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Mubarak highlights importance of Private Sector in Investment
"Governments across the world have come to realize that the destinies of their peoples, their futures, their welfare rely increasingly on the contribution of the private sector, "the US Chamber of Commerce was told Tuesday.
Egypt, Politics, 4/4/2001
Iraq and Morocco sign package of agreements
Iraq and Morocco signed on Tuesday a package of agreements covering cooperation in the economic, trade, cultural, media and scientific realms.
Iraq-Morocco, Economics, 4/4/2001
Yemeni woman to take part for the first time in the coming government
Political sources in Sanaa said that announcing the new formation of the government of Abdul Qader Bajmal, who was the deputy premier and the foreign minister in the previous Yemeni government will be delayed for several days.
Yemen, Politics, 4/4/2001
UAE -Kuwait cabinet simple cross-border travel requirements
United Arab Emirates-Kuwait, Politics, 4/4/2001
Strengthening relations between Qatar, Bahrain
Well-informed sources said that a delegation including several businessmen from Qatar will head for Bahrain on Friday to hold talks with their Bahraini counterparts in the first step of its kind to strengthen the accelerated positive relations between the two states after closing the file of the border disputes at the International court of Justice in the Hague on March 16.
Qatar-Bahrain, Economics, 4/4/2001
Al-Assad speaks on the telephone with Putin
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday evening made a telephone call with President Vladimire Putin of the Federation of Russia.
Syria-Russia, Politics, 4/4/2001
Prospective change in US Middle East policy after Mubarak-Bush summit
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa hoped for a change in the new American Administration's Middle East policy now that the Egyptian and American Presidents did hold their first summit in Washington Monday.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 4/4/2001
King Mohammed dedicates electronic components assembly plant
Morocco's King Mohammed VI dedicated on Tuesday afternoon a ST Microelectronics' new assembly and test plant at Bouskoura, near Casablanca.
Morocco, Business, 4/4/2001
Slovak President arrives in Damascus today
The President of the Republic of Slovak Rudolf Schuster will arrive today in Damascus in a viait which lasts for three days.
Syria-Slovakia, Politics, 4/4/2001
Egyptian women full partners to men
Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak underlined the importance of women role in the development process in Egypt.
Egypt, Culture, 4/4/2001
Moroccan official calls for more efforts to promote Arab women situation
Morocco called the general congress of Arab women labor commission, stemming from the Arab Labor Organization, to step up efforts to promote the situation of Arab women and enable them play their part in the new world order.
Morocco-Regional, Culture, 4/4/2001
Spanish group associated in tourism project in Morocco
Morocco-Spain, Business, 4/4/2001
Mubarak: Negotiations only way to halt violence
In statements on Tuesday to the "Globe" newspaper, President Mubarak said that President George Bush Administration's attempt to convince Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to urge Palestinians to denounce violence was futile, pointing out that President Arafat could not ask the Palestinians to do that.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 4/4/2001
Five major IT companies to set up home in Egypt
Five major American companies working in the field of information technology will set up premises in the Egyptian Smart Village, it was announced on Tuesday Egyptian Communications and IT Minister Ahmed Nazif said the five companies include Microsoft, Compaq, and Oracle, reflecting increasing interest in IT and communications in Egypt.
Egypt-USA, Business, 4/4/2001
Effective, strong, balanced American role is required
Egyptian Presidential political advisor Osama Al-Baz said that the Egyptian message addressed to the new American Administration includes the situation in the Palestinian lands with all its dimensions.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 4/4/2001
US, Egypt agree on measures to strengthen Economic Cooperation
United States Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick and Youssef Boutros Ghali, Egypt's Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, agreed on Tuesday on measures the US and Egyptian governments will take to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 4/4/2001
The waters of Tigris and the Euphrates
The British weekly " the Middle East" said in its recent issue that Turkey's minimizing of the water flow of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to each of Syria and Lebanon is considered the main reason behind the tension between Turkey and its Arab neighbors.
Regional-Turkey, Economics, 4/4/2001
Confrontations continue between the Israeli army and the Palestinians
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/4/2001
Egypt launches e-government initiative with Microsoft
Commenting on the initiative, Nazif said: "The objective of this e-government initiative is to provide simpler and faster methods to fulfill standard citizens' requests from various government services' bodies. It also provides the framework to support intra-government collaboration for more timely and accurate information needed to facilitate decision-making.
Egypt, Business, 4/4/2001
Mubarak and Moussa
In its commentary on Sunday, the German radio station questioned why the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak give up his foreign minister Amr Moussa despite the fact the he ( Moussa) is a story of success in the Egyptian government, especially as the Middle East region enters a new phase at the meantime.
Egypt, Politics, 4/4/2001
The UN and the US-UK flights over Iraq
In a report issued on Monday, the UN secretary general Kofi Annan said that the UN does not have the technical means nor the necessary information to monitor precisely the US and British planes which violate the Iraqi airspace.
Iraq, Politics, 4/4/2001
Powell talks on the telephone with Arafat, Sharon
The US secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday evening made a telephone call with the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat and reviewed with him current conditions in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/4/2001
British investments in Egypt hit $ 4.4 billion
British investments in Egypt have reached $ 4.4 billion within the past five years, British Deputy-Ambassador in Cairo Mike Gifford told a group of businessmen Monday in Port Said governorate.
Egypt-UK, Economics, 4/4/2001
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The ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the crown prince Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, in separate meetings, met with the chairman of the Jordanian army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Muhammad al-Malkawi and members of the accompanying delegation on the occasion of his visit to Kuwait.
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Visiting Spanish secretary of state for foreign affairs, Miguel Nadal Segala, held a meeting Tuesday in Rabat with Moroccan secretary of state for foreign affairs and cooperation, Taieb Fassi Fihri, on bilateral cooperation in the economic, financial and cultural realms.
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Lebanese prime minister Rafik a-Hariri will on April 16 and 17 pay a visit to Qatar during which he will meet with its ruler Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani and hold talks with him on developing relations between the two states in all areas. On April 23 al-Hariri will also visit the Vatican to meet with Pope John Paul II and with several Vatican officials.
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The Russian ambassador in Lebanon Boris Bulitin said that the Russian President Vladimire Putin will visit Lebanon in the course of his tour he will carry out in the region but no date was set for this visit.
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Newly appointed ambassador of Algeria to Morocco, Boualem Bessaieh, on Tuesday handed copies of his credentials to Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa.
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The israeli warplanes renewed its violation of the Lebanese airspace on Tuesday. Lebanese security sources said that Israeli warplanes flew on Tuesday morning over several area of South Lebanon at intermediate altitude.
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