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President of the United Arab Emirates UAE Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan in Geneva on Wednesday met with the British prime minister Tony Blair. News reports said that the talks which were held in a session in Geneva dealt with the situation in Afghanistan and the American and British bombardment to this country. Go

The ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa in al-Manama on Wednesday received the credentials of Ali Sabti Muhammad al-Hadithi, as Iraq's first ambassador in Bahrain since Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in August 1990. Go

Iraq announced on Wednesday that the Iraqi air defense means downed an American pilot-less spying plane in the southern part of the country. The Iraqi state- owned TV cut its ordinary programs to announce that the Iraqi air defense forces downed on Wednesday the third spying plane in the southern part of the country during the past three months. Go

Saudi former oil minister Zaki Yamani has warned that any American attack on Iraq will result in a grave crisis and will raise oil price above USD 30 per one barrel. Go

Several protocol agreements were signed on Tuesday evening relating to means of reviving trade and customs co-operation between the five Maghreb Arab states. These protocols state to establish an Arab Maghreb zone for free exchange and establishing a customs federation for the long run and coordination between trade policies as well as establishing a council for al-Maghreb businessmen council. Go

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received on Wednesday a telephone call from Spanish Premier Jose Maria Aznar. During the conversation, the two sides exchanged viewpoints regarding the latest developments on the international arena, especially in the Middle East region and the current events in Afghanistan. Go

Lebanese sources told the Orient radio ( al-Sharq radio) that the security forces in Lebanon decided to take preventive measures in the surroundings of the Palestinian camps and the northern Lebanon area where extremists groups centers are situated to prevent acts violating security under pretexts of standing against the war on Afghanistan. Go

The Israeli minister of the environment Tsahi Hankafi has called for launching a strong war against the Palestinians exactly the same way the US administration does against Taliban in Afghanistan. Go

Member of the Palestinian Authority Hassan al-Kashaf called for quitting Ghazi al-Jebali, the commander of the Palestinian police from his post and to bring him before the court because of the killing of three Palestinian university students upon dispersing a student demonstration by the Palestinian Authority police on Monday in Gaza. Go

The secretary of the general people's committee for African unity Saeed Hafyanah discussed with minister of state in Djibouti Mahmoud Ali Youssef Libyan- Djibouti bilateral relations and means of supporting and developing them in all fields. Go

The Lebanese national resistance has intercepted the Israeli warplanes upon violating the Lebanese airspace and sovereignty over South Lebanon. In a statement, the Lebanese resistance said that its air defense unit intercepted on Wednesday to the Israeli air violations over the western sector of south Lebanon. Go

The council of the Jordanian journalists Union has refused the amendment of the temporary sanctions law which was approved by the government. It states a penalty of jailing the journalist and closing the papers in issues relating to the printings and publications. Go

The Israeli minister of the Interior Ozi Landao has called for fighting the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat in his being a supporter " to the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and to Osama Bin Laden." In statements quoted by the Israeli radio on Wednesday, Landao expressed his conviction that Arafat is building " the infrastructure to launch a terrorist act against Israel." Go

The BBC has stressed that the message which was handed by the US ambassador at the UN to his Iraqi counterpart Muhammad al-Douri last Sunday included a tough American warning to the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Go

The Afghani Taliban movement said on Wednesday they destroyed the food supplies dropped by the American planes inside Afghanistan. News reports quoted the spokesman for the ministry of information in the Taliban government as saying that citizens of Bakita and Khoust districts situated to the east part of the country are destroying the food supplies instead of using them although they are drastically in need to them because they do not want these aids from the US which attacks their country and kill them. Go

The secretary of the foreign relations department at the Libyan general people's congress Suleiman al-Shahoumi on Tuesday evening discussed with member of the Canadian Senate, who is also the chairman of the Canadian- Arab parliamentary society means of strengthening fields of contacts and exchanging views between the Libyan people's general congress and the Canadian parliament. Go