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One child killed in Gaza, more wounded
The 13th day of the uprising in Palestine was characterized by notable increase in the Israeli violence against the Palestinian people. With direct backing from the Israeli forces, the Israeli settlers attacked the Arab houses in Hebron, Nablus, Gaza, in the territories of 1948 and in Jerusalem and in spite of all that the Palestinian confrontation and demonstrations continued strongly and more Palestinians were killed or wounded by the bullets of the Israeli forces.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/11/2000
Yemeni president visits Tunis today, first in 22 years
The Yemeni President Ali Abdu Allah Saleh is officially visiting Tunis today for the first time for a Yemeni president since 1978.
Yemen-Tunisia, Politics, 10/11/2000
Moussa: Sharm el-Sheik summit is excluded, Arab summit is next
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said that the current atmospheres do not allow convening a four-way summit in Sharm El-Sheik (Egypt) and that the coming event is going to be the Arab summit.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 10/11/2000
Arab and American sources and the four-member summit
American and Arab diplomatic sources in Washington said that President Bill Clinton's administration is moving diplomatically while its eye is focusing with great concern on the proposed Arab summit.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 10/11/2000
First Egyptian plane in 10 years lands today in Baghdad
The Egyptian airplane which carries a public delegation to express the solidarity with the Iraqi people and meant to break the embargo on Iraq headed to Baghdad.
Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 10/11/2000
A second Syrian plane to Baghdad today
After the first Syrian plane which headed for Baghdad on Sunday boarding a Syrian official delegation and humanitarian aids to the Iraqi people with the aim of eliminating their sufferings, another Syrian plane will head today ( Wednesday) to Baghdad carrying aids to the people of Iraq, offered by the federation and trade unions of the Arab teachers.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 10/11/2000
Diplomatic moves to stop Israeli violence against Palestinians
In exclusive statements to "Al-Ahram daily", Osama El-baz, Political Advisor of the Egyptian President, asserted that the political orientation of the Arab summit will be the Palestinian issue and the developments in the occupied territories.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 10/11/2000
October 11 , 2000 Egypt rules out summit unless Israel takes steps
Egypt said on Wednesday it would not host a four-way summit involving Israel, the Palestinians and the United States unless specific steps were taken by Israel to reduce tension in the region.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 10/11/2000
Mubarak plays basic, pivotal role in containing situation
These quarters cite a number of basic conditions which must be observed in order that this initiative may be successful including acceptance by President Mubarak to take part in the summit.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 10/11/2000
Al-Assad saw off al-Qaddafi, gets messages from Mubarak, Kutchma, Arafat and Blair
Damascus on Tuesday was a center of intensive and active political move regarding the Israeli escalation and the state of Arab public's rejection to the Israeli aggressions.
Syria, Politics, 10/11/2000
Annan arrives in Beirut today to discuss conditions in occupied lands
Kofi Annan, the U.N secretary general, arrived at Beirut today in his current tour in the area to discuss the deteriorated positions in the occupied lands and to ease the tension between Lebanon and Syria on one hand and Israel on the other.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 10/11/2000
Syrian- Egyptian high coordination level
Concerning the Israeli threats against Syria and Lebanon and their impact on the peace process, Moussa said that the peace process is in a bottleneck and is collapsing. " The issue does not relate to putting the peace process in an additional bottleneck. The whole question is a big mess. As for threats. I do not see any concern in Damascus and I do know that there is no concern in Beirut, nor in any Arab capital."
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 10/11/2000
Annan hopes to end the acts of violence wave
The Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan said he hopes to end the wave of the Palestinian- Israeli violence.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/11/2000
Report: Moroccan paper donates issue sales to Palestinians
Moroccan weekly "La Gazette du Maroc" has donated the Palestinians the revenues of the sales of its last week's issue.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 10/11/2000
Moroccans called to donate one-day salary for Palestinians
The Moroccan association of support to the struggle of the Palestinian people (AMSLP) has called on Moroccans to donate a one-day salary to back Palestinians against the Israeli occupation.
Morocco-Palestine, Culture, 10/11/2000
Syrian trade balance becomes positive after ten years
Syrian exports in the first quarters of this year reached 47.3 billion Syrian pounds against 44.8 billion Syrian pounds for imports for the same period of last year and therefore the Syria trade has achieved a poisitive balance estimated at 2.5 billion Syrian pounds for the first time since ten years.
Syria, Economics, 10/11/2000
Palestinian minister: There is good preparation for the Arab summit
Nabil Amr, minister of the Palestinian parliamentary affairs, said the Arab coordination for convening the Arab summit on the current October 21 in Cairo is going well.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 10/11/2000
Sudan's first year of petroleum export
Sudan ended in August its first year of exporting raw petroleum produced by Sudanese, Canadian, Malaysian and Chinese companies.
Sudan, Economics, 10/11/2000
China writes off $ 1.2 bln in African debt
China announced it will write off $ 1.2 billion of African poorest countries' debt.
Regional, Economics, 10/11/2000
UN bodies in Morocco hold conference on assistance to development
United Nations funds, agencies, and programs, represented in Morocco, have met in the Moroccan northern city of Tangiers to jointly develop the 2nd UN plan of assistance to development.
Morocco, Politics, 10/11/2000
The Sudanese president and the reconciliation forum
Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir has stressed his government's care to convene the preliminary forum for reconciliation in Sudan at its set date on October 16 in Cairo and to avail full freedom and ensuring the right of self - expression for all participants in this forum.
Sudan, Politics, 10/11/2000
Jordan accuses foreign fronts of exploiting the demonstration against Israel to shake the stability and security
Jordan accused foreign fronts (did not mention names) of trying to use the latest demonstrations against Israel to shake the country's security and stability.
Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 10/11/2000
Israeli pilots pressure to attack Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian infrastructure
The Lebanese daily al-Deyar said in its Tuesday's issue quoting the American strategic bulletin that the Israeli pilots are pressuring the Israeli army chief of staff Moufaz to destroy the infrastructure in Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian state.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 10/11/2000
Israeli MPs cancel Indonesia trip for fear of hostility
Speaker of the Israeli parliament Avraham Burg has cancelled a trip to Indonesia where he was to attend an Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting for fear of violent opposition, Indonesian news agency "ANTARA" reports this Wednesday quoting the Israeli radio.
Israel-Indonesia, Politics, 10/11/2000
Moroccan BMCE bank opens branch in China
The Moroccan BMCE Bank on Monday opened a branch in the Chinese capital city of Beijing in a bid to diversify Morocco's trade exchanges with foreign countries.
Morocco, Business, 10/11/2000
Turkish preparations to open new border gate with Iraq
Turkey is making secret preparations to open a new border gate on the Iraqi- Turkish borders.
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 10/11/2000
Environmental management in the Arab states conference
The Moroccan capital city of Rabat will be playing host October 19-21 to the first Arab annual environment conference on "Environment-management in the Arab world: challenges and prospects."
Regional, Environment, 10/11/2000
Fires set in Jewish Synagogues in France, Tashkand
Two burning bottles were thrown on Monday inside a Jewish synagogue in the French capital, France.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/11/2000
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Official sources related to the preparations for the Arab summit said that the whole 22 Arab states informed their participation in the Arab summit and that there are 11 Arab states that will participate with high level delegations.
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The United Arab Emirates will organize its first trade exhibition in Iran on June 6-9, 2000 in Tehran with the aim to strengthen trade relations.
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The ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Tuesday received a message from Djibouti President Ismael Omar Jelle dealing with bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern.
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President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on Monday evening received a telephone call from Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. The Sawt al-Arab radio said that Arafat briefed Mubarak on results of his meeting with the secretary general of the UN and latest security developments in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Informed Arab sources expressed there views of the Israeli allegations that Hezbollah kidnapped 3 Israeli soldiers from the borders area in south Lebanon, and they were captured during a battle between the Israeli forces and members of the party in the occupied Shabaa farms in the south due to which 9 Israeli soldiers were injured and these 3 soldiers were captured and are currently in some locations of Hezbollah.
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The secretary general of the PLO executive committee Mahmoud Abbas ( Abu Mazen) said that the Palestinians will present all facts before the Arab summit and all that happened in Camp David and what happened later on and what is going on in the Palestinian territories, so as to react.
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Lebanese premier and foreign minister on Tuesday in Beirut received the British ambassador in Lebanon David Ross Macklinan. Talks dealt with recent developments in Lebanon and the region Following the meeting, the British ambassador said that his country is concerned with the peace process and the impact of the recent incidents in the region and Lebanon on the peace track.
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The Eyptian foreign ministry agreed yesterday on the raised request from the UNICEF bureau in Egypt to present support to the Palestinian children in the occupied Arab lands to confront the danger surrounding them through a donations campaign to be financed by the private sector. Nagwa Farag, the manager of the foreign affairs in UNICEF bureau in Cairo, said that "this campaign comes in the frame work of the international organization's committment to work on protecting the children - victims of violence on the international level."
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The Lebanese daily al-Deyar said that Hizbullah has succeeded in bringing back Syria to the " world equation " after flagrant American attempts to marginalize Syria's role on the regional level following the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon.
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Ahmed Yusef Ahmed, - the manager of the Arab studies center in the Arab League assured that the Arab citizens feel bored from the International diplomacy language wether was it Amercian, from the U.N or any of the grand countries which try to equate between the killer and the killed.
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Oman has announced providing urgent medical aids to the Palestinian territories and gathering aids for supporting the Palestinians in their confrontations of the Israeli enemy.
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The Kuwaiti authorities intensified its observation to ban the leakage of any Israeli products to the markets following the increase of attempts to smuggle it into the country lately. Sheikh Ahmed Abdu Allah El Ahmed El Sabah the Kuwaiti finance and transportation minister said that it is banned to deal with all the Israeli companies, referring to catching 270 Israeli made products in the Kuwaiti markets since 1991 till now.
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Arab police and security chiefs will hold their 24th congress on October 16 in Tunis, the Arab interior ministers council said. Means to develop inter-Arab security cooperation and issues pertaining to domestic violence and swindling are on top of the meeting's agenda.
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The World Bank (WB) vice-president for the Middle East and North Africa Jean Louis Sarbib starts Wednesday a four-day visit to the Kingdom.
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Morocco will host October 20-23 an international women basketball tournament with the participation of national teams of Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia.
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The Israeli ministry of agriculture on Tuesday stopped the imports of vegetables and fruits from Jordan and the Palestinian territories.
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