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Five Palestinians were killed, tens wounded in the confrontation with Israel
In the 44th day of the Palestinian uprising five Palestinians were killed and tens wounded by Israelis. The Israeli occupation forces on Friday launched missiles from tanks and planes against the city of Ramullah and Bethlehem and made a total military siege on the two cities.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/11/2000
Al-Shara meets with Kharazi at Doha conference
Syria's foreign minister farouk al-Shara on Friday evening met with Iran's foreign minister Kamal Kharazi.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 11/11/2000
Sudanese president and the rebels
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has stressed that the Sudanese army will continue to fight the rebels led by John Garang until the matter is ultimately settled because the " call advocated by the government for peace and reconciliation is considered by some as a weakness."
Sudan, Politics, 11/11/2000
Turkey raises diplomatic representation with Iraq
Turkish diplomatic sources have announced that Ankara will delegate its new ambassador to Baghdad by the beginning of next year after it had taken a decision to raise its diplomatic representation with Iraq.
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 11/11/2000
Prime minister delineates future image of Egypt
Ebeid said Egypt managed to cut down foreign debt by 700 million dollar and minimized the gap between exports and imports by 2 billion dollar during the past nine months compared to the corresponding period last year.
Egypt, Politics, 11/11/2000
Arab Women Summit to start on November 18
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, the Head of National Women Council will open the three-day summit organized by the council in cooperation with AL and Al-Hariri Lebanese Organization. First Arab ladies, spouses of Arab kings, presidents in addition to 400 Arab feminist leaders will participate in the summit.
Regional, Culture, 11/11/2000
On President al-Assad's participation in the OIC summit
The foreign minister Farouk al- Shara said that a decision was not taken over the participation of President Bashar al-Assad in the Islamic summit due to be held in Doha next Sunday.
Syria-Qatar, Politics, 11/11/2000
Moroccan King message on Jerusalem to Pope John Paul II
M'Daghri asked Tauran to convey to the Pope King Mohammed VI's solicitation to undertake initiatives with the countries of the world to foster their awareness as to the serious situation in the region and mobilize them to put an end to the carnage and the acts of violence against the Palestinian people.
Morocco-Vatican, Politics, 11/11/2000
Russian delegations head for Baghdad
A Russian delegation representing the scientific and cultural international cooperation between Russia and Iraq chaired by the chairman of the committee Yuri Shafranik left Moscow on Friday for Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz.
Iraq-Russia, Politics, 11/11/2000
Saddam Hussein: 6 million Iraqis ready to fight for Palestine
The Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said on Friday that more than 6 million Iraqis have registered their names to volunteer for fighting with the Palestinian uprising against the Israeli forces.
Iraq-Palestine, Politics, 11/11/2000
Maghreban foreign ministers to meet next march on summit
Maghreban foreign ministers will meet next March in Cairo to study the holding of a Maghreban summit, announced the secretary general of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA).
Maghreb, Politics, 11/11/2000
Junblat and Syria
The Kuwaiti daily al-Watan quoted sources close to the Lebanese parliament member Walid Junblat as saying that channels have not been yet cut between Syria and Junblat after his recent stances concerning the Syrian presence in Lebanon and the decision taken by Damascus to prevent his entry to Syria.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/11/2000
Egypt seeks to make Islamic summit success
Egypt's Foreign Minister Amr Moussa announced that Egypt seek for the success of the Islamic summit in supporting the Palestinian cause but we hope that it would be a subjective success rather than a phoney one.
Egypt-Qatar, Politics, 11/11/2000
Arab summit follow-up committee to hold monthly meetings
The follow-up committee to the Arab emergency summit-convened in Cairo October 21-22 -- decided to hold a monthly meeting in one of the committee member countries, said Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa.
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 11/11/2000
Arabs to participate in the Euro-Mediterranean Conference
An Arab diplomat in Doha said on Friday that the foreign ministers of the Arab states who are members in the Euro- Mediterranean Partnership have decided to take part in the Euro-Mediterranean Conference which will be held in Marseilles, France next week.
Regional-European Union, Politics, 11/11/2000
The US and the Iraqi oil pipeline
A high ranking US official said in a statement to the London- based al-Hayat daily issued on Friday that the US administration will not oppose Damascus's decision to re-operate the Syrian- Iraqi oil pipeline and this is in contrary to its previous decision ( when the US used to oppose this matter).
Syria-Iraq-USA, Economics, 11/11/2000
Qatar's decision to close the Israeli trade office is provisional
Well-informed Qatari sources said in a statement to the Saudi daily al-Watan that Doha, in principle had responded to the calls made by the Arab states and therefore it closed the Israeli representation office in Qatar ( a temporary closure).
Qatar-Regional, Politics, 11/11/2000
EU fishery ministers' council to assess talks with Morocco
The European Union's fishery ministers' council will soon convene to assess results of discussions under way with Morocco, particularly the duration of a bilateral agreement, the council spokesman said.
Morocco-European Union, Economics, 11/11/2000
Egypt calls for promoting UN-IPU cooperation
"Egypt attaches special importance to enhancing cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), namely the interaction between governments and peoples," Egypt's Permanent Delegate to the UN Ambassador Ahmed Abul-Gheit said.
Regional, Politics, 11/11/2000
UNESCO Arab handicraft prize to be awarded in Tunis
The UNESCO handicraft prize for the Arab states will be awarded at the regional handicraft fair hosted by Tunis November 16-19, says a release of the World Handicraft Council.
Regional, Economics, 11/11/2000
130 year-old Haj Ali expects many happy returns in the 21st century
Haj Ali is a man who has plans for the future. The 130 year-old man who cruised through the century unscathed and lived under seven kings sees his 131 children and grandchildren as quite a handful and daily shores at the Serghine village, neighboring on the famed Kelaat Mgouna in the Atlas mountains, are a challenge he is more than willing to take.
Morocco, Local, 11/11/2000
Abdel-Rahman al-Sharqawi: an innovative poet, critic, novelist and intellectual
Abdel-Rahman AL-Sharqawi was a leading multi-talented intellectual. During the late forties, he was one of the leading pioneers of the innovative movement in Arabic poetry, as well as a major exponent of the social realistic trend in literary criticism. In poetry, he was a pioneer of a new trend of Arabic poetry. He also introduced a totally new social moral, ideological and critical approach to biographies of major Islamic figures.
Egypt, People, 11/11/2000
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The international colloquy on "Women and Development" opened in Fez Friday with university scholars, authors and legal experts from five continents attending. The event organized in celebration of the city Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University's 25 anniversary in collaboration with the Center for Women Studies and Research of the city Arts college probes topics such as "Women, development and politics," "Women, human rights and civil society," and "Women and media." Other major issues, namely "Women and Islam" and "Women in rural development," showing how topical for society development women's role is, are also on the agenda.
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The Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco will hold its fall session Nov. 20-22 on hydraulics policy and food security in the country in the beginning of the 21st century.
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The Moroccan exporters association "ASMEX" and the exports insurance firm "SMAEX" jointly organize November 24 in Casablanca a round table on opportunities in the Nigerian market and trade relations with Nigeria.
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Russia's ambassador to Rabat Youri Kotov Michailovitch said his country understands the Moroccan stand on fishery talks underway with the European Union. In a meeting with the speaker of the Chamber of advisors (upper house), Mustapha Okacha, the diplomat said his country knows Moroccan approach is based on findings of scientific research to which Russian scientists contributed.
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI met Friday afternoon at the royal palace in Marrakesh visiting General Alfonso Pardo De Santayana Y Coloma, army chief of staff of Spain.
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Lebanese security sources said on Friday that the Israeli navy detained a tugboat in the Lebanese territorial waters and questioned the persons on its board for four hours. The sources added that Israeli gunboats opened fire in the direction of the vessel which was coming from a Northern Lebanese port and forced it into the international waters where four men on board were questioned by Israeli troops before being released.
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The Lebanese daily al-Nahar said in its Friday's issue that a Syrian contingent on Thursday evacuated its positions in " Hadath al-Jubbeh" area and were not re-stationed in any other place. The paper added that " therefore there is only left in the Lebanese district of " Bsherri" just one Syrian barrier at the entrance of the town.
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