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Al-Bashir in Saudi Arabia, his deputy in Baghdad
Media sources in Khartoum related the visit of the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to Saudi Arabia to discussing the American peace role, with the Saudi crown prince, in Sudan, in addition to bilateral relations file and means of consolidating them.
Saudi Arabia-Sudan, Politics, 6/17/2002
Al-Assad visits burst dam in Zezoun, increases compensations to 250,000 pounds to the family of each victim
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has visited the destroyed area where the Zezoun's dam near Hama burst and caused huge material losses and claimed the lives of scores of Syrians.
Syria, Local, 6/17/2002
Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon to set up pan-Arab natural gas network
Energy ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon agreed to set up a Beirut-based pan-Arabia natural gas organization and another Arab company for the transport and marketing of gas to be based in Damascus.
Regional, Economics, 6/17/2002
Offering the Bahraini nationality to Gulf citizens raises doubt on demographic change
The draft law on granting the Bahraini nationality to citizens from other Arab Gulf states raised protest in the lines of the Shiite who constitute the majority in Bahrain and saw in that a maneuver before the date of the next legislative elections.
Bahrain, Politics, 6/17/2002
Bin Ali to visit Libya
The Tunisian presidency announced that the Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will pay a visit to Libya that will last for two days at the invitation of the Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi, days before the convening of the Arab Maghreb summit.
Tunisia-Libya, Politics, 6/17/2002
Al-Thawra: Syrian- Turkish talks on irrigation and sharing of water
The Turkish Minister of State Mustafa Yalmaz who on Sunday started a visit to Damascus, with the Syrian Minister of Irrigation Ridwan Martini related to implementing irrigation projects and sharing of waters between the two countries.
Syria-Turkey, Economics, 6/17/2002
Trade relations between Turkey, Iraq
Officials at the Turkish foreign trade consulate in Ankara said that 300 Turkish businessmen will pay a visit to Iraq that coincides with the meetings of the Turkish- Iraqi joint economic committee which will be held on June 29th in Baghdad.
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 6/17/2002
Morocco's premier calls Algeria to respect Moroccan territorial integrity
Moroccan Premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, has called on Algeria to respect Morocco's territorial integrity.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 6/17/2002
Assassination attempt against Palestinian official in Sidon
The Palestinian armed struggle official in Sidon, Lebanon Abu Ali Tanyous has escaped an assassination attempt by an explosive that went off at the entrance of his house in Sidon. The explosion resulted in wounding Tanyous's daughter (Amal, nine years old) and heavy material losses in various flats of the first floor of the building where all its windows glass were broken.
Lebanon, Local, 6/17/2002
Israeli radio: Palestinian Authority for ending activities of armed Palestinian groups
The Palestinian official in charge of internal affairs at the Palestinian Authority interior affairs official Abdul Razzaq al-Yahya said he intends to unify the security departments and the Palestinian police forces in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/17/2002
Israeli government starts erection of wall to isolate the West Bank
With the beginning of Israel's implementation of the executive phase of the wall separating the West Bank and the territories occupied in 1948 ( Israel), the Israeli forces continued their attacks against the Palestinians as a result of which many Palestinians were killed or wounded.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 6/17/2002
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The Iraqi Trade Minister Mohammed Mehdi Saleh has stressed that Iraq is looking forward to developing its trade relations with Kuwait and to close the file of the past.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has discussed in a telephone call discussions with the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh latest developments of conditions on the Palestinian arena under the continued Israeli attacks against the Palestinians.
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A telephone call was made on Sunday after noon between Syria's foreign minister Farouk al- Shara and his Saudi peer Prince Saud al-Faisal during which discussions dealt with latest developments of conditions in the region and the results of the visit made by Prince Saud al-Faisal to Washington.
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Arab diplomatic sources in Paris said that the French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin will pay a visit to the Middle East region before the end of the current month. This visit will cover Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian territories and Israel.
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