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Seven Palestinians killed and tens wounded on the wake of al-Nakbah anniversary
On the wake of the 53rd anniversary of the usurpation of Palestine ( al-Nakbah) the Israeli occupation forces continued its acts that resulted in killing five Palestinian policemen and wounding more than 15 in the missile bombardment against the Palestinian town of Beitonia on Sunday night.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/15/2001
Gulf consultation summit in Bahrain calls on Washington to halt the Israeli aggression
Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states have called for a more active role to end the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians and to resume peace talks in the Middle East, warning against dangers which threaten security of the region.
Gulf-Palestine, Politics, 5/15/2001
Lahoud stressed inter-Arab economic cooperation
Lebanese President Emil lahoud has underlined the importance of Arab solidarity among the Arab states and affiliated economic establishments, noting that there is an Arab responsibility to help Lebanon break the economic siege imposed on it as part of the pressure made on it to weaken its immunity in confrontation of Israel.
Lebanon-Regional, Economics, 5/15/2001
Agreement on Saudi oil refining in Egypt
Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmi returned home late Monday winding up a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia where he held talks with senior officials at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
Saudi Arabia-Egypt, Economics, 5/15/2001
Moroccan-Portuguese high level meeting convenes in Lisbon
According to the Portuguese statistics institute, in 2000, Morocco was Portugal's 21st client with exchanges totaling 34.7 billion Escudos. During that year, Portugal imported 13.3 billion Escudos worth of products from Morocco and exported to Morocco 21.4 billion Escudos.
Morocco-Portugal, Economics, 5/15/2001
Egypt, Sudan defence ministers meet
Egyptian Minister of Defence and Military Production Field Marshal Mohammad Hussein Tantawi met Monday with Sudanese Minister of Defence Major General Bakri Hassan Saleh, who is now on a visit to Cairo.
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 5/15/2001
Al-Mahdi strongly criticizes Garang
The leader of the Sudanese al-Ummah party al-Sadeq al- Mahdi has launched a strong attack against the rebellion movement led by John Garang. He said that this movement complies to the foreign pressure groups to continue its military operations in a way that it does not agree any sort of agreement and waiting for the time to impose its conditions on Sudan.
Sudan, Politics, 5/15/2001
Amr Moussa to lead the AL tomorrow
The Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa's assumption of his new term of office as a secretary general for the Arab League in succession to Ismat Abdul Miguid coincides with the appointment of one of Moussa's aides to the Egyptian foreign ministry, according to a source close to the Egyptian presidency.
Regional, Politics, 5/15/2001
Lahham: my visit to the US is religious one
The patriarch of Antoich, Alexandria, Jerusalem and the Whole East for the Greek- Catholic Church Gregorius III Lahham has stressed that his visit to the US is a religious one, in the first place despite the fact he did not rule out to meet with American officials if such dates are arranged.
Syria, Religion, 5/15/2001
Moroccan parties hold rally to back Palestinian people
The four Moroccan parties forming the Democratic Koutla (Arabic word for bloc) will hold a rally Thursday in Rabat to voice backing to the Palestinian people and the Palestinian national authority, on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the Nakba.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 5/15/2001
Qatar summons an OIC emergency ministerial meeting
Qatar announced Monday it had summoned an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to ponder on the "dangerous" situation in the Palestinian territories.
Qatar-Palestine, Politics, 5/15/2001
Arab free trade areas, new addition inter-Arab cooperation
Secretary General of the Arab Economic Unity Council Ahmed Goweili termed the agreement on the establishment of a free trade area among Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia as a "new addition" to inter-Arab cooperation on the road to an Arab common market.
Regional, Economics, 5/15/2001
Trial for those convicted in transmitting AIDS in Libyan children
The Libyan judiciary has resumed on Sunday trial sessions of those who are convicted in the crime of intentionally transmitting the AIDS virus through contaminated blood.
Libya, Health, 5/15/2001
Mubarak receives new Foreign Minister
Referring to Mubarak-Arafat meeting, Maher said it dealt with the Palestinian response to the Mitchell's report. It was agreed that the report together with the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative can be serve as a base to end the dangerous situation and resume negotiations to reach a just settlement.
Egypt, Politics, 5/15/2001
Ahmed Maher named Egypt's new Foreign Minister attention
Ahmed Maher, Egypt's Veteran Diplomat and Former Ambassador to US, was appointed Foreign Minister. Maher took the constitutional oath before President Hosni Mubarak at the Red Sea Resort of Sharm El Sheikh on Wednesday.
Egypt, Politics, 5/15/2001
Israeli forces bombard south Lebanon
The Israeli occupation forces on Monday bombarded the southern and eastern sides of Kafer Shouba town and the outskirts of Kafer Hammam, Sawan and Bastara farm, while the Israeli soldiers at Ramtha position mopped up the surrounding area by heavy machine- guns.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 5/15/2001
Shura Council mid-term election start tomorrow
The Shura Council mid-term elections will start tomorrow in eight governorates including Giza, Qalyoubiya, Beni Sweif, Qena and North Sinai.
Egypt, Politics, 5/15/2001
AAPSO urge international protection for Palestinians
The Egyptian committee of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization (AAPSO) expressed its support for Palestinian Intifada in the face of the Israeli repressive and savage practices.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/15/2001
Iraq refuses the return of UN inspectors
Iraqi vice- President Taha Yassin Ramadan has announced that the return of the UN inspectors to Iraq is impossible.
Iraq, Politics, 5/15/2001
Cooperation between Egypt, Sudan
The Sudanese minister of information and official spokesman for the Sudanese government Ghazi Salah Eddine has announced that the Sharm al-Sheikh Summit between Presidents Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Sunday attained their expected goals, noting that integration has been attained between the two sides in several areas of joint co-operation between the two sisterly countries.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 5/15/2001
An explosive went off in a restaurant for Israeli soldiers in the Golan
Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/15/2001
Cabinet discusses unified labour bill, foreign exchange resources
Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said the cabinet will discuss at its meeting on Thursday a number of issues and reports related to domestic policies mainly the unified labor bill in its final form as a preliminary step before submission to President Mubarak already amended to reflect in conformity with interests of the government employees and labour.
Egypt, Economics, 5/15/2001
Japan supports Egyptian -Jordanian initiative
Japan declared its official support of Egyptian-Jordanian initiative that aims at halting violence and resuming Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
Egypt-Japan, Politics, 5/15/2001
Oman, promising market for Thai fishery, tourism
Oman appears to be a new promising market and a key investment base of Thai business persons and investors, as the oil-rich country is opening its door wider to welcome foreign trade and investment, Thai news agency (TNA) reported.
Oman-Thailand, Economics, 5/15/2001
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At an invitation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, President Fidel Castro of the republic of Cuba arrives in Damascus today on a two Ğday official visit to the country.
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President John Kufuor of Ghana arrived in Agadir Tuesday for an official visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI.
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The Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali has stressed that there are sides which are using human rights " as means to launch distortion campaigns" against his country. In press statements he added: " These sides had sold themselves to foreign sides and Tunisia is not a republic of paper." Bin Ali added that he accepts the variety in the views and encourages it but he refuses categorically these sides " to have sold their conscience to the outer sides in order to undermine Tunisia's sovereignty and independence."
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The founder of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine George Habash on Monday called for continued Intifada as "the sole way to restore back" the Palestinian rights.
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