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Al-Assad continues eventful visit to Kuwait
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday continued his visit to Kuwait after it was announced the extension of the visit for a third day.
Kuwait-Syria, Politics, 8/20/2001
Al-Assad confers with chairman and members of the Kuwaiti chambers of commerce and industry
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday at his residence in Kuwait at Bayan palace at 9 a.m. ( local time) received chairman and members of the chamber of commerce and industry in the state of Kuwait and several Kuwaiti businessmen.
Kuwait-Syria, Politics, 8/20/2001
Baz denies dispatching Egyptian troops to back up Palestinians
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will receive this week a report from Ossama Al Baz, the Political Advisor to the President on the outcome of contacts made by the Egyptian delegation with the US administration on ways of ending the current deterioration in the Middle East.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 8/20/2001
Egyptian delegation's visit, very positive
Egyptian Presidential Political Advisor Osama AL Baz described the current visit by the Egyptian delegation to Washington as very positive both in timing and topics addressed.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 8/20/2001
Contacting Israel is not enough; Washington could prevent it from crossing red lines
Egyptian Presidential Political Advisor Osama AL Baz will leave Washington Tuesday for Cairo to submit a full dressed report to President Mubarak on the outcome of the mission of the high level Egyptian delegation to Washington.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 8/20/2001
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli bullets
Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday by the Israeli forces. Maan Abu Lawi ( 38 year old) from Nablus and Muhammad Abu Arar ( 13 year old) after the Israeli forces opened fire on them at a military barrier of the southern entrance of Rafah city, while three other Palestinians were wounded when they tried enter the besieged city.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/20/2001
Consultations by Arab foreign ministers
Arab League Secretary-General Amr moussa arrived in Sanaa late Sunday on a two-day visit to Yemen for talks with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Abdullah Al-Korbi and a number of other senior officials.
Regional, Politics, 8/20/2001
Revolution of king and people: landmark in Morocco's history
Morocco is celebrating this Monday, August 20, the 48th anniversary of the "Revolution of the King and the People," a landmark in the country's history, that illustrates the heroic struggle of the Alaouite Throne and the Moroccan people against occupation.
Morocco, History, 8/20/2001
Syrian source denies initiative between Kuwaiti- Iraqi relations
A Syrian official source denied in a statement to the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyasah the " existence" of any Syrian initiative towards the Kuwaiti- Iraqi relations. The source asserted that news which talked about an initiative by President Bashar al-Assad concerning the Iraqi- Kuwaiti relations are groundless and that leaking such news at such a timing is just to try to confuse the visit.
Syria-Kuwait, Politics, 8/20/2001
Health cooperation between Syria, Sudan
The Syrian minister of health Muhammad Eyad al-Shatti on Sunday in Damascus discussed with his Sudanese counterpart Ahmad Bilal Othman in their meeting, which was attended by the deputy health minister Kawkab al-Dayeh and the Sudanese ambassador in Damascus fields of existing cooperation between the two ministries and means of revitalizing the executive program of the cooperation agreement signed in the field of health between the two countries.
Syria-Sudan, Politics, 8/20/2001
Egyptian-Iraqi free trade agreement goes into effect
Iraq-Egypt, Economics, 8/20/2001
On the Syrian- Iraqi relations
In an analysis on Syrian- Iraqi relations since Syria's independence in 1946 the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyasah said on Sunday that Baghdad did not hide its ambitions towards " this lost Paradise," which is called al-Shaam, besides the same attitude was not also hidden by Egypt which was seeking her own vital environment, and therefore the Syrians found themselves between Baghdad on the one hand and the Saudi- Egyptian axis on the other.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 8/20/2001
Taha Yassin heads for Sanaa
The Iraqi vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be heading for Sanaa next week on top of a high ranking delegation in an official visit to Yemen which will last for several days.
Iraq-Yemen, Politics, 8/20/2001
Egypt's writers federation urges boycotting American, Israeli products
Egypt's Writers Federation Freedom Committee Sunday called for boycotting American and Israeli products.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 8/20/2001
Envoy denies Egyptian team blamed Palestinians for violence
An Egyptian diplomat yesterday dismissed as untrue allegations that an Egyptian team, during talks last week in Washington, had held the Palestinian Authority responsible for more than ten months of violence.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/20/2001
Jordanian ministers head for Baghdad
A large Jordanian delegation including four ministers and several number of activists representing both the private and public sectors will head on Friday for Iraq in a visit which lasts three days in order to hold talks with officials there on means of developing relations between the two states especially in the economic field.
Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 8/20/2001
Israeli Druze and the military service
Israel-Lebanon, Politics, 8/20/2001
Maghreban consultative council: human resources committee adopts recommendations
The human resources committee of the Maghreban Consultative Council, the parliamentary body of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), adopted at the end of a two-day meeting in Algiers Sunday a set of recommendations geared towards the consolidation of Maghreban cooperation.
Maghreb, Politics, 8/20/2001
On the visit of the Syrian minister of irrigation to Turkey
The Turkish daily Hurriet said in its Saturday's issue that the visit of the Syrian minister of irrigation Taha al-Atrash to Turkey during next week wins special importance regarding two sides: first that the water crisis between Syria and Turkey has started to take a smoother attitude.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 8/20/2001
Jordan denies Israel involvement in Egyptian Gas project
High-level Jordanian source Sunday denied that Israel would take part in the natural gas agreement signed between Egypt and Jordan, stressing that Syria and Lebanon did not withdraw from the agreement.
Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 8/20/2001
Arab Labor Organization calls for drawing a future vision to social protection
The Arab Labor organization has stressed the need of intensifying efforts for expanding social protection so as to cover persons who are not entitled to protection according to the law as well as to establish funds and systems for protection that comply with the political, economic and social conditions of every Arab state.
Regional, Politics, 8/20/2001
Arab businessmen give Iraqi president private jumbo jet
A group of Arab businessmen presented Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with his own jumbo jet on Saturday, as a "modest contribution" to ending 11 years of U.N. sanctions, Iraq's official INA news agency said.
Iraq-Regional, Local, 8/20/2001
Muslims will not abandon al-Aqsa mosque
The Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine said Muslims are adhering to Al-Aqsa Mosque and will not relinquish one inch of its lands.
Palestine, Politics, 8/20/2001
Two Syrian workers killed in Lebanon
Two persons were killed and other two wounded in an explosion that took place in Beirut on Sunday.
Lebanon, Local, 8/20/2001
$ 35 billion for withstanding water problems in the Arab states
In light of the water crisis from which several Arab states are suffering because of the state of drought these countries knew for several years, a report by the World Bank said that the cost of investment project that are due to be implemented in certain Arab states to meet the shortage in waters might reach $ 35 billion.
Regional, Economics, 8/20/2001
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI granted free pardon to 1,177 persons on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, and on the occasion of Youth Day. Part of the amnestied people were granted total pardon, others had their jail terms reduced while some prisoners had their life jail sentences commuted into limited terms.
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Iraq has renewed its call to the UN to agree on allocating a sum of 915 million EURO of its revenues of selling oil in the framework of the oil-for-food program to ensure food, medicines and basic requirements for the Palestinians.
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The ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Sunday received a message from President of the Republic of Pakistan B. Musharraf pertaining to developing and strengthening friendly relations between the two countries and expanding area of joint cooperation between the two friendly peoples.
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The visit of the German foreign minister Yushka Fischer to Saudi Arabia, due to be held this week within a tour covering other six states in the region, was postponed.
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In the course of revitalizing the Arab boycott of Israel especially amid the critical conditions the Palestinians are witnessing in the occupied Arab territories, the Arab boycott office of Israel has called on Arab trade establishments to impose strict restrictions to prevent the leakage of the Israeli industrial products to the Arab states and to boycott foreign industrial companies which have been dealing with the Israeli authorities in the imports- exports field.
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In preparation for the coming legislative elections to be held next July in Jordan, the Jordanian government has started to take practical measures to this effect. The director of civil status and passports department Aouni Barfas said that his department started to issue election cards for citizens. He said that these elections cards issued for voters are free on which the name of the election circle is written in order to facilitate the election process.
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Two gold, 7 Silver, 7 Bronze medals. Such is the harvest of the Moroccan team that took part in the 5th Africa junior athletics championships, held in Mauritius Island August 16-19.
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The Israeli exports to Russia have increase in the first half of 2001 at 24% and became of a total cost of USD 90 million.
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The Israeli radio said on Sunday that the Israeli cabinet will allocate a sum of 5 million Israeli Shekel for an Arab- language TV channel project which will be directed towards the neighboring ( Arab) states.
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