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Kuwaiti students ask Britain to investigate their POW in Iraq
Kuwaiti students have given the British ambassador in Kuwait a message for British Prime Minister Tony Blair asking Blair to exert efforts to force Iraq to release hundreds of captives and detained Kuwaitis.
Kuwait-Iraq, International, 3/7/1998
UN schedules Libya debate, maintains sanctions for now
The UN Security Council yesterday held its regularly-scheduled review of sanctions against Libya. The Security Council decided that the sanctions will remain in place unchanged, but that they will be the subject of a debate later this month.
Libya, International, 3/7/1998
Israel considered Arab birth control in the 50s
Late in the 50s, the government of Israel prepared a plan of birth control for the Arabs in the state in order to minimize their numbers and to solve the demographic problem which Israel believed was detrimental to the Jewish nature of the state.
Israel-Palestine, Judicial, 3/7/1998
Algerian - European problems about Mediterranean ministers of interior agenda
Arab sources said that the consultations, which include the seven concerned countries, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, should address disputes dealing with terrorism.
North Africa, Politics, 3/7/1998
Saad: Our daily loss is US $1.4 million
There are at least 35,000 Palestinian workers who have no work permits in Israel and are therefore unemployed, causing a loss to the Palestinian economy of some $1.4 million per day, said Shaher Saad, the Secretary General of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions.
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 3/7/1998
Saudi Arabia, Yemen to resume border demarcation talks
Yemeni Parliament speaker Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar on Thursday said Yemen and Saudi Arabia will, within a few days, resume talks concerning the 60-year border conflict between the two countries.
Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/7/1998
Three borderlines places designated to enter Iraq
An Iraqi newspaper said that the Iraqi general customs organization specified three official centers for traveling and transporting cargo to and from Iraq.
Iraq, Economics, 3/7/1998
OPEC, UN responsible for oil price drop, Egyptian minister says
Egyptian oil Minister Hamdi al-Banbi on Wednesday accused OPEC and the UN Security Council's five permanent member states of responsiblity for the current recession in oil prices.
Regional-Egypt, Economics, 3/7/1998
Sudanese vice president discusses coming peace talks in Nairobi
Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha said that the coming round of peace negotiations between the government and rebels in southern Sudan will be held in Nairobi.
Sudan, Politics, 3/7/1998
Lebanese child wounded in Israeli shelling
Atef Asaad, four years old, was wounded when Israeli shells hit in the village of Mashghara in the western Bekaa. The shelling, which caused damage to several houses in the area, was preceded by clashes between the Lebanese resistance and Israeli-allied militiamen.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/7/1998
Jordan's Crown Prince visits Palestine and Israel
"Crown Prince Hassan is also to visit Tel-Aviv and meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," a governmental source in Amman told reporters. "They are to discuss the current developments of the peace process, the impediments it faces and the methods to control them."
Jordan-Regional, Politics, 3/7/1998
US assistant secretary of states to visit Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco soon
Indyk's visit will address bilateral relations with Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and problems hindering these relations.
North Africa, International, 3/7/1998
Arafat supports Turkish initiative to improve relations with Arab neighbors
In a statement to the Turkish Daily News issued today, Palestinian representative in Ankara Fouad Yassin urged Egypt, Israel and Palestine to join the new Turkish initiative to improve relations with its Arab neighbors.
Regional-Turkey, Politics, 3/7/1998
German minister of transport to visit Saudi Arabia
The delegation accompanying the minister is expected to present information about high-speed German trains and their potential use for transporting people and goods throughout Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 3/7/1998
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Iraq is embarking on a diplomatic campaign, sending parliamentary delegations to Arab countries to explain the Iraqi point of view toward Iraq's recent crisis over weapons inspections. An Iraqi source told ArabicNews.com
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US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Henry H. Shelton, left on Friday for a week-long tour that will take him to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Egypt. Shelton is to speak with officials in those countries and address US troops in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
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Informed political sources in Doha, confirmed that ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Ben Khalifa Al-Thani intends to visit Egypt after concluding the conference of the foreign ministers of the Islamic countries.
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An OIC official said that foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference member states are to meet in the Qatari capital, Doha, on March 15 for a regular session, which will examine political developments on the Islamic scene, Ibrahim Bark, OIC assistant secretary general, said.
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Lebanese sources said that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will visit Beirut on March 20. Annan's visit comes as part of a regional tour, starting on March 18, that includes stops in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and Israel.
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Hariri met with Maronite leaders, including Patriarch Cardinal Nasrallah Boutrous Sfeir over political and economic issues, Lebanon News Wire reported.
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Palestinian Minister of Housing Abdul Rahman Hamad asked UAE President Sheikh Zayed al-Nahyan to support Palestine in opposing Israeli settlements, Khaleej Times reported.
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Egyptian archeologists discovered five mummies in good condition, Nando Times reported.
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A team of UN experts will travel to Iraq next week to evaluate Iraq's capacity to increase oil production under the revised oil-for-food deal, Nando Times reported.
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Palestinian President Arafat called for reforms, but did not reshuffle his cabinet, Fox News reported.
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Israeli Labor Party leader Ehud Barak has drawn widespread criticism for a comment that if he were a Palestinian he would have joined a terrorist group, CNN reported.
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Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man near the Egyptian border; the man was part of a group of which one member raised a weapon at the soldiers, CNN reported.
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Italian Presidency said on Thursday that Italian President Oscar Scalfaro will hold an official visit to Syria on March 18 - 19. The Italian President will visit Israel and Palestine, where he will meet with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, beginning on March 15, AP reported.
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Diplomatic sources in Damascus said Russian envoy Victor Posovaluk left for Beirut following a one-day visit to Damascus during which he met with Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa.
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United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan on Friday received a communique from Tanzanian President Benjamin Makaba pertaining to bilateral relations and joint cooperation.
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A new batch of Lebanese detainees held in Syria comprising some 20 persons arrived on Friday morning at Syrian intelligence headquarters in Anjar at the Lebanese al-Bekaa plain. The Lebanese military police delivered the Lebanese who arrived at the border area between the two countries in al-Masna' area.
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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashami Rafsanjani arrived in Tehran following a ten-day official visit to Saudi Arabia during which he held talks with Saudi officials on means of developing bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern. Rafsanjani described his visit to Saudi Arabia as positive and constructive.
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Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi on Friday received a communique from Algerian President Liamine Zeroual pertaining to bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern.
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The Moroccan Socialist Progressive party opposes Israel's attending of the Mediterranean chambers of commerce forum which will be held on March 12, in Tanja, north Morocco. In a statement, the party called for canceling an invitation to the forum extended to a Israeli delegation.
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Spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry on Friday said that French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine will visit Saudi Arabia on March 9 - 11 at the invitation of his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal.
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