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Arafat frustrated by U.S. inaction
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Tuesday voiced frustration over the U.S. for its failure to push Israel to accept the U.S. peace proposal on advancing the peace process.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/19/1998
Iraq urged Arab states to ignore sanctions, Kuwait successor warns of Iraq
Iraq has urged all neighboring countries, excluding Kuwait to ignore the embargo imposed on it and to resume full trade relations with it.
Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 8/19/1998
Syrian petroleum minister in Baghdad, new oil pipeline talks
Syrian Minister of Oil Mohammed Jamal arrived in Baghdad today for a three-day visit, during which he will hold talks with his Iraqi counterpart, Amer Rashid, concerning reactivating the petroleum pipeline between Karkouk and Banias with an estimated capacity of 650,000 barrels a day.
Syria-Iraq, Economics, 8/19/1998
Algerian presidency receives requests from missing persons' families
The Algerian presidency received a petition yesterday, including the requests of the families of missing persons, who want to learn the fate of their family members who were lost under strange circumstances.
Algeria, Politics, 8/19/1998
US, Kuwaiti maneuvers start today
A statement released by the US embassy in Kuwait on Tuesday said that some 1,500 US soldiers will take part starting today in maneuvers with the Kuwaiti army.
Kuwait-USA, Military, 8/19/1998
Iran receives Iraqi refugees
Iran started yesterday procedures to receive a new group of Iraqi refugees who have lived in the Saudi Rafha camp since 1991 and wanted to move to and live in Iran.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/19/1998
Arab League to continue boycotting Israel
An official source at the Arab League has asserted that the Arab boycott of Israel is continuous and complete.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 8/19/1998
Gulf Cooperation Council and EU discuss joint meeting of foreign ministers
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jamil Hujailan discussed with Austria's charge d'affaires in Riyadh Frederic Stivet, whose country is holding the rotating EU presidency, the needed steps to establish a common free trade zone and boosting bilateral commercial ties.
Gulf-European Union, Politics, 8/19/1998
UAE displeased with Iran
A source close to the United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry said the UAE has summoned an Iranian diplomat and conveyed to him its regret over an Iranian television report involving the UAE's name in a drug-trafficking case carried out by Taleban Islamic movement.
United Arab Emirates-Iran, Politics, 8/19/1998
Palestine spent $7 billion over five years
The Palestinian assistant undersecretary of the International Cooperation and Planning Ministry, Ali Shaath, criticized the non-Palestinian banks for investing the major part of their funds abroad.
Palestine, Economics, 8/19/1998
King Hassan grants pardon to 984 prisoners
King Hassan II of Morocco granted free pardon to 984 prisoners on the occasion of the Revolution of the King and the People, which marks the forced exile by French colonial authorities of the late King Mohammed V.
Morocco, Politics, 8/19/1998
Egyptian information minister: Israel responsible for Mideast peace process deterioration
El-Sherif said the Palestinian issue is the essential issue on the levels of the Arab - Israeli struggle and the peace process.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 8/19/1998
Qabbani and Shamseddine warn of escalation in Lebanon
In a joint statement released after the meeting between Shamseddine and Qabbani, Shamseddine expressed his astonishment that the issue of Jezzine is raised from time to time, out of Christian and factional context
Lebanon, Politics, 8/19/1998
Sudanese foreign minister in a new tour of Arab states
Iraqi Vice President Taha Yasin Ramadan will head to Sudan on August 28 to meet with Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir and a number of high-ranking Sudanese officials.
Sudan-Iraq, Politics, 8/19/1998
Islamic Development Bank approves $1.4 billion in grants to Islamic countries
The Islamic Development Bank will grant this year $1.4 billion in financial assistance destined to finance transactions among Islamic countries, the bank's chief said.
Regional, Economics, 8/19/1998
Saudi delegation in Germany to discuss activating investment
A delegation from the Saudi Council of Industrial and Trade Chambers is participating in a symposium for developing investment and trade exchange between Saudi Arabia and Germany which will be held in Germany on September 14 - 19.
Saudi Arabia-Germany, Economics, 8/19/1998
15.3 percent of working women are self-employed, study says
Less than 1% of working women (0.8%) in Morocco are heading an enterprise and 15.3% of this population are self-employed, says a study by a demographic studies center.
Morocco, Culture, 8/19/1998
Cairo: secretary-general of Egyptian Human Rights Organization detained
The Egyptian police detained yesterday evening, the secretary general of the Egyptian Human Rights Organization for four hours.
Egypt, Local, 8/19/1998
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Lebanese security sources said that one Israeli soldier was killed and another four wounded in an attack launched by the Lebanese resistance in the occupied part of south Lebanon.
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The number of victims in floods that took place in Yemen within the last few weeks has reached 44. The Yemeni daily al-Thawra said today that another person was reported missing today following a heavy rainfall on areas southeast of the capital, Sanaa, on Monday.
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Boueiz met today with Maldova's deputy foreign minister, currently visiting Lebanon. Strengthening relations in thepolitical, economic, light industrial and tourism fields and the prevention of double-taxation were explored and the possibility of opening a new air route between Lebanon and Maldovia very soon.
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The London based al-Hayat daily on Wednesday said that leader of the Fatah movement's revolutionary council Sabri al-Banna, known as Abu Nidal, suffers a critical health condition. In a report the paper that Abu Nidal has cancer in his head, adding that he is under medical treatment.
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Meetings of the first forum for Arab teachers will start on Saturday in Tripoli, Libya. The 10-day meetings will bear the slogan, "The unity of Arab teachers is a step towards full Arab unity."
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Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai has invited Syria for a dialogue so as to reach a peace accord, AFP reported. This was expressed during his tour of occupied south Lebanon on Tuesday.
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Qatar's amnesty period for expatriate workers in the country illegally ends tomorrow, Gulf Times reported.
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Jordan's Prime Minister Abdul Salam al-Majali received the report of the special committee investigating polluted drinking water in Amman, Petra reported.
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Bahrain's Amir and its prime minister met today with Secretary of the US Navy John Dalton, Gulf News Agency reported.
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Kuwait is pre-qualifying companies to build a wastewater treatment plant that could cost up to $250 million, Kuwait Times reported.
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The Saudi Ports Authority reported an increase in revenues in the fiscal year 1997-1998 of 21% over the previous year, Saudi Press Agency reported.
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An Egyptian security source denied reports broadcast by the German News Agency earlier in the day in that the Palestinian Sabri al-Banna, known as Abu Nidal, was arrested in Cairo.
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Yesterday the United Arab Emirates said it will give one million liters of potable drinking water for Jordan as a donation.
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King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia who on Monday night checked out of King Faisal specialized hospital, where he had undergone a successful gall blader surgery said in a statement that the King has released a decree pardoning several "public right" prisoners.
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The Sudanese ambassador to Cairo, Ahmed Abdul Halim denied yesterday in a press statement that there is a crisis in the relations between Egypt and Sudan. He said his country didn't present any complaint to the Organization of African Unity against Egypt which recently it hosted the Sudanese opposition meetings.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is heading today to Damascus for an official visit to Syria in which he will meet with Syrian Prime Minister Mahmud al-Zou'bi to discuss agricultural subjects between Lebanon and Syria.
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France and Mauritania signed in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott Tuesday a financial protocol, under which France will finance an operation to sell 795 tons of wheat in the southeastern region of Brakna.
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Young Moroccan singer Leila Farah won the first prize of the 19th "Bougarine" song festival held recently in Tunisia. Farah won the prize for her song "My Heart's Pulses."
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The first Arab women's karate championships are to take place in Beirut on September 1 - 7.
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Secretary-general of the council of Arab ministers of the interior said that the Arab states' fight against terrorism is based on the main principles of rejecting violence and the deliberate killing of innocents. He added that it is time to draw up a united strategy for fighting international terrorism, in an interview by Sawt al-Arab radio on Tuesday.
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