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ArabicNews.com learned from Egyptian banking sources today that the French bank Credit Agricol Indosuez will buy 82% of the shares of Misr-America international bank owned by the Egyptian public sector. Go

The board of directors for the Port Said Container Company decided to make widespread developments in its operations for the container station at Port Said. There will be LE 300 million worth of improvements to increase the exchange capacity in the station from 412,000 containers to 800,000 containers by the year 2000. Captain Mohammed Ali Soliman, the head of the board of directors, told ArabicNews.com today that the development of operations comes as a result of the wide competition among the harbors of the Mediterranean Sea to attract the container trade. Go

Blind persons will undergo a special training which will facilitate their way into the job market, Moroccan employment minister, Khalid Alioua told Wednesday here Moroccan MPs. Go

The 7th international book fair (SIEL 98) opens this Thursday in Casablanca with the participation of some 187 exhibitors, including 103 foreigners. Go

Iraq announced its intention yesterday to send a number of engineers to Iran for evaluation of the technical state of the Iraqi planes sent to Tehran during the Gulf War in 1991, which is a preliminary step in restoring them. Go

Official sources in Syria announced today that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa met with the head of a multi-sided refugee committee in Palestine, Andrew Robinson, where they discussed the current situations in the region, the halted peace process and the situation of the Palestinian refugees. Go

A delegation representing the Hungarian agency for developing investment and trade intends to begin a three-day visit to Egypt on Monday. Sources in the Hungarian embassy in Cairo said today that the delegation will meet with members of the Egyptian Businessmen Association to discuss aspects of joint cooperation in investment and trade between Cairo and Budapest. Go

A delegation from the Arab League will convey a message soon from Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdul Meguid to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. The delegation will hold talks with Libyan officials on dealing with Tripoli's anger toward the AL's member states because of the AL resolution arrived at in its last session in September regarding Lokerbie, which was described by Libya as weak. Go

A group of unemployed graduates went on strike yesterday in front of the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat, chanting slogans demanding that the government of Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi grant them jobs and fulfill their needs. Go

Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Sezgin has asserted that the differences between Ankara and Damascus are over. Go

German Foreign Minister Joshka Fischer on Tuesday announced that no change will be made in the German policy towards the Middle east despite the election of a new government in the country. Go

In collaboration with the US Trade development, the Jordanian government is taking necessary measures to implement a regional project for telephone grid between Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian government through erecting land cables al-Dostour reported. Go

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Wednesday received ministers of the interior from the Gulf Cooperation Council member states, who are taking part in their 17th meeting, which opened in Kuwait on Tuesday. Go

Jordanian Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh called in an interview with Israeli Radio on Wednesday upon the US, following the implementation of the Wye Plantation agreement, to put all its weight behind reviving negotiations on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks. Go

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jaber al-Thani on Wednesday received a telephone call from the US Undersecretary of State for the Near East, Martin Indyk. Go