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2nd redeployment is approved but no lines
The Israeli cabinet decision spoke implicitly of the cancellation of the third redeployment, which will instead be carried out as part of the final-status arrangement, a matter strongly opposed by the Palestinians.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/1/1997
Continued Israeli aggressions against Lebanon
Lebanese resistance on Saturday killed three Israeli-allied militiamen and injured five Israeli soldiers in bomb attacks in south Lebanon, security sources said.
Lebanon, Military, 12/1/1997
27 heads of state and 3 kings to attend Islamic Summit
Most of the Arab countries will participate with their heads of state except for Iraq and Egypt. Algeria's level of participation is not yet clear.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 12/1/1997
Algerian government coalition expanding to appease opposition
Sources expected that new portfolios will given to the parties of Hamas, Renaissance, and the Socialist Powers Front in order to form a coalition that includes most of the main political parties.
Algeria, Politics, 12/1/1997
Collective funeral for Iraqi children
A collective funeral on Sunday was staged in one of Baghdad's main streets for 70 Iraqis, mostly children, who died because of medicinal shortages as a result of the sanctions imposed on Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 12/1/1997
Arab girls' flat torched again in less than 2 months
Had we been Jewish and the assailants Arab suspects, the police would have immediately acted differently and more efficiently
Palestine-Israel, Local, 12/1/1997
More settlement construction works are underway
The sources quoted Israeli reports that the government had approved the construction of 900 residential units in the Jewish settlement of Alfei Menashe
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/1/1997
Exporting Egyptian gas to Europe through Libya
L.E. 260 million was allocated to set up 125 service stations, rest houses, and motels on the coastal and desert roads between Egypt and Libya.
Egypt-Libya, Business, 12/1/1997
Casablanca bourse quiet for now
Investors in Casablanca's bourse are watching for what is going on in other world bourses after indications showed that the collapse of the Asian bourses are moving to the primary bourses.
Morocco, Economics, 12/1/1997
Mrs. Mubarak carries out integrated plan to protect biological diversity in Egypt
Susan Mubarak mentioned that one of the important projects in this concern is setting up the National Gene Bank to preserve the genetic sources of the animals
Egypt, Science, 12/1/1997
Investments worth of $200 billion in Gulf till 2010
The best investment opportunities during the upcoming 15 years are expected to be in the following fields: oil, gas, petrochemicals, electricity, water, aluminum, infrastructure, education and health.
Gulf Region, Economics, 12/1/1997
Minister promises shipment of toxic waste barrels
Two barrels containing industrial waste from Canada were shipped to Lebanon during the civil war days. Two other containers from Belgium were shipped here in October 1996 and have been at Beirut harbor since then.
Lebanon, Local, 12/1/1997
Saudi prince invests in three new fields
The Prince invested 1,500 million Saudi Riyals in buying 5% of the shares of the News Corp. which is the biggest media group in the world
Saudi Arabia, People, 12/1/1997
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Attackers killed 29 Algerian citizens in the village of Hassi Laabed, while the government reported killing 50 Islamist militants in a week-long operation, CNN reported.
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Egypt and Israel were urged by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to sign a convention for the elimination of chemical weapons by 2007, Nando Times reported. Lebanon, Libya, Sudan and Syria's cooperation was also called crucial to achieving the goal.
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Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the US Nation of Islam, is traveling to Iraq on a world tour, the Los Angeles Times reported. Farrakhan may also meet with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat while in the region.
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Bahrain was ranked third in the world on the Economic Freedom Index, an index that rates countries based on freedom of conducting business activities.
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Saudi Arabia's argument carried the day in the OPEC meeting, causing a raise in production ceiling for OPEC from 25 million to 27.5 million barrels a day
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Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah rejected UAE president Sheikh Zayed's call for Arabs to forgive Iraq, Fox News reported.Sheikh Zayed has been a proponent of moving political developments beyond the Gulf War period to guard against new regional threats and interests.
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Palestinian Itaf Elayan has ended her hunger strike in an Israeli prison, the Israeli Haaretz daily reported. Elayan undertook the hunger strike over a month ago in protest of her arrest.
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Iraq has expressed that it will not refuse the renewal of the oil-for-food deal, which is up for consideration by the UN Security Council this week.
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Iraq wants "recomposition of the members of the UN special commission on Iraq" and for the permanent members of the UN Security council to have greater say about this.
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The executive director of the Bahrain Monetary Agency said that expatriate workers bring more money into Bahrain than they take out of it, the Bahrain Tribune reported.
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Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Yemen's Foreign Minister Abd al-Karim Ali al-Iryani and Interior Minister Husayn Muhammad al-Arab discussed resolving the border dispute between the countries at a meeting in Riyadh, CNN reported.
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The Jordanian Interior Ministry has written a draft law proposing elections reforms including a magnetic ID card and a lowering of the voting age to 18, the Jordan Times reported.
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A draft law under consideration in Qatar will clear the way for women to participate as candidates in upcoming Qatari elections, Gulf Times reported.
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