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Egypt- Libya complete elimination of customs fees and restrictions
Egypt and Libya have signed a trade and customs agreement for exempting commodities from all customs fees and removing all customs and non- customs restrictions with the aim to double bilateral trade.
Egypt-Libya, Economics, 8/13/2003
Syrian businesswoman elected member of the Syrian national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce
When asked about her perception of woman's role in the business world, Mrs. Halaby said that "feminism is an element that is often used against women in the Arab Society." She added "a woman is born feminine just as man is born masculine and virile. She does not lose her femininity when she works and she does not have to.."
Syria, Business, 8/13/2003
Qathafi: Hegemony and arbitrariness rules international affairs today
Libya's Leader: What happened in Iraq is a serious precedent during this epoch. This takes us back to the era of the league of nations which collapsed through such behaviour. We know that it is Hitler who acted outside the charter of the League Of Nations and he caused the collapse of the League Of Nations and involved the world in the second world war.
Libya-Regional, Politics, 8/13/2003
UN treaty to fight corruption worldwide should be ready by autumn
A United Nations treaty to combat corruption worldwide should be ready by the autumn, following major breakthroughs in negotiations on the return of assets obtained through bribery and embezzlement to the country of origin, and on a broad series of preventive measures, the UN office in Vienna announced yesterday.
Regional, Politics, 8/13/2003
Ethiopian FM: Egyptian-Ethiopian relations strong
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday said that his country's relations with Egypt were strong and deeply-rooted.
Egypt-Ethiopia, Politics, 8/13/2003
Oil to be pumped from north Iraq as from today
The American army announced yesterday that it was decided to start pumping oil in the main pipeline for exporting oil from northern Iraq to Turkey today and that the operation will take days before the possibility of resuming exports.
Iraq, Economics, 8/13/2003
Syrian trade delegation to head shortly for Baghdad
News reports said that a Syrian trade and industrial delegation will shortly pay the first official visit to Iraq months after the closure of borders between the two states.
Syria-Iraq, Economics, 8/13/2003
Palestinian groups retaliate Israeli violations of the truce; Two Israelis were killed, 12 wounded in two operations
Two Israelis were at least killed yesterday in two Palestinian operations carried out within 40 minutes of each other. The first operation targeted a shop at Raas al-Ein town near Tel Aviv and was claimed by al-Aqsa group of the Fatah Movement.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/13/2003
Riyadh: a clash with wanted persons resulted in killing 3 police men
Saudi Arabia's security forces yesterday launched a new confrontation with wanted gunmen who resisted the police force which tried to break into several buildings in al-Sweidi quarters in southern Riyadh and this resulted in killing three members of the Saudi security forces and one of the wanted persons.
Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/13/2003
Continued Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty
In a statement issued yesterday in Beirut, the Lebanese resistance said that 87 Israeli violations were registered between August 5th to 11th including 40 air violations, 29 land violations and 18 see violations.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 8/13/2003
Briton denies links with Moroccan extremist movement
Perry, who was assisted in trial by a university English teacher, told the court he came to Morocco to evade British justice in a case of illegal sale of computers and drugs, to learn Arabic and know a Muslim country.
Morocco-UK, Local, 8/13/2003
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King of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, arrived Tuesday in Rabat for a private visit to Morocco. He was greeted at the Rabat airport by King Mohammed VI and held tete-a-tete talks at the airport.
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Syria's Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro received today the General Manager of Turkish 'Janker Company,' Sharaf Janker, and an accompanying delegation. Miro stressed the importance of boosting relations and the role the businessmen and companies can play in establishing active companies that can help in realizing joint developmental projects.
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A plane, loaded with medicines, tents and blankets, will fly this Tuesday evening from Rabat to Khartoum to help the Arab country face up the consequences of floods that hit some of its areas. The assistance is extended upon the instructions of King Mohammed VI, as a sign of Morocco's solidarity with the people of Sudan.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher has condemned the "Israeli brutal practices against the Palestinian people" holding Israel the responsible for the deteriorated situation in the Palestinian territories alling for to stop immediately "the building of the racial separation wall as well as to stop all the settlements activities in the occupied Palestinian territories."
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Rector of Aleppo University Mohammed Saed Farhoud received in Aleppo yesterday the Yemeni Deputy Rector of Taaz University for Academic Affairs Ibrahim al-Salouhi.
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Morocco's Younes Al-Aynaoui moved to the second round of the US$ 2.45 million tournament of Cincinnati, listed on the masters series. The Moroccan booked qualification ticket upon a win over US Vincent Spadea in two straight sets: 7-5 and 6-4.
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Some 468 Sub-Saharan illegal immigrants were recently expelled from the national territory, police sources said.
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