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God is a loving God
Regional, Reflection, 11/6/2000
The idea is God
Regional, Reflection, 11/6/2000
The uprising continues, more Palestinians killed, wounded
The 39th day of the uprising witnessed strong confrontation with the Israeli occupation forces by stones.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/6/2000
Lahoud and the Israeli threats to Lebanon
The Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has unveiled that the US ambassador in Beirut David Satter- Field told him after the capturing of the three Israeli soldiers at the occupied farms of Shebaa an Israeli warning to strike several area in Lebanon and to convert Lebanon into " hell" if it does not release the soldiers within four hours.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/6/2000
Moussa stresses Israeli troops pullout
Egypt's Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said that the Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian lands will help pacify the situation and re-build the peace process in a more credible way.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/6/2000
Peace, not a permanent one-sided commitment
A senior Egyptian official has said that Egypt deems peace a strategic option but not a one-sided commitment "for ever". "There should be pursuit of a fair and comprehensive peace," Osama El-Baz, President Hosni Mubarak's political advisor, told Egyptian TV late Saturday.
Egypt, Politics, 11/6/2000
Jordanian King concludes visit to Abu Dhabi
The Jordanian King Abdullah II left Abu Dhabi on Sunday after a visit to the United Arab Emirates which lasted for four days during which he held talks with high ranking UAE officials.
Jordan-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 11/6/2000
Damascus colloquium: International Humanitarian Law: reality and Ambition
Dr. Doswald explained that the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 was built on the Hague Convention and therefor all its article are applied on Palestine.
Regional, Politics, 11/6/2000
Lebanese premier to visit Morocco shortly
Lebanese premier, Rafiq Hariri, will be visiting Morocco shortly, part of a tour to Arab states that will also take him to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, announced Morocco's ambassador to Lebanon, Abdeljalil Fenjiro.
Lebanon-Morocco, Politics, 11/6/2000
Al-Qaddafi calls on Muslim pilgrims to head for Jerusalem
Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi has called on Muslims who go for the pilgrimage rituals to scroll to Jerusalem.
Libya-Palestine, Politics, 11/6/2000
Syrian government reduces budget's deficiency despite increase in expenditures
The Syrian official news Agency SANA said on Sunday that the government on Saturday proposed to the People's Assembly ( Parliament) the budget for the year 2001 which expects a reduction in the budget deficit at a rate of 25%, coupled with increase in expenditures at 16.9%.
Syria, Economics, 11/6/2000
Egypt strikes exceptional diplomatic triumph at UN
Together with the Arab, Islamic and the Non-Aligned group at the UN, Egypt succeeded in garnering unprecedented international support behind its draft resolution on the elimination of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.
Egypt, Politics, 11/6/2000
Damascus declaration for Mediterranean Environment day
The conference of the ministers of the bureau of the contracting parties to the convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution and its protocols was held in Damascus on October 31 to November 1st, 2000.
Regional, Environment, 11/6/2000
Sudanese oil for Ethiopia
The Sudanese government has decided to provide Ethiopia with oil through land containers as a first phase after which oil will be transport to Ethiopia from Sudan through pipelines.
Sudan-Ethiopia, Economics, 11/6/2000
On Khatami's visit to Lebanon
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 11/6/2000
Palestinian official calls closure of Palestinian air space act of war
Palestinian official in charge of the civil aviation, Faiz Zaidane, said Israel's decision to close the Palestinian air space is an act of war that seeks to undermine the Gaza airport and the Palestinian air company.
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 11/6/2000
Jordanian, Iranian talks for boosting bilateral relations
Jordanian and Iranian officials on Sunday in Amman started talks aiming at boosting relations between the two countries in various fields in preparations for the meetings of the 5th session of the joint committee to be held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of the ministers of industry and commerce in the two countries.
Jordan-Iran, Politics, 11/6/2000
Palestinian government refuse Christopher as chairman of fact finding committee on Israeli practices
The Palestinian government on Sunday announced its rejection to appoint former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher as chairman of the fact finding committee and the Israeli brutal practices against the Palestinian citizens in the occupied Arab lands.
Palestine, Politics, 11/6/2000
Saudi Arabia extends $ 30 mln emergency aid to Palestine
Saudi Arabia extended on Sunday an emergency assistance worth $ 30 Million to the Palestinian authority, said a Palestinian diplomatic source here.
Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Economics, 11/6/2000
Mediterranean energy and electricity ministers meet end November
Energy and electricity ministers of Mediterranean countries will meet end of this month in Rabat to look into the electric connection project in the region, Egyptian electricity and energy minister, Ali Essaidi announced.
Regional, Economics, 11/6/2000
Egyptian chambers of commerce boycott Israel
The chairman of the federation of the Egyptian chambers of commerce Khaled Abu Ismael has announced that all chambers of commerce in the Egyptian provinces have boycotted Israel and refused any relation with it.
Egypt-Israel, Economics, 11/6/2000
Iraq starts internal flights
The Iraqi airlines establishment on Sunday resumed its internal flights which were suspended since 1990 because of the air embargo imposed by the US and Britain on Iraq. This Iraqi decision, as announced by Baghdad, came as a defiance to the two " no fly zone" imposed by Washington and London.
Iraq, Politics, 11/6/2000
Qatar, Russia call for resuming cooperation between the UN and Iraq
The Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem al-Thani on Saturday evening in Moscow called for resuming co-operation between the UN and Iraq.
Qatar-Russia, Politics, 11/6/2000
Oman signs two military agreements with France
Oman's minister in charge of defense affairs Bader Bin Saud Bin Hareb al-Bour Saeedi on Sunday in Muscat signed two agreements with two French companies provided for supplying the Omani army with advanced weapons.
Oman-France, Politics, 11/6/2000
A new plan to develop local markets
Egypt's Prime Minister Atef Ebeid Sunday urged business organizations, chambers of commerce and investment associations to meet at least once every year to look into their problems and come up with the best solutions.
Egypt, Economics, 11/6/2000
Over 38,000 tons of hospital waste produced annually in Morocco
Moroccan public and private hospitals and other health facilities produce annually 38,225 tons of waste, said an executive at the health ministry.
Morocco, Environment, 11/6/2000
Morocco's Mouaziz wins NYC Marathon
Morocco's Abdelkhader El Mouaziz won on Sunday the New City Marathon, and wound up running mostly by himself along usually crowded streets, leaving Kenya's Japhet Kosgei and Shem Kororia far behind.
Morocco, Sports, 11/6/2000
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The British daily The Guardian reported that the Egyptian supreme court affirmed the right of women to obtain passports to leave the country without the consent of their husbands quoting court officials as saying "it is the right of the citizen to obtain and hold a passport since it is part of the personal freedom that is protected by the constitution, and the right of traveling is part of public freedoms."
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A Moroccan business delegation, led by minister of industry, trade, energy and mining Mustapha Mansouri, will head this Monday night for a three-day visit to Iraq. A source at the ministry said the Moroccan delegation will take part in Baghdad's international fair.
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The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday in Cairo received Iraq's foreign minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf who handed him a message from the Iraqi leadership. In an arrival statement at Cairo's airport upon from Sharm esh Sheikh where he was received by President Mubarak, al-Sahaf said that the message pertains to increasing efforts in order to purify inter- Arab relations before convening the summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC.
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Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali decided on the occasion of the 13th anniversary for resuming presidency to pardon several prisoners by terminating imprisonment of many of them and shortening imprisonment sentences for others.
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The ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Saturday received a message from King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. No information were disclosed on the content of the message.
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Egypt's Prime Minister Atef Ebeid on Sunday said the result of second stage elections crowned the democracy and freedom in which characterize Egypt in the era of President Hosni Mubarak. In press statements at the cabinet headquarters, Ebeid said that the citizens practiced their rights in selecting their deputies with total freedom and justice.
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Finance minister of 22 Arab states will meet Cairo this November 16 to debate financial contribution to the funds set up by Arab heads of state to support Palestinians. Three items are on the agenda: means to collect funds, the use of funds and the creation of a council to manage the resources.
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Lebanese president Emile Lahoud is scheduled to open this the conference of the governors board of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The meeting will be held in presence of finance, economic and planning ministers from 53 IDB member states.
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One Sudanese citizen on Saturday attacked the office of former Sudanese President Jaafar al-Numeiri at Khartoum Bahri area and one of his guards. The Sudanese daily " Akhbar al-Youm " said that this person broke into the office and attacked one of the workers there and destroyed some of its content. The general court started trying the Sudanese attacker who claimed that he made the attack as a result of a " dream" he dreamt of earlier.
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