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Yemeni president visits Saudi Arabia
The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday started a visit to the Saudi city of Jeddah aiming at strengthening bilateral relations, just several days from the visit held by the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz to Aden on the occasion of Yemen's celebrations of the 11s anniversary of the unification of the two parts of Yemen.
Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 5/30/2001
Al-Assad gets a message from Putin
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday received a message from the Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was conveyed by the Russian envoy Yegveny Primakov; about the tense situation in the region which threatens of increasing tension because of the Israeli practices.
Syria-Russia, Politics, 5/30/2001
Compulsory human rights courses start next year, official
Morocco's human rights minister, Mohamed Aujjar, announced on Tuesday that compulsory human rights courses will start as of next academic year.
Morocco, Culture, 5/30/2001
Syrian company executes a water transport tunnel in Southern Iraq
Syrian official sources said that the general company for irrigation and potable waters (RIMA) has won an international bid to implement a project of a 19.2 Km long tunnel in al- Basra areas in Iraq.
Syria-Iraq, Economics, 5/30/2001
Arab, international interest in Cairo-Amman initiative, Mitchell's report
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Baz said there is a drive to reach a common denominator between the two papers, pointing out that Israel would not be able to wriggle out of facing the situation.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/30/2001
Syrian waters to Jordan
It is decided that a Jordanian delegation will head for Damascus within the few coming days to hold talks with Jordan on providing Jordan quantities of waters that would help to eliminate the water crisis of this summer in Jordan.
Syria-Jordan, Economics, 5/30/2001
Washington links smart sanctions to collaboration from Jordan, Syria and Turkey
A US governmental source has stated that the US and Britain will strongly push forward during the few coming days at the UN to pass the British draft resolution to amend the sanctions against Iraq despite the Russian and Chinese reservations and objections.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/30/2001
Sudan underestimates the significance of unity between Mashaar; Garang
The Sudanese army has underestimated the importance of unifying the two rebel groups belonging to Rebek Mashar and John Garang, at a time Khartoum stressed that Sudan undergoes great conspiracies because of its natural resources especially oil.
Sudan, Politics, 5/30/2001
Mohammed V solidarity foundation finances projects for the blind
Under the accord, the Mohammed V foundationÑwhich is chaired by the king-- will build three education and social institutions in Fez, Marrakesh and Taroudant, to the benefit of the Alaouite organization for the protection of the blind.
Morocco, Culture, 5/30/2001
Egypt welcomes efforts to support Egyptian-Jordanian
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said Wednesday that Egypt welcomes any efforts to boost the Egyptian-Jordanian inititive that is based on the same philosophy of Mitchell's report.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/30/2001
Syrian ministers discuss cooperation ties with Iran
Cooperation between the governments of Syria and Iran, especially in the fields of regional planning and the restoration of ancient cities were the core of talks held on Tuesday by the Minister of Housing, Husam Safadi, and his Iranian counterpart.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 5/30/2001
Amnesty International holds Israel responsible for death of over 300 Palestinians
In its latest report on the human situation worldwide, Amnesty International said Israeli security forces are responsible for the death of more than 300 Palestinians, including more than 100 children under 18.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/30/2001
Kuwait: Anti- normalization conference tomorrow with the participation of Hizbullah, Hamas; al- Hoss
Anti- normalizers with Israel in Kuwait hold their second conference in Kuwait tomorrow ( Thursday) to discuss means of resisting normalisation with Israel in the Gulf region and supporting for the Palestinian Intifada.
Kuwait-Regional, Politics, 5/30/2001
Mubarak: Integration by developing economies into the new global system, a must
"Developing countries must concert their efforts to overcome difficulties that may arise once they begin to interact in the vital sphere of IT and to achieve the proper level of basic and scientific infrastructure to realize a technological surge," Ebeid said.
Egypt-Regional, Economics, 5/30/2001
Mubarak conducts intensive consultations for resuming peace negotiations
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is continuing intensive contacts with leaders of Arab and foreign countries for containing the deteriorating situation in the occupied lands in a bid to resume the peace negotiations in the light of the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative and Mitchell report.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/30/2001
Morocco upholds regional integration, minister
He stressed the importance of south-south regional economic cooperation, as a means to make of the southern shore of the Mediterranean a united interlocutor vis-a-vis the European Union.
Morocco-Regional, Economics, 5/30/2001
2nd Arab women forum in Tunis
The second Arab women forum will be held in Tunis this May 31 through June 1st to debate "women political participation to consolidate democracy and achieve development."
Tunisia-Regional, Culture, 5/30/2001
As many as 20,000 Egyptians married to Israeli women
Over twenty years have passed after Camp David Treaty, creating opportunities for the marriage of about 20,000 Egyptians from Israeli women, consequently, a real worry has begun to rise in Egypt.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/30/2001
Oualalou Attends African Development Bank Meetings in Valencia
In an address before the annual meetings, Oualalou surveyed the challenges facing African countries, laying emphasis on struggle against poverty and AIDS as well as on the need to integrate African economies in world trade.
Morocco-Regional, Economics, 5/30/2001
Moroccan party calls for national union government to man coming elections
Secretary General of the National Democrat Party (PND), Abdellah El kadiri, said the coming elections in Morocco should not be manned by the present government (Socialist-led coalition) but by a national union government.
Morocco, Politics, 5/30/2001
Euro-Mediterranean meeting backs Arab-Mediterranean free trade area
The Euro-Mediterranean ministers of trade, who held an informal meeting here Tuesday, hailed the drive made earlier this month by Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia to set up a free trade zone including Arab Mediterranean countries and which would also be open to other countries of the region.
Regional-European Union, Economics, 5/30/2001
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Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro on Tuesday started a visit to al-Khartoum where the Syrian- Sudanese higher committee will hold meetings that are expected to be concluded by signing 20 cooperation agreements between the two states. Miro will discuss in al-Khartoum during his visit which lasts for three days discuss means of strengthening bilateral cooperation in various political, economic and cultural fields.
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI received this Wednesday at the royal palace in the southern Atlantic city of Agadir director general of the Spanish Civilian Guard, Santiago Lopez Valdivielso, who was accompanied by Spain's ambassador to Rabat, Jorge Dezcallar De Mazarredo.
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Iranian deputy trade minister, Mojtaba Khasro Taj, is visiting Morocco at the head of a business delegation. The Iranian delegation will confer with officials from the Moroccan exports promotion center, businessmen and industrialists on means to develop trade exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.
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Four persons died on Monday as they were working in a waste water pumping station in Casablanca, said sources at the local water utility (Lyonnaise des Eaux de Casablanca). The sources said conditions of the accident are not yet clear as the supervisor who also died in the accident was highly skilled and all safety measures were met.
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Morocco's tennis player Younes El Aynaoui has made it to the second round of the Roland Garros tennis tournament, joining his countrymen Karim Alami and Hicham Arazi. El Aynaoui defeated Tuesday Ukrainian Andrei Medvedev in three sets to two 6-7 (4/7), 6-0, 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3.
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