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Course of Kuwaiti crisis to be terminated today
Sources said they expected that the meeting will conclude with a resolution to dissolve the parliament because of the difficulties in cooperation between the legislative and executive authorities in the country.
Kuwait, Politics, 6/13/1998
Barak to support coalition with Netanyahu if he withdraws
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the leader of the Israeli Labor Party Ehud Barak to discuss the developments and pressures placed on Israel to agree to a U.S. initiative for Israeli troop redeployment in the West Bank.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 6/13/1998
Butler meeting with Tariq Aziz today
Aziz accused UNSCOM's of deliberate injustice against Iraq saying that if the UNSCOM inspectors think they have one chance in a million to find a proof of guilt against Iraq, then they will not be convinced of Iraq's compliance
Iraq-UN, Politics, 6/13/1998
Maghreban political parties say UMA construction unavoidable
In his opening speech, Gadhafi recalled that the Tangiers conference which brought together political parties from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia was the first move for the materialization of the joint will to build the Maghreban union.
North Africa, Politics, 6/13/1998
Kuwait closes Talha prison
The Kuwaiti minister of interior Sheikh Mohammed al-Khaled al-Sabah announced the closing of the prison of Talha, where a formal statement stated that the detainees in the prison were moved to another center to finalize their judicial status.
Kuwait, Politics, 6/13/1998
Coup d'etat plot stopped in Sudan hours before taking place
Political sources stated yesterday that a coup d'etat plot in Sudan was halted hours before taking place.
Sudan, Politics, 6/13/1998
Mubarak policy increases free zone exports by 33 percent
Ibrahim Fawzy, the head of Egypt's General Organization for Investment and Free Zones, announced that the exports from free zones to foreign markets increased by 33% during the last month compared to the same month last year, reaching $40.6 million.
Egypt, Economics, 6/13/1998
Palestinians protest Israeli army slaying of Arab
After the Israeli army killed a Palestinian man outside a Jewish settlement on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian police lodged a protest against the Israeli government.
Palestine-Israel, Local, 6/13/1998
Ethiopian FM praises Egypt's efforts to settle dispute with Eritrea
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received on Friday Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin, who delivered a message from Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi concerning the current military dispute between his country and Eritrea.
Egypt-Ethiopia, Politics, 6/13/1998
Morocco and Tunisia to step up cooperation in social affairs
Moroccan Employment Minister Khalid Alioua conferred on Wednesday in Geneva with Tunisian Social Affairs Minister Chadly Neffati, on ways of boosting bilateral cooperation in matters of social affairs and related sectors.
Morocco-Tunisia, Politics, 6/13/1998
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Iraqi president Saddam Hussein fired the mayor of Baghdad, Nuri Faisal al-Shaher, for not doing his job well, BBC reported.
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Six Libyan nationals will be tried next fall in absentia for their alleged role in the explosion of a French airliner in Africa in 1989, judicial sources said. The trial will examine charges that the Libyan secret service was involved in the bombing of a UTA plane that exploded and crashed over Niger while on a flight from Brazzaville, Congo, to Paris, Map reported.
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Syria denied as "baseless" on Friday a report by radio Israel that assistant interior minister Naeem Elias held a face-to-face meeting with Israeli health minister Yehoshua Maisa on the sidelines of the U.N drug summit in New York. Syria said this is an effort by Israel to undermine Syria's position.
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Palestinian president Yasser Arafat discussed Friday with Pope John Paul II the middle east peace process. The pope has accepted Arafat's visit to Bethlehem for celebrations of the new millennium and told Arafat he would pray for the Palestinian nation.
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Saudi Arabia, one of the three Arab cup qualifiers, lost Friday to Denmark in a World Cup group C opener. The lone Danish goal was netted by Ripper through a header at the 68th minute.
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