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Lebanon's and First Lady Andre Emile Lahoud and Egypt's First Lady Susan Hosni Mubarak have discussed the preparations of holding the next Arab Woman Summit Forum and the subjects put on the agenda of the summit as a completion to the two summits which were held in Cairo and Amman and the forum held in Damascus. Go

German chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder addressing the US said in an op-ed in the New York Times last week "we must not forget that security in today's world cannot be guaranteed by one country going it alone; it can be achieved only through international cooperation. Nor can security be limited to the activities of the police and the military. If we want to make our world freer and safer, we must fight the roots of insecurity, oppression, fanaticism and poverty." Go

Delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the Maghreb, Dorothea Krimitsas, met in Agadir Friday relatives of some Moroccan prisoners held by the Algeria-backed Polisario, in Tindouf (southern Algeria). Go

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received yesterday representative of Ayatollah Ali Khamaeni at the Iranian National Security Higher Council and Director General of Iranian Broadcast and TV, Ali Larejani and an accompanying delegation. Go

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz on Saturday evening received a phone call from the US President George W. Bush on relations between the two countries and means of strengthening them as well as regional and international issues. Go

The Arab Gulf Cooperation Council States customs directors conferred on "automated custom link, procedures for implementation of the unified custom tariff and other aspects of AGCC cooperation on customs," Oman's ONA reported. Go

The Egyptian-Romanian Trade Committee discussed on Sunday the possibility of beginning consultations on signing a Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement. Go

Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid received in Rabat Friday speaker of the UAE National federal Council(parliament), Said Mohamed Kindi, and the delegation accompanying him during his four-day visit to the kingdom, part of dialogue between the two Arab states' legislative institutions aimed to consolidate bilateral relations and cooperation at the service of Arab causes, peace and stability in the world. Go

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) secretary general Abdul Rahman Bin Hamad al-Ateyah welcomed the United Nations' General Assembly resolution which called on Israel not to exile Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat or to take any acts against him stressing that the United Nations' resolution supports the peace process in the region, stands against the Israeli aggressive policies, boosts the United Nations' position and its role of keeping peace. Go

Kuwait's Amir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has expressed his hope that all sides will work for returning Iraq back to normalcy to rebuilding it and ensure its stability. This was expressed during the meeting held yesterday between the transitional rotating president of the Interim Governing Council in Iraq Ahmed Chalabi and council's delegation. Go

Spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry Hamid Rida Asifi renewed his country's support to the Palestinian people and to the Intifada until their legitimate rights are restored and their independent state with Jerusalem as capital is established. Go

Syria's Higher Education Minister, Hani Mortada received today Rector of German Albert Ludwig Fray Borg University, Wolfgang Yeager on a cooperation agreement aimed at enhancing international understanding and research and academic activities between the two sides. Go

Egypt's Minister of Tourism Mamdouh el-Beltagui said that the floating hotels would start operating once again in the Nile cruises from Cairo to Luxor. Go

"Israeli occupying bulldozers demolished morning today a house in East Jerusalem, as means of clearing a path for constructing a colonial road. Go