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The vice-president of the handicraft chamber of Settat, near Casablanca, was arrested last week for issuing 14 bounced cheques, worth $ 14,000. The official was brought before the local court of first instance. Go

Lebanese information minister Anwar Khalil estimated the resulted losses from the last Israeli aggression on Lebanon at nearly 75 million dollars in addition to the direct and indirect damages that will afflict the productive sectors due to the electricity disconnection. He newly assured Lebanon's refusal for guarding Israeli's northern borders, referring that Israel's face will remain the face of an aggressive criminal. Go

Diplomats in al-Riyadh said on Wednesday that the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz will make a tour on the countries of Latin America which will last for 5 days in order to hold talks there to attract investments to the Kingdom. The diplomats added that the Saudi crown prince who runs the Kingdom's affairs since the Saudi King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz had a stroke in 1995, will start his tour by the end of May and it will cover Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela, where he will take part in the forthcoming summit for OPEC ( Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries). Go

Jordanian Minister of Waters and Irrigation Kamal Hadadin said that he received on Tuesday evening a telephone call from the Syrian minister of irrigation Taha al-Atrash in which the Syrian minister expressed Syria's understanding for the incident which caused the leakage of waste-waters into the Syrian territories into an area of 4.5 km inside Syria, causing heavy material losses. Go

Esmat Abd El-Meguid, the Arab League's secretary general received two messages from Iraqi deputy prime minister Tarek Aziz and the Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed Saeed El-Sahaf in which they asked for the necessity to interfere and move to stop the flights of the U.S and U.K airplane and taking off from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Turkey for attacking the Iraqi lands. The two messages asked Abd El-Meguid to urge the Arab states to violate the international sanctions and expanding the cooperation with Iraq outside oil for food program, asking Abd El-Meguid to interfere to persuade the Arab and Islamic as well as the intimate countries - with Iraqi situation toward the security council's last resolution. Go

Fawzi Abd El-Zaher, the head of the board of directors of the Iraqi international markets and fairs organization said that Egypt will participate in the 33rd session of Baghdad international fair during the coming November that will be held in the participation of nearly 45 countries and displays the products 1500 foreign and Arab companies in addition to the national display of the Iraqi private and socialist sector. Go

The Libyan- Italian technical committee on Tuesday held a meeting in Tripoli, Libya chaired by the assistant secretary general for political affairs in the Libyan foreign ministry Saad Mujber and the Italian ambassador to Libya. Go

The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received today an invitation to attend the Islamic summit in Qatar that will be organized by the organization of the Islamic conference in November headed by Qatar's Emir Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani. The invitation was delivered by Abdullah Bin Khalifa, the Qatar state minister who is leaving Cairo tomorrow morning. Go

The US Information Service will host a public discussion of the 1999 US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights, particularly the report on Yemen, the official news agency said. US Embassy staff will be present on Sunday to answer questions about the report. Go

The complementary elections in the electoral constituency no 242 Alhayma district (Sanaa) will be conducted next Saturday, the Yemeni news agency reported today. Go

Jordan's Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdah on Wednesday evening met with Mauritania's minister of Foreign affairs and cooperation Ahmad Wild Sayed Ahmad to discuss bilateral relations between the two states and means of improving relations especially in the economic fields. Go

Bahrain Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdulla Hassan Saif received in Manama today Deputy Governor of Saudi Arab Monetary Agency Mohammed Al-Jassim to discuss cooperation between the two states in financing, banking and investments fields in addition to issues of joint concern, GNA statement said. Go

Yusef Botrus Ghali, the Egyptian minister of economy and the foreign trade said the safety of the computers of the bonds stock market, was not afflicted by the computer virus 'I love you' virus which effected in many countries in a short time span. Ghali asserted before a session in the Egyptian parliament yesterday evening under the chairmanship of Ahmed Fathi Serour - head of the parliament - that "no damages happened in the computers, clarifying that if any damages happened it would have occurred in the first hours yet all the computers are in an excellent condition." Go

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has received former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella rthe Iraqo news agency reported yesterday. Go

The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Wednesday in Doha received a message from King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia including acceptance of the invitation to attend the conference of the 9th Islamic Summit due to be held in Doha in October. Go

Iran's first cultural attache to Kuwait Hassan Khakrand started his mission on Thursday based on an agreement signed between Iran and Kuwait to help promote exchanges of cultural and artistic cooperation. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Attaollah Mohajeraniheading a high ranking delegation is to pay an official visit to Kuwait on Saturday, IRNA reported. Go

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Wednesday received Faisal al-Husseini, the official in charge of the file of occupied Jerusalem, currently visiting Qatar. Go

Saudi minister of trade Osama Jaafar Faqih met on Wednesday in al-Riyadh with the Irish minister of international trade Tom Keith and members of the accompanying delegation, currently visiting Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, the two sides trade and economic cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Ireland were reviewed and means of promoting and developing it under the care of the two countries to make use from a opportunities and available privileges at the two sides to set up a genuine partnership in joint production and investment projects and in modern technology transfer and to work for increasing the volume of trade exchange. Go

The Algerian daily al-Khabar said in its Wednesday issue that the armed groups killed four children by gun bullets while they were breeding their sheep in Wade al-Maleh area of al-Medya district, 90 Km far from the capital Algiers. The paper added that other three Algerian citizens were killed by the gunmen in al-Halayem area of Gleizan district while a bomb went off at Teyart province, resulted in wounding one citizen. Go

Moroccan-born Jewish singer Sapho tours Morocco May 8-18 staging her newest show "The naked flight of swallows" in several major cities. The show celebrating her native city of Marrakesh will take her band, the "Koyou" group, and the Marrakesh Gnawa to Oujda, Meknes, Tangier, Casablanca before winding up in her birthplace. Go

Morocco's Younes Al-Aynaoui (World N 14) cruised Wednesday to the third round of the Rome Masters Series men's tennis tournament. The Moroccan defeated Argentina's Mariano Zabaleta in two sets to one: 3-6, 7-6, 7-6. Another Moroccan, Hicham Arazi lost in the second round to Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain in two sets 7-6, 6-3. Go

Three Spanish drug dealers were arrested last week in Nador in north Morocco with 1,580 kg of cannabis extract, locally known as chira. The banned substance was concealed in a spain-plated lorry. The three dealers are currently standing trial. Go

The Protex-Maroc group and Mulhouse-based French firm "Socafix" passed an agreement Thursday under which they set up a plant to manufacture automotive parts and needs. The undertaking worth $ 3 million will be creating 50 jobs in early stage. Construction works start early July and production in March 2001. Go