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Scottish court ends Lockerbie trials
The Scottish court at Camp Zest on Wednesday convicted the Libyan Abdul Baset al-Miqrahi of the charge of being involved in exploding the Pan American passengers plane in 1988 over Lockerbie and found innocent the second Libyan Elamine Khaleifa Faheima of the same charge.
Libya, Politics, 2/1/2001
Iraqi trade minister: Syrian- Iraqi trade volume is US $ 700 million
Iraqi trade minister Muhammad Mahdi Saleh said that the total trade exchange between Syria and Iraq has reached US $ 700 million and that the volume of this exchange will be increased in the future, as there are no impediments against maintaining cooperation and the establishment of joint projects between the two countries.
Iraq-Syria, Economics, 2/1/2001
An executive protocol for the Syrian- Iraqi free trade zone
This protocols aims at liberalizing trade exchange between the two states through new formula that comply with the nature of the new economic attitudes on the national, regional and international arenas, within the framework of the Arab League charter, the Arab economic unity agreement and the common Arab market agreement.
Syria-Iraq, Economics, 2/1/2001
Confrontations continue between Israel, the Palestinians
The Israeli paper quoted an Israeli official as saying that the Palestinian authorities had given up the right of return and accepted only part of this very right to be practiced within the framework of a palestinian independent state and in territories that Israel will give to the palestinian authority in al-Negev desert for territories Israel will annex in the West bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/1/2001
Bin Ali: al-Maghreb federation is a strategic option
The Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali has asserted Tunisia's commitment to building the Maghreb federation on the ground of a solid conviction in its being a strategic option.
Tunisia, Politics, 2/1/2001
Iraqi conditions to establish a free trade with Jordan
Well-informed Jordanian economic sources said that Iraq has put several conditions for setting up a free trade zone with Jordan.
Iraq-Jordan, Economics, 2/1/2001
Al-Assad gets a message from Indian counterpart
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday at al-Shaab palace received the Indian foreign minister Jaswant Singh. Present at the meeting were the foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the Indian ambassador in Damascus.
Syria-India, Politics, 2/1/2001
Iraqi- Eritrean agreement on diplomatic representation
Iraq-Eritrea, Politics, 2/1/2001
Palestinian file could never be closed
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa affirmed Wednesday that issues which figured high on the agenda of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations could not be relinquished if right-winger Likud Party Leader Ariel Sharon wins the coming Israeli elections.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/1/2001
Qatar nominates a woman at the international committee
The Qatari news said on Wednesday that Qatar has nominated for the first time in its history a woman for the next elections of the Child's rights committee at the United Nations.
Qatar, Culture, 2/1/2001
Princess Lalla Meriem meets Iraqi association's chairwoman
Morocco's Princess Lalla Meriem, chairwoman of the Moroccan observatory for children's rights, conferred here Wednesday with chairwoman of the General Union of Iraqi Women, Manal Younes El Aloussi.
Morocco-Iraq, Culture, 2/1/2001
Preparations for trade unions elections in Sudan
After the Presidential and legislative elections which took place in December 2000, Sudan is preparing for the trade unions elections.
Sudan, Politics, 2/1/2001
Morocco, Yemen to upgrade fishery cooperation
Morocco and Yemen have convened to upgrade cooperation in the field of maritime fisheries and set up the 2000-2001 cooperation program.
Morocco-Yemen, Economics, 2/1/2001
Moroccan human rights minister winds up visits to Sweden, Finland
Moroccan minister of human rights, Mohamed Aujjar, paid earlier this week visits to Sweden and Finland.
Morocco-Sweden, Politics, 2/1/2001
UNDP willing to enhance cooperation with Morocco
Administrator of the UN Development Program (UNDP) Mark Malloch Brown voiced on Wednesday the program's willingness to enhance cooperation with Morocco and to back the kingdom's development projects.
Morocco, Culture, 2/1/2001
Algeria's SONATRACH achieves record turnover
The Algerian Hydrocarbon Company (SONATRACH) achieved a record turnover of more than 22 billion dollars in 2000, the company's vice president, in charge of strategy and planning, announced Wednesday.
Algeria, Economics, 2/1/2001
22 persons condemned to one-year prison for non-authorized demonstration
A group of twenty two persons were sentenced on Tuesday by the first instance court of Casablanca to a one year prison term and to pay a 5,000 DH fine ($ 470) for "participation in a non-authorized demonstration."
Morocco, Local, 2/1/2001
European Investment Bank second visit to Syria
Following the resumption of the European Investment Bank ( EIB) operation in Syria on 14th December, two senior EIB officials will visit Syria from 3rd to 7th February to discuss further lending.
Syria-European Union, Economics, 2/1/2001
Conditions of Arab workers in Europe
The Arab Labor Organization said it will be preparing a file on the conditions of expatriate Arab workers in Europe and that this report will be submitted, when completed, to the officials in the Arab states to discuss it with the countries of the European Union as a whole unit with the aim to preserving the rights of Arab workers in these European countries, which, in return, have key interests in the Arab region.
Regional-European Union, Economics, 2/1/2001
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Sultan Qabous Bin Saeed of Oman on Wednesday received the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and held with him talks that covered the ME peace process and bilateral relations. Earlier in the day, Mubarak arrived in Muscat in a private visit to Oman which will last for several days, following a similar visit he had held to Saudi Arabia last week.
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Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, met here on Wednesday US secretary of state, Colin Powell. The two men reviewed several issues, mainly the situation in the Middle East and in Africa and renewed resolve to carry cooperation ties between the two countries to establish peace and stability in various regions of the world.
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Mauritanian President Mu'aweya Wild Sayed al-Taye' has made a cabinet reshuffle in which he exempted five ministers from their posts.
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The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Sheikh Jamil al-Hujeilan has stressed that leaders of the GCC member states gave their directives during the recent summit which was held in Bahrain the specialized committees which work within the framework of the council to a detailed work program, according to a set schedule so as to reach the monetary federation and to submit this program to the summit which will be held in Oman.
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An international conference on Islam dubbed "Islam and contemporary society" opened on Thursday in Tashkent, capital city of Uzbekistan. The forum means to highlight the role of Islam in a laic society, particularly in the fields of knowledge and education, said head of the Uzbek sciences academy, Aulan Deletroz. He added participants will probe co-existence between religions.
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