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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Libyan counterpart Muammar Gaddafi reviewed in a phone call Wednesday "the situation in occupied Palestine and means to bolster the Palestinian people's steadfastness in the face of the incessant Zionist aggression." Go

Syrian deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday received a phone call from the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa during which consultations dealt with latest developments in the Arab arena especially the first meeting of the Arab peace initiative composed during the recent Arab summit conference held in march in Beirut. The committee will be held May 17 and 18 (today and tomorrow) in Beirut. Go

President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi of Italy on Thursday called for more rapprochement between the two banks of the Mediterranean. The economic and demographic gap between the two banks of the Mediterranean is so wide that rapprochement has become a necessity to ensure a lasting stability in the region, Ciampi said in a lecture at the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco. Italy believes that the Mediterranean area should be at the centre of interest for the European Union, he said, adding that prosperity in the region goes through an awareness of the shared dangers and challenges. Go

The world conference on the Middle East in the world security policies was opened in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. It is organized by Zayed's center for coordination and follow up with the Arab League in order to discuss regional and international issues of concern to the Arab condition and the future of the Arab region under international developments following US September incidents. Go

European Union Security and International Policy Chief Javier Solana warned on Wednesday the Israelis who rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state existing side by side with an Israeli state. He said that such Israeli rejection was part of the past and encouraged the parties that cast doubt on the legitimacy of Israel's existence. Go

A Brussels appeals court said yesterday it would rule on June 26 whether Belgium has the right to prosecute Israeli leader Ariel Sharon for war crimes over a 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees. "The decision will be taken on June 26," appeals court spokesman Guy Delvoie told reporters. Go

A Palestinian official told the AFP that the Islamic Hamas resistance movement vowed to Saudi Arabia, who is leading the Arab initiative for peace, to stop its "martyrdom operations" inside Israel. Go

Bangladeshi minister of commerce will visit Morocco next June, heading a business delegation, the Moroccan federation of commerce, industry and services chambers said. The visit was announced at a meeting in Rabat Wednesday between federation president, Aabdellah Zouhir, and Bangladesh ambassador to Morocco, Mohammed Anouar Hussein. Go

Chairman of Kuwait's "national committee for the prisoners and missing" Sheikh Salem al-Sabah will arrive in Cairo today on head of a delegation in a visit which lasts for three days during which he will hold talks with high ranking Egyptian officials dealing with the problem of the Kuwaiti prisoners which Kuwait alleges are held by Iraq, numbering 506 prisoners. Go

Chinese health minister, Zhang Wenkang, arrived in Rabat Thursday for a four-day visit to Morocco, at the invitation of his Moroccan peer, Thami El Khyari. The visit aims at fostering bilateral cooperation in the field of healthcare, the Chinese minister told the press upon arrival. Go

The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) mission working at Moustafa Kamel archeological area in Alexandria managed to unearth rock-hewn tombs dating back to the Ptolemaic era. Go