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Parliament agrees on nominating Bashar as Syria's president
The Syrian People's Assembly agreed in its second session today unanimously on nominating Bashar al-Assad for president as the 250 members of, most of whom are from Baath party.
Syria, Politics, 6/26/2000
10 years imprisonment for three parliamentarians
Egypt, Judicial, 6/26/2000
Assets of former Syrian officials involved in corruption cases, frozen
Syrian Minister of Finance Muhammad Khaled al-Maheyni has released a decision to freeze transferred and non-transferred assets of Syrian citizen, who acquired Spanish citizenship Munir Abu Khaddour (b.1943) in Daraa province, together with the heirs of the late former Syrian prime minister Mahmoud al-Zoubi, the former deputy premier for economic affairs Salim Yassin and the former transport minister Mufid Abdul Karim.
Syria, Politics, 6/26/2000
Iraqi embassy reopened in UAE
The United Arab Emirates UAE news agency in Abu Dhabi reported that foreign ministry secretary Seif Saeed in Said on Saturday received the credentials of Abdul Razzaq Hamoudi Ahmad, the first acting charge d'affairs for the Iraqi embassy to the UAE since freezing diplomatic relations between the two states.
United Arab Emirates-Iraq, Politics, 6/26/2000
Mubarak, Arafat discuss obstacles before negotiations with Israel
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak Sunday morning conferred with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who had arrived in Cairo Saturday night from Tunisia.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/26/2000
Declaring a Palestinian state within weeks
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat considered that the coming weeks will be the most important and serious ones because a Palestinian state will be declared at the end of it. He said "we have decisive weeks," yet he did not determine a specific date for this declaration.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/26/2000
Al-Shara confers with Iraqi counterpart
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Sunday in Damascus met with Iraqi counterpart Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and means of developing them.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 6/26/2000
Murphy and peace between Syria and Israel
The former US under secretary of state Richard Murphy, who was US former ambassador in Damascus said that the presence of Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad in the rule is a new opportunity for resuming the peace process.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 6/26/2000
Bashar al-Assad elected Baath party secretary general, RL members distributed on offices
Bashar al-Assad, the secretary general of the Baath party central committee leadership, was elected as Regional Secretary of the Baath Arab Socialist Party
Syria, Politics, 6/26/2000
Egypt to recognize the Palestinian State
Israeli President Ezer Weizman was great help to peace since 1977 and one of the key figures who have played a benevolent role for peace between late President Anwar el Sadat and late Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, President Hosni Mubarak said.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 6/26/2000
Barak and the Syrian track
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak said that Israel is ready to resume negotiations with Syria, noting in this regard that no change has been made on the Israeli position to keeping the Tiberies lake area under the Israeli control.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 6/26/2000
Israel fires at Jordanian trade unions visiting south Lebanon from
Chairman of the Jordanian trade union who was leading delegation to south Lebanon said four members of the delegation on Saturday came under the fires of Israeli soldiers at Fatemah crossing in South Lebanon.
Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 6/26/2000
Three killed in a refinery explosion in Kuwait
The explosion took place on Sunday morning in the Kuwaiti refinery in al-Ahmadi resulted in killing three persons and wounding other 43.
Kuwait, Economics, 6/26/2000
Kuwait for convening an Arab summit
Kuwait's first deputy premier and foreign minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad has voiced his country's backing to convening an Arab summit.
Kuwait, Politics, 6/26/2000
Sudan resumes talks with US
To avoid a U.S veto at the U.N, the Sudanese government is resuming discussions with Washington.
Sudan, Politics, 6/26/2000
One person wounded in warehouses fire in Manama
Defense forces in Bahrain on Sunday announced that one person was seriously wounded and that 18 warehouses were destroyed when fire erupted in one of Manama's markets.
Bahrain, Local, 6/26/2000
Egypt plans to update commerce legislation
Egypt's prime minister Atef Ebeid said Sunday that a draft bill to develop trade systems would be referred to Parliament. The present law was issued more than 50 years ago.
Egypt, Economics, 6/26/2000
Algerian journalists visit Israel
The national committee against normalization with Israel in Algeria decided to hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the question of the Algerian journalists who are visiting Israel.
Algeria-Israel, Politics, 6/26/2000
Ethiopia stresses an attack against its embassy in Asmara
The state run Ethiopian Herald issued on Sunday quoted officials at the Ethiopian embassy in Asmara as saying that "a group of persons broke into the premises of the Ethiopian embassy in Asmara and downed its national flag before they had burnt it."
Ethiopia-Eritrea, Politics, 6/26/2000
Egypt, China seek to redress trade imbalance
Egypt and China yesterday concluded talks that aimed at ending deficit in the two countries' balance of trade. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received China's Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Che Giang Chang at the end of his visit to Cairo.
Egypt-China, Economics, 6/26/2000
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has stressed that he is looking forward to start a new page of relations with Damascus and to maintain cooperation between his government and Syria in all matters of concern to the Palestinian and Syrian peoples, especially the ME peace process. "A matter the PA has ever sought," he said.
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Well-informed Egyptian sources said that the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz will pay a private visit to Egypt which will last for four days. His visits starts on Wednesday at Sharm esh Sheikh resort and he will be welcomed there by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
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A Yemeni plane landed on Saturday morning at Gaza International airport. It is the first Yemeni plane to land in the Palestinian Authority territories.
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Syrian Information Minister Adnan Omran urged Israel to abandon obstinacy and to apply U.N resolutions concerning the Israeli - Arab dispute. Omran said that Syria adheres to peace that is based on international legitimacy which mean Israel's full withdrawal to 4th of June 1967.
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Yemen's foreign minister Abdul Qader Bajmal has praised the border demarcation agreement between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The agreement was approved by the Yemeni parliament on Saturday.
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