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Violence escalates in Algeria following local elections
Algerian armed forces have been surrounding the jungle of Banyam for a week which is very near to the capital, and they are watching all the entrances to the jungle.
Algeria, Military, 10/28/1997
Al Kikhya's lawyer does not rule out Libyan and US involvement in his disappearance
Bahaa Al Kikhya will try to get information while she is in Cairo on the circumstances of her husband's disappearance in which the CIA claims that Egyptians were involved before they handed him to Libya.
Libya, International, 10/28/1997
Another first: phone books in Palestine
Company sources said in the beginning there will be some 70,000 numbers available with the capability of adding 10,000 more lines within a short term. The PNA areas, so far, are hooked to Israel's telephone network and have no international dialing code of their own.
Palestine, Business, 10/28/1997
A.L. stand on Doha conference to be announced
Arab League Secretary General Ismat Abdul Maguid said the AL stand towards the Doha economic conference will be defined within the coming two weeks.
Regional, Politics, 10/28/1997
Two conscripted students killed, 70 injured in Sudan
Some of wounded students are permanently handicapped as a result of participating in the ongoing war between the National Islamic Front government forces and the troops of the Sudan People's Liberation Army.
Sudan, Military, 10/28/1997
Explosion hits American University
The blast, caused by dynamite sticks thrown by unknown assailants over the campus wall, shattered windows in professors' quarters on campus and damaged a few cars.
Lebanon, Local, 10/28/1997
Algerian government says election results are just
Reactions towards the results of the Algerian election varied as some accused the Algerian government of forging them, while others cited this election as a haven through which Algeria will get out of its crisis.
Algeria, Politics, 10/28/1997
Turkish police to stop escaping ship with kidnapped Egyptians
Turkish Sea forces confirmed that they are waiting for the arrival of the ship which escaped from the Suez Canal after its captain kidnapped a number of Egyptian officials who were on board to carry out a court ruling.
Egypt-Turkey, International, 10/28/1997
Advanced fighters to the Algerian army from South Africa
Algeria is strongly consideing buying arms from South Africa, especially those arms needed by the Algerian forces in combating terrorism and extremism.
Algeria, Military, 10/28/1997
New oil pipeline in Tunisia
Statistics issued by the Ministry of Industry showed that the Tunisian production of energy resources increased during the first 6 months of the current year to reach 424 thousand tons compared to 120 thousand tons within the same period last year.
Tunisia-Kuwait, Economics, 10/28/1997
Algeria desires good relations with Morocco
Contacts were resumed between the two countries as the Moroccan ambassador to Algeria met with Algerian officials in many fields which indicates that the two counties' relations will revive again.
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 10/28/1997
Yemeni president meets with Egyptian foreign minister in Cairo
The discussion dealt with bilateral relations and the situation in the Middle East in addition to some of the issues of mutual interest to the two countries and to the Arab world.
Egypt-Yemen, Politics, 10/28/1997
Families of imprisioned Palestinians pressuring Israel
The PNA had tried to negotiate their release, but Israel said it won't discuss the matter until after the PNA drops its hunt for collaborators who worked closely with the Israeli occupation authorities prior to 1994.
Palestine, Politics, 10/28/1997
Islamic national conference opens in Beirut
One of the aspects of political resistance is the stand rejecting participation in the Doha economic conference and calling for renewing the boycott and setting up the Arab common market.
Regional, Politics, 10/28/1997
IMF supports Egypt's foreign investment
Dr. Atef Ebied, minister of public enterprise, who attended the meeting, told reporters that Egypt's economic growth rate has reached 5.2 percent and the inflation rate has dropped to 6.2 percent, at least 3 percent lower than expected.
Egypt, Economics, 10/28/1997
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Britain is looking into the possibility that Gulf War Syndrome may be caused by the administration of unlicensed vaccines to British soldiers, according to a Nando Times report. Last week the US Pentagon found that documents pertaining to chemical weapons, which also may be linked to the disease, were not intentionally destroyed.
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Norway's newly elected Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik wants to continue his country's role in the Middle East peace process, serivng as an impartial mediator, the Nando Times reported.
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Mirroring markets around the world, many Middle East stock markets declined in yesterday's trading. Losses were reported in Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, according to a Voice of America report. The losses ranged between one and six percent, the report said. Declines began in southeast Asia and have affected markets in the United States and Europe as well.
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Anti-influenza vaccine is now available for free for Palestinians who usually suffer from this disease, mainly in winter, Palestinian health sources said. The sources noted that the Health Ministry in the PNA had brought the vaccine and made it available for people, regardless of their ages, because of the high percentage of people expected to be affected by this disease in the coming few months.
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Palestinian security forces arrested two Israelis who tried to smuggle amounts of marijuana into Hebron, sources in the city said. The sources added that Palestinian police stopped the car of the two Israelis at the entrance to the city, searched it and found at least two kilograms of the banned drug. The two were handed over to Israel.
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The Israeli forces continued their series of attacks in south Lebanon, yesterday. In the morning, the area of Jabal Rafih was bombarded while the Israeli air force flew over Tyre and the western sector of the occupied strip. In the western sector also, an Israeli merkava tank launched eight cluster bombs on the hills of Jabal-Al-Daher and Dalafi, provoking fires in the area.
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Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy will start in November a Middle East tour, including Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Israel. Radio Canada reported that Axworthy will explain during his visit to the leaders of the countries the circumstances of using fake Canadian passports in the attempt by Israeli Mossad agents to assassinate Hamas political leader Khaled Mishal in Amman.
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In a meeting held on October 27 Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai renewed his government's intention to stay in South Lebanon, saying, "Hizbullah has recently scored direct hits against the Israeli army at a time when the Israeli army foiled a number of operations which targeted Israeli positions and military gatherings, so the situation in south Lebanon will remain unchanged unless the so-called security problems in the south of of Lebanon are solved."
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On October 27 Syrian President Hafez Al Assad issued decree No. 203 on the establishment of religious, conciliation, first instance courts, investigation departments and attorney general offices in 34 towns and localities.
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