divide or delay any of the final status issues, adding during its weekly meeting held last night in Ramallah under the chairmanship of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat that it adheres to resolutions of international legitimacy concerning Jerusalem's causes, the borders and the refugees.
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Egypt has underlined the importance of the UN meeting on arrangements for the three-day Millennium summit. Ahmed Abul- Gheit, the Permanent Delegate to UN, hoped that the gathering would fulfill aspirations cherished by peoples of the world.
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The USA and Germany agreed to grant Jordan technical and financial aid, as Germany will grant technical aid worth 3 million marcs to finance the project for a national data center which will supply the country's corporations in the different fields, while the US Agency for International Development will present a donation to Jordan of $83 million to support the project to improve and store water.
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An important archeological find has been unearthed at Fayoum governorate dating back to the Greek Roman age. The new find comprises a wine press and bronze coins, according to Gaballah Ali Gaballah the Secretary General of the Higher Council for Antiquities. Mohamed Al Saghir the Chief of the Sector of Egyptian Antiquities said the joint Egyptian-Italian expedition discussed a number of papyrus written in Greek.
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Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni decided to establish a universal celebration in November to open a restoration project for Queen Hatshipsut's temple in Dier El-Bahari after the completion of 40 years of work to revitalize one of the most important pharonic temples, which is nearly 36,000 years old.
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Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui was ousted this Saturday at the quarterfinals of the $1 million worth Barcelona tournament.
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