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The Egyptian government decided to raise an international bid for developing three airports which are Sharm El-Sheik, Hurghada and Abu Simbel at the beginning of the second half of the current year. Egyptian transportation minister Ibrahim El-Domairi told ArabicNews.com that "this bid comes in the frame work of developing the air, land and sea ways that is supervised by the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak which aims at containing the increasing demand on the air transportation and internal tourism of the three areas to raise these airports' level to serve the tourism development plans." Go

President of Guinea-Conakry Gen. Lansana Conte arrived Friday in Casablanca. Conte had visited Morocco last August and was received by King Mohammed VI. Go

Jordanian King Abdullah II headed today to Saudi Arabia for a visit which will last for three days. Go

John Garang, Leader of Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in an interview with the Egyptian al-Ahram daily published today - asked the ruling regime in Sudan to settle on one authority, by ending the conflict that currently exists between the Sudanese president and Hassan al-Torabi, rejecting racism, canceling the constitution and the laws that were formally issued as well as holding open elections for a national government with the participation of all powers and activities to lay the foundation for a new Sudan. Go

The Spiritual Leader of Iran Ayatullah Khamenei urged the conservatives and reformists to decrease differences, emphasizing the need to keep the values of the revolution while asserting the necessity to achieve progress and dynamism in the revolution and he renewed his support to the Iranian president Mohammed Khatami. Go

Yemen - United Arab Emirates (UAE) cooperation protocol signed recently, include supporting investment in field of oil in Yemen. Moreover, UAE is going to back up the Yemeni private sector in this trend, Minister of oil in the UAE Obed Bin Saif Al-Nasseri told 26th of September weekly Newspaper, the official news agency reported. Go

Yemen is conducting consultations with a number of states and international organizations for holding an international conference of human rights, a well-informed source told 26 of September Newspaper according to official news adding that Yemen is planning to be a key partner in this international conference to be held in 2003. Go

The Palestinian leadership assured that the Palestinian - Israeli negotiations did not achieve results along the last 9 months due to the Israeli side's lack of seriousness in the negotiations. A statement issued following its weekly meeting yesterday in the West Bank, the leadership said the Israeli side evades serious negotiation by alleging that they have internal problems and the lack of political will. Go

Clashes took places between Palestinian citizens and the Israeli soldiers in Bethlehem when nearly 250 citizens demonstrated to express solidarity with the Palestinian captives in the Israeli prisons. Go

Algeria urged the European union to present urgent aid for reconstructing the country after the internal strife, which lasted for 3 years due to which more than 100,000 persons were killed. Yusef El-Yussefi the Algerian foreign minister spoke of the necessity of getting aid from the European union for reconstructing the economic and social structure in the areas that were destroyed by the violence works for which the armed Islamic groups were blamed, saying that the terrorist groups destroyed the Algerian economy and that Algeria needs several years to get back to normal. Go