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UN special session on women 2000 opens in New York
The United Nations special session on "women 2000, equality, development and peace for the 21st century" opened here Monday with participation of a Moroccan delegation led by secretary of State in charge of the disabled, Nezha Chekrouni.
Regional, Culture, 6/6/2000
Measures are expected against former Syrian army chief al-Shehabi
Syrian minister of finance to release a decision
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 6/6/2000
The World Bank hails new Egyptian Civil Affairs Law
With the onset of the special session of the UN General Assembly on women's rights in the new millennium which began yesterday, the World Bank emphasized that the alliance between the civil society movement in Egypt and the government, under the supervision of judicial and Sharia' (Islamic Law) officials, was successful in issuing a law that represents a big accomplishment for women in Egypt
Egypt, Culture, 6/6/2000
First Lady Mubarak attends opening of UN Conference on women
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, the Chairwoman of Egypt's National Council of Women, Monday attended the opening session of a special UN Conference.
Egypt, Culture, 6/6/2000
Russia's Putin sends message to king Mohammed
Russian vice-foreign minister, Vassily Sredine, arrived in Casablanca Monday with a message from President Vladimir Putin of Russia to King Mohammed VI.
Morocco-Russia, Politics, 6/6/2000
Damascus Declaration foreign ministers call for Israel's pullback from South Lebanon
In their statement issued on Monday in Cairo in conclusion of their two-day meetings, the foreign ministers of the Damascus Declaration Signatory states have stressed their countries's solidarity with Lebanon and Syria.
Regional, Politics, 6/6/2000
Al-Assad message to Mubarak conveyed by al-Shara
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Monday handed a message to the Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak from President Hafez al-Assaf Present at the meeting was the Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 6/6/2000
Moroccan foreign minister to visit Mauritania on Senegal dispute
Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, is expected this Tuesday in Mauritania for a brief visit.
Morocco-Mauritania, Politics, 6/6/2000
Albright in Cairo tomorrow to discuss convening a Camp David like summit
U.S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is to arrive tomorrow in Cairo to inform the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with results of her discussions with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak as well as the efforts exerted by the U.S government to push forward the peace process in the area.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 6/6/2000
Mubarak receives invitation to visit Britain
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak received an invitation to visit Britain through Michael Levy, Member of the British House of Lords and Personal Envoy of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Egypt-UK, Politics, 6/6/2000
Moroccan- Malian joint commission meets in Rabat
The third session of Moroccan- Malian joint commission opened in Rabat Monday under the co-chairmanship of Moroccan foreign affairs minister Mohamed Benaissa and Malian peer Modibo Sidibe.
Morocco-Mali, Politics, 6/6/2000
Al-Shara: File of the Israeli Syrian negotiations is not closed
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara said that file of the Israeli - Syrian negotiations is not closed and that Israel's declarations are maneuvers to open the Syrian track.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 6/6/2000
Moroccan official meets executives of Korean leading groups
Moroccan minister of industry, trade and handicraft held talks in Seoul with senior executives of Korean leading groups, such as Samsung, L.G. Electronics, Hyundai and Daewoo.
Morocco-South Korea, Economics, 6/6/2000
Sudanese foreign minister accuses opposition of procrastination
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mostafa Ossman Ismail rejected what he termed as the procrastination methods of the Sudanese opposition toward reconciliation saying that the government has responded to six of the eight opposition demands to prepare for discussion atmosphere.
Sudan, Politics, 6/6/2000
Preparations for Moroccan- Nigerian joint commission
Moroccan and Nigerian experts started Monday in Rabat preparatory meetings for Moroccan-Nigerian joint commission to be held this Wednesday.
Morocco-Nigeria, Politics, 6/6/2000
Mubarak addresses Higher Council for Islamic Affairs Conference
"President Hosni Mubarak addresses the inaugural session of the 12th Higher Islamic Affairs Council," said Egypt's Waqfs Minister Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq during a Press Conference.
Egypt, Religion, 6/6/2000
Moroccan premier receives Hawatmeh
Moroccan Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi met in Laayoun Monday with secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FDLP), Naief Hawatmeh, who is currently visiting Morocco at the invitation of leftist "OADP" party.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 6/6/2000
Hawatmeh says results of Oslo agreements are insignificant
Secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FDLP), Naief Hawatmeh, currently on a visit to Morocco, said results reaped by Palestine from the Israeli Oslo agreements are insignificant.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 6/6/2000
Princess Lalla Hasna releases open letter on world environment day
Princess Lalla Hasna, chairwoman of the national environment preservation campaign, has released an open letter inviting all citizens to preserve environment, underlining that the issue is not the sole responsibility of states and governments but involves all members of the civil society.
Morocco, Environment, 6/6/2000
Palestinians deny great progress in the final status talks with Israel
The Israelis and the Palestinians negated that the existing negotiations between the two sides concerning the final status of the occupied Palestinian lands had achieved great progress, while the Palestinian negotiators said they refused to discuss security arrangements with Israel before determining the limits of the Palestinian state.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/6/2000
Palestine lays great hope on Albright's tour
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/6/2000
Arab League chief receives message, confers with Swedish delegation
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Ismat Abdul el-Maguid on Monday received a message from the secretary general of the African Unity Organization Salem Ahmad Salem, inviting him to attend the next African summit that will be held in Togo, Lumi on July 10 to 12.
Regional-Sweden, Politics, 6/6/2000
Morocco's honorary consuls in central America confirm freeze of relations with Sahrawi republic
Morocco's honorary consuls in several Central American countries who are currently on a visit to the kingdom have confirmed their respective countries' decision to freeze relations with the enemies of Morocco's territorial integrity till the outcome of the referendum process, in line with the U.N settlement plan on the Sahara.
Morocco, Politics, 6/6/2000
Iraq criticizes Gulf states statement
Iraq strongly criticized the concluding statement issued by the ministerial meeting for states of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah last Saturday - depicting it of expressing the U.S stance toward Iraq.
Iraq-Gulf, Politics, 6/6/2000
Light verdicts against 80 persons for SLA members
The military court in Beirut issued against 80 persons from members of the pro-Israeli South Lebanon Lebanese militia light verdicts that vary between 6 months to 3 years where most of them have already been jailed for a year.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 6/6/2000
Kuwaiti officials meet with Oman's information minister
The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Monday in Kuwait received Oman's information minister Abdul Aziz al- Rawas.
Kuwait-Oman, Politics, 6/6/2000
Conference promotes IT role in boosting exports
"The success of the Egyptian economic reform program and the stability of Egypt's political situation are the solid foundations on which the production of strong Egyptian products for export are base," said Egypt's Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Youssef Boutros Ghali in his opening speech of the first Technology and Export Codification in the Middle East.
Egypt, Economics, 6/6/2000
Former intelligence chairman Al-Najjar's properties for sale
The al-Sharq al-Awsat London-based daily on Monday said that properties owned by Bashir al-Najjar, the former chairman for the general intelligence administration were put into auction by the Syrian general public customs administration so as to refund a sum of one billion Syrian pounds to the state general budget.
Syria, Politics, 6/6/2000
Algeria international meeting for investment on Sunday
An Algerian international meeting to promote investment is to be held in Algiers on Sunday under the auspice of the Algerian President Abd El-Aziz Bu Taflika and is organized by the Algerian trade ministry and the economy as well as business groups.
Algeria, Economics, 6/6/2000
Plant for tannery-produced chromium recycling dedicated in fez
A plant for the recycling of chromium produced by the tanneries of Fez, carried out with the support of the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), was dedicated on Monday.
Morocco, Environment, 6/6/2000
Tehran negates being involved in Lockerbie accident
Iran negated begin involved in the accident of exploding the U.S airplane also Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988.
Iran-Turkey, Politics, 6/6/2000
USA's First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the UN on the occasion of a special conference on women
Here follows are the full remarks of the USA's First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the UN on the occasion of a special conference on women:
6/6/2000
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The ministers of electricity and water at the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC hold their 12th meeting at the GCC general secretariat in al-Riyadh today to discuss several electricity and water projects of concern to the GCC member states.
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Saudi - Kuwaiti negotiations started today concerning demarking maritime borders between the two states. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah El Ahmed El Sabah said "the negotiations aim at finding a formula for an agreement for marking the borders" referring that these negotiations resume the agreement of marking the land borders reached at two years ago.
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The Chinese vice-foreign minister on Monday started a visit to Morocco for talks with Moroccan officials on ways to bolster bilateral cooperation. The Chinese official told reporters at the airport that his visit to the kingdom is part of the consolidation of cooperation relations between the two countries.
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The Palestinian and Israeli track of the Middle East peace process "is at the core of the issues to achieve a comprehensive peace, and we want to see as much work and dedication given to this as possible," US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said today. She announced Today that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has accepted President Clinton's invitation to come to Washington June 14 to try to accelerate progress toward reaching an agreement on permanent status issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Negotiations will begin "there, in the region at the beginning of next week," Albright said. She added that she is pleased that Arafat "is going to be able to be in Washington along with the negotiators, something that [Israel's] Prime Minister Barak has agreed also -- to have the negotiators there," a US statement said.
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Lebanese Defense Minister Ghazi Zaytar praised the Arab states' participation in Lebanon's celebration of the Israeli withdrawal from the south - assuring that Shebaa farms are Lebanese (where Israel says they are Syrian lands) saying we have the right to these lands and that Israel's defeat is a joy for the whole Arab and Islamic Nation as well as for the whole world which wants the liberation of lands from occupiers.
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Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi on Monday received a message from the French President Jacques Chirac in which he explained that the Euro-African summit which was held recently in Cairo has established for a deep and useful dialogue that strengthens cooperation between the two continents.
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The first deputy for the Kuwaiti Premier and the foreign minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah on Monday received a message from China's foreign minister.
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The secretary of the people's general committee for African unity in Libya Ali al-Tureiki and the chairman of the national society in Togo on Monday in a meeting in Tripoli discussed current preparations to convene the African summit in Lumi, the capital of Togo during July.
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An official sources at the Jordanian ministry of the waters and irrigation has denied what has been quoted by local newspaper and news agencies on halting the pumping of waters to Jordan from Israel.
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