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The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Friday received a telephone call from his Lebanese counterpart Mahmoud Hammoud during which the two ministers held consultations on latest regional and international developments. Go

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak receives tomorrow Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi who is due to pay a one-day visit to Cairo. Iranian diplomatic sources in Cairo said, the visit comes at the request of Iran to discuss the recent terrorist attack on the US, and Kharazi would also discuss with Maher the preparations for the emergency meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the member-states of the Organization of Islamic conference (OIC) to be held in the first week of next October. Go

The US daily the " Washington Post" said on Friday that Saudi Arabia has indicated it will permit the American planes and forces positioned on its territories to take part in a military action against Usama Bin Laden and the movement ( Taliban) which hosts him in Afghanistan. Go

The Monte Carlo radio correspondent in Damascus has quoted western diplomatic sources as saying that the US had stressed to Damascus it is not discontent over the presence of the opposition Palestinian groups on its territories. The sources added that the US asked the Syrian authorities to " control " Hizbullah. Go

The Saudi oil minister Ali al-Nu'eimi has expected OPEC to reduce its oil production before its next meeting in the mid of November, if oil prices do not improve. In a statement to the press on Friday in Vienna, al-Nu'eimi said that OPEC's members do not feel content over the decrease of oil price to USD 21 or 22 for one barrel, rather they want the price to be around USD 25, noting that OPEC is committed to move to this direction. Go

The London- based al-Hayat daily on Friday said that Islamists sources in Kuwait said that the Kuwaiti state security men have recently started to summon tens of Kuwaitis who had earlier participated in " Jihad operations" in areas like Bosnia, Chechenea and Afghanistan and interrogated them for three or four hours for each of them, but not one of them was held in custody. The paper added that the security men put 40 of the interrogated persons on the list of " banned to leave the country." Go

Morocco's minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, will be heading the Moroccan delegation to the Organization of Islamic Conference foreign ministers meeting next October 9 in Doha, Qatar. Go

Morocco's cultural week in Syria, sponsored by the Moroccan communication and culture ministry and the Syrian culture ministry, wound up on Thursday. Morocco's ambassador in Damascus said the cultural event was a success and fulfilled its goals to consolidate cultural bonds between the two Arab states, give to artists of the two countries the opportunity to meet and show the Moroccan cultural wealth and diversity. Go

Meetings of the 48th session of the regional committee of the World Health Organization WHO for the East Mediterranean states will meet tomorrow Sunday in al-Riyadh. The meetings will last for four days and be attended by 22 countries. Go

Moroccan exports of textile and leather items were worth up to last July 17.8 Billion DH (US$ 1.5 million) which is an increase of 3.5% compared to the corresponding period (January-July) of last year. According to figures released by the Exchange office, the progression was mainly noted in the exports of clothes which grew by 5.9% and cotton cloths which were more than two times higher. Go