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US $ 930 million, Saudi aids to Somalia
The chairman of the Somali parliament Abdullah Yitzhak said that Saudi Arabia vowed to offer to the Somali people financial aids estimated at US $ 930 million as a contribution to rebuilding the country and revive services establishments destroyed during the ten year of civil war in the country.
Saudi Arabia-Somalia, Politics, 12/21/2000
Yemeni president wants to use the referendum process to amend constitution
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen on Wednesday issued a decree to start a people's referendum on February 20, 2000 concerning several constitutional amendments that avails him the power to desolve the parliament and extend his term of presidency.
Yemen, Politics, 12/21/2000
Election participation higher in Sudan
Voting process to elect a president for the Sudanese republic and members of the national council have almost reached an end amid varied rates in the number of voters. This rate reached in Khartoum province between 80 to 90 % in the outskirts and 60% in the internal centers.
Sudan, Politics, 12/21/2000
Settlement could be reached before Clinton's departure from White House
Moussa explained the talks go beyond implementing Sharm E1-Sheikh Agreements to trying to see whether reaching a final settlement within the coming few weeks is possible or not. "The ongoing contacts in Washington would reveal the possibility of that," he said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/21/2000
Egypt pursues contacts to contain tension in ME
Moussa said that running peace in a vicious circle and going from one failure to another was behind directing a blow to the credibility and effectiveness of the peace process in the region .
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 12/21/2000
Saudi- Yemeni security meeting in January
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and members of the accompanying delegation arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday in a visit during which he will perform al-Omra rituals.
Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 12/21/2000
Cim: Syrian- Turkish relations are good
Turkey's foreign minister Ismael Cim has stressed that Syrian- Turkish relations are proceeding well in various political and economic areas.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/21/2000
Relations between Syria and Turkey have a new tone
The Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am has stressed that after President Bashar al-Assad assumed power in Syria, it seems that a new tone at the internal and external level has started to crystallize with the emergence of a new strategy that might be materialized during the few coming years.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/21/2000
POWs provisions not applicable to Moroccans sequestered in Algeria, fm
Provisions governing the exchange of prisoners of war (pows) are not applicable to the Moroccans sequestered in Algeria, Moroccan foreign affairs and cooperation minister, Mohamed Benaissa, said on Wednesday.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 12/21/2000
Al-Aqsa Sheikh for continued Intifada
The preacher of al-Aqsa mosque Sheikh Sabri Ikramah has underlined the importance of continuously backing the al-Aqsa Intifada until the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establishing of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as a capital.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/21/2000
Iraqi aids to the Palestinians
Iraq on Tuesday called on the Palestinian government to send a delegation to Baghdad to discuss on the requirements of the Iraqi people so as to include these needs within the 9th phase of the oil-for-food agreement.
Iraq-Palestine, Economics, 12/21/2000
Habash calls for continuos Intifada
The founder of the "People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine " George Habash on Wednesday made a call from Damascus for continuing the Intifada in reply to Washington's negotiations which he had strongly criticized.
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 12/21/2000
Three Palestinians killed and tens wounded in clashes with Israeli forces
Amid a Palestinian people's rejection of the negotiations with Israel, the al-Aqsa Intifada on Wednesday continued in several areas in the occupied territories and the palestinian escalated their confrontations against the Israeli forces.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/21/2000
Ethiopia to release some 390 Eritrean prisoners
The Ethiopian government on Tuesday evening announced it will release some 390 Eritrean prisoners in the very near future.
Ethiopia-Eritrea, Politics, 12/21/2000
Government still waits for official answer on delimitation of Canary Islands maritime borders, Benaissa says
"The Moroccan government is waiting for an official answer from Spanish authorities on Spain's decision to delineate unilaterally the Canary Islands' maritime borders" to shed light on the matter and let friendship and neighborly relations between the two countries flow smoothly, foreign affairs and cooperation minister Mohamed Benaissa said.
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 12/21/2000
Iran bans pilgrimages from visiting Iraq through Syria
The London- based al-Hayat daily said in its Wednesday's issue that the Iranian government has banned the travel of the Iranians to Iraq through a third country, including Syria. And this was expressed in a statement released on Tuesday by the al-Haj organization in Iran.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 12/21/2000
US - Egyption negotiations over free trade
Charlene Barshvisky, the US Trade Representative, is urging the new administration to look into prospects of holding negotiations with Egypt on reaching a free-trade agreement, or at least enter into comprehensive trade talks with Cairo.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/21/2000
King Mohammed condoles Arafat over patriarch's demise
Morocco's King Mohammed VI sent Palestinian President Yasser Arafat a condolence message following the demise of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Al-Quds, Mgr. Diodoros.
Morocco-Palestine, Local, 12/21/2000
Lahlimi opens young enterprise house in Laayoun
Morocco's Minister of social economy, small and medium enterprise (SME) and handicraft, in charge of government's general affairs Ahmed Lahlimi inaugurated here Tuesday the city's "house of young enterprise."
Morocco, Economics, 12/21/2000
Court: No laws to guarantee freedom of press
The Rabat administrative tribunal said it was not competent to look into the appeal by defense attorneys of the banned weeklies "Le Journal" and "Assahifa."
Morocco, Politics, 12/21/2000
US-based Arab association meets with Kofi Annan
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan met on Tuesday a delegation representing the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) to discuss the situation in the Middle East and the UN role in the region.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 12/21/2000
Casablanca host 34th congress of international human rights federation
Casablanca will be hosting next January 10-14 the 34th congress of the International Human Rights Federation.
Morocco, Culture, 12/21/2000
Suez Canal posts best revenues of its history
Chairman of Egypt's Suez canal authority Ahmad Ali Fadhel Tuesday said the Suez canal has achieved this year the best revenues since it was opened in 1879.
Egypt, Economics, 12/21/2000
Computer-processing of marriage and divorce data study day held in rabat
RABAT, Dec.21(MAP)-Magistrates in charge of authenticated deeds held here Saturday a study day on "computer-processing of data on marriage and divorce in Morocco."
Morocco, Judicial, 12/21/2000
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President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has renewed his country's commitment to backing Arab rights in Israel's complete withdrawal from the occupied Golan heights, Jerusalem and all occupied Palestinian territories up to June 4, 1967 border lines. In statements issued in Cairo on Wednesday, the Egyptian president stressed the Arab identity of Jerusalem and not to give up the legitimate Palestinian rights.
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An official at the Egyptian Airline company said that the company will start weekly Charter flights to Baghdad after Eid al-Fiter. The official who asked not to be identified added that that the flight will be reorganized to Baghdad every each Tuesday after Eid al-Fiter, but he did not set a date for the beginning of the flights. However, the first Tuesday after Eid al-Fiter falls on January 2nd, 2001.
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The regional leadership of the Baath Arab Socialist party in Syria on Wednesday held a meeting chaired by the Baath party regional secretary President Bashar al-Assad, who is also the secretary general of the Party's central committee. The participants in the meeting discussed issues of concern to the industrial sector both private and public with the aim to improve the economy and meets the requirements of the country and opens up the prospects for new job opportunities.
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Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi on Wednesday received a message from President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nour Sultan Nizar Baeive pertaining to bilateral relations and international issues of mutual concern.
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The Saudi minister of finance Ibrahim al-Assaf said that the work team which supervises the two funds of al-Aqsa and Jerusalem's Intifada proceeds within its set plans after a sum of US $ 750 million was collected from the Arab states.
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President Abdullah Wad of Senegal on Wednesday arrived in Jeddah together with an accompanying delegation in a visit to Saudi Arabia during which he will perform al-Omra rituals. The Senegalese President will hold talks with the Saudi King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz and the crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz regarding bilateral, Arab and Muslim issues.
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Well-informed sources in Algiers said on Wednesday that four of the special guards of former Algerian President Elamine Zeroual were killed when their car crashed on Wednesday evening between the two cities of Burj Buereij and al-Buweira ( 120 Km to the east of the capital). The sources added that the former President had no harm in the accident which took place when he was heading for the capital where he used to meet several political and military figures at the security resort of Mouriti on the coastal area of Algiers.
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The living cost index increased by 1.8% compared to the previous month, says the statistics department in its latest newsletter. During the period extending between Jan-Oct.2000, variation rate of the index rose by 1.8% compared to the figure of last year, says the source.
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Two major trade unions, CDT and UGTM, have called workers in all sectors of activity of the Office Chérifien Des Phosphates (OCP) group to a 48 hour general strike on January 3, said a release of the unions' bureaus. The call comes after a series of meetings with management which remained adamant in turning down all claims and proposals, it said.
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Moroccan dams were filled at 36.2 % up to last October 31, the equipment department said in its November newsletter.
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