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Washington tells Arab ambassadors that it will strike Iraq very soon
The US Under Secretary of State for the Middle east affairs Martin Indyk told the Arab ambassadors accredited in Washington, during a sudden meeting that military operations against Iraq are very near.
Regional, Politics, 11/13/1998
Baghdad ready to cooperate with Annan to settle the crisis
Albright reiterated US objectives from such a strike saying "if we were to use force, it would be to degrade his ability to develop and deliver weapons of mass destruction and to degrade his ability to threaten his neighbors."
Iraq, Politics, 11/13/1998
Sorour reelected as speaker of the Egyptian parliament
The Egyptian parliament on Wednesday unanimously reelected Fathi Sorour as its chairman for the 9th successive session. A matter which is viewed as unprecedented in the history of the Egyptian legislative councils.
Egypt, Politics, 11/13/1998
Damascus Declaration FM s concludes deliberations
The ministers expressed concern over the "military and security cooperation between Turkey and Israel in threatening the security of the Arab states and stability in the Middle east region."
Regional-Syria, Politics, 11/13/1998
Saudi Arabia to adjust the general expenditure
Saudi Arabia decided to continue its policy of not borrowing from foreign markets and resort to raising loans only from local banks to fill deficits in the budget of the current year as a result of the collapse of oil prices which constitute the largest portion of the income of the country.
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 11/13/1998
King Hassan calls for Islamic comprehensive cultural strategy
King Hassan II called the Islamic World to adopt a comprehensive cultural strategy in a bid to take up the challenges and preserve the major components of the Islamic identity as "defined in the Quran and the Prophet's tradition."
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 11/13/1998
Austria's foreign minister in Damascus today
Austrian Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Chief of Government, Wolfgang Scheduessel, in his capacity as President of the Council of the European Union will arrive in Damascus today on a two-day official visit to Syria.
Syria-Austria, Politics, 11/13/1998
Arab joint market is to be on coming January
The secretary general of the Arab economic unity in Cairo Hassan Ibrahim announced today the beginning of activating the executive program for the Arab joint market according to the context of the Arab economic unity agreement starting on the first of January 99.
Regional, Economics, 11/13/1998
Syrian-Jordanian committee to discuss al-Wahdah dam
Jordanian governmental sources said on Thursday that the Jordanian-Syrian joint committee will hold a meeting before the end of the current month in Amman to continue discussions on al-Wahdah (unity) dam project.
Jordan-Syria, Economics, 11/13/1998
Over 20,000 violence acts against women between 1995 and 1997
More than 20,000 cases of violence against women were reported in Morocco in the period between 1995 and 1997, said Moroccan secretary of state in charge of social protection, family and children, Mohamed Said Saadi.
Morocco, Culture, 11/13/1998
Cairo to pursue diplomatic activity on coming week
President Hosni Mubarak will receive Norwegian foreign minister Knut Vollebaek, the British Foreign Minister Robin Cook and Austrian counterpart Wolfgang Scheduessel, where they are to discuss a large number of international and regional issues
Egypt, Economics, 11/13/1998
100 Egyptian businessmen will visit Lebanon in January
It is expected that a delegation of the Egyptian businessmen will visit Lebanon at the end of the coming January for activating investment and trade ties between the two countries.
Egypt-Lebanon, Economics, 11/13/1998
Eritrea to continue support for Sudanese opposition
The Sudanese opposition had underestimated the significance of the memorandum of understanding signed on Monday between Sudan and Eritrea under the initiative of Qatar.
Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 11/13/1998
US trade secretary in Jordan
the volume of its exports to the Palestinian self-rule area does not exceed $17 million per year due to obstacles placed by Israel
Jordan-USA, Economics, 11/13/1998
Arab transport ministers 14th session
The Iraqi transport minister Ahmad Murtada Ahmad has called in the inaugural session of the Arab transport ministers held in Cairo to resume air flights to Iraq.
Regional, Politics, 11/13/1998
Half of Morocco's $23 billion external debt is owed to Paris club
Morocco's external debt is estimated at $23 billion, including half owed to the Paris Club, said here Thursday Francis Mayer, chairman of the Club in an interview with a Moroccan daily.
Morocco, Economics, 11/13/1998
Moroccan telecom firm sales jumped 7 percent in 1997
The Moroccan telecom Company said on Thursday its sales increased by 7 percent in 1997 over 1996 to stand at 6.51 billion Dh (1 $ is 9.3 Dh).
Morocco, Business, 11/13/1998
Annan: Events may be running away from us
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who met late today with the UN Security Council decided to send Iraq a letter asking it to cooperate.
Iraq, Politics, 11/13/1998
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The 9th International Conference of Egyptian Antiquities is to be held next March, in Cairo under the slogan of "the future of Egyptology science in the new century." The conference's secretary general Dr. Zahi Hawass said some 2000 researches, from 90 countries, will take part and with specialties ranging from civilizational, antiquities, chemistry, biology and Egyptology.
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Soliman Metwali, the Egyptian minister of transportation, announced that it was decided to present implementing the first stage of the subway in Alexandria city to international biding in 8 months. In a press statement Metwali said that "all the studies regarding Alexandria subway project confirmed the importance of linking the city with its parts through implementing a subway line for Alexandria like the one exists in the Egyptian capital Cairo."
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Morocco will start broadcasting shortly Tv news bulletins for the deaf and dump persons.
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Austrian Interior minister, Karl Schlogl arrived Thursday here for talks with Moroccan officials on ways of boosting cooperation between the two countries' interior departments.
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The Spanish agency of international cooperation granted Thursday the city of Tetouan 185 million pesetas to finance a project to improve the management of the sanitation network.
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The Algerian embassy in Morocco denied Thursday that it refused to deliver entry visas to Moroccan journalists wishing to go to Algeria to cover UN secretary general's visit.
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A team of three surgeons have performed a bypass on president Elias Hrawi's main heart artery averting open heart surgery. The president, currently recovering at the hospital's intensive care unit would be able to leave hospital within 3 to 4 days at the most, NNA reported.
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The follow up committee in support of Lebanese detainees in the Israeli jails on Thursday organized a sit-in for mothers of the detainees in front of the headquarters of the International Red Cross in Beirut in objection of arresting the "Imam" of occupied Kafer Kala town as well as over the Israeli oppressive and terrorist practices inside the occupied area of South Lebanon.
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