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The London-based al-Wasat magazine said on Monday that Iran had proposed during the visit held by the Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi recently to Baghdad that Iraq to open its borders and airspace to Iran so as Tehran can send weapons and even fighters to Syria in order to back it together with Lebanon and the Palestinian uprising. Go

The ministers of the Interior for the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC will hold their 19th meeting in al-Riyadh today to discuss several issues which strengthen the march of joint work in the security areas. Go

Saudi Arabia's minister of finance and the national economy Ibrahim al-Assaf on Monday in al-Riyadh met with the secretary of the ministry of finance and the national economy and the director of customs in Iran Mahdi karbesyan, currently visiting the Kingdom. The two officials reviewed aspects for developing and verifying custom cooperation between the two countries. Go

George Habash, the former secretary general of the public front for liberating Palestine urged the Palestinians to go on in their uprising to topple Oslo's accords and to achieve freedom and independence. In a statement in Damascus, he said that it is time to renew the revolution and the uprising speaking to the Palestinian people "Here you are assuring today with all the determination and and insistence on the strength of our people's will and their struggle to achieve their goals in the return (of refugees), the self determination and establishing the independent Palestinian country with its capital Jerusalem, go ahead to bury the humiliation accords." Go

Mali's employment and vocational training minister Makan Moussa Sissoko is expected in Rabat Wednesday on three-day visit to Morocco for talks with peer Abbas El Fassi. A release of the Moroccan department says the visit will be crowned by the signing of a cooperation agreement to regulate bilateral exchange in employment and vocational training. Go

The al-Quds paper issued in the occupied Arab territories said on Monday quoting the Israeli daily Yadhout Ahronout said that Barak's decision to temporarily halt the peace process was based on a secret report submitted by the chairman of the CIA George Tenet to the US President Bill Clinton and reached Barak later. The paper added that according to this report, Yasser Arafat had decided to pave the way for the establishing of the Palestinian state through confrontation with Israel and giving up the march of negotiations. Go

Iran urged the Arab states which established relations with Israel to boycott it while the Iranian reaction toward the decisions of the Arab summit was disappointment at the official level. Go

A group of thirty Canadian senators and representatives have set up a Moroccan-Canadian parliamentary group meant to be a new frame for the development of relations between the two countries' legislative bodies. Go

Princesses Lalla Meryem, Lalla Hasnae and Lalla Asmae attended Monday night at the Rabat Mohammed V Theatre Hall the national premiere of Spain's National Ballet led by ballerina Aida Gomez. In a world-class performance dancers performed before a spellbound closed-doors audience ontology pieces "Mensaje," "Neireidas," "Luz De Alma," "Oripando" and "Silencio Rasgado." Go

Egyptian security sources said on Monday that acts of violence between Muslims and Christians erupted in Samlout city to the South of Cairo by the beginning of this week due to differences over making some renovations in a local church. A matter which resulted in wounding three persons. An official at the Egyptian ministry of the Interior said that the judicial sides is investigating the reasons behind this incident. Go

A source at the Israeli embassy in Ankara said on Monday that the Israeli deputy foreign minister Allon Leil will arrive in Ankara today to discuss with the Turkish officials the developments in the region following the Cairo summit conference. The sources explained that the visit of the new second man in the Israeli diplomacy would contribute to " inform the Turkish side with negative events taking place in the Middle east especially after the Cairo summit." Go

This week's floods in Taza province (northern Morocco) left 123 household out in the cold and crippled traffic on several regional roads. Reporting Monday night on last week's rainfalls in the area, TVM television channel said of the 75.08 mm recorded, 42 mm fell on Sunday alone. The heavy rainfalls drove Larbaa river out of its bed flooding the surrounding area destroying property and leaving some of the populations homeless. Go

The US General Electric and the German Siemens have presented the best bids for the construction of the Tahddart power plant in Tangiers, the Moroccan power utility (ONE/state-owned) said. ONE will start negotiations with the two companies to determine the winner. Go

Israeli economic sources said yesterday that the financial markets have retreated yesterday while investors feared that the formation of a national unity government comprising Likud leadr Ariel Sharon may lead to an end to the peace process in Middle East. Go