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The French company Renault presented an offer to establish a factory for producing engines for automobiles in Al Isma'iliyah governorate with investments of 850 million Egyptian pounds, on the area of 50 feddans. In a phone call yesterday the governor of Al Isma'iliyah, General Abdul Aziz Salama, told ArabicNews.com that the governorate will bear the cost of transportation, utilities and establishing the basic structure on the piece of land and will implement all legal measures to deliver the necessary land to establish this project. Go

Rudolf Scharping, the German defense minister, called on Monday Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a "political gangster." Go

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working with former Foreign Minister David Levy to rejoin the Israeli coalition government, Jordan Times reported. Go

The Bahraini Shura council yesterday condemned a planned terrorist operation that was cracked by Bahrain's Interior Ministry earlier this week, Gulf Daily News reported. Go

Bahrain's Batelco communications company will offer Internet service in Saudi Arabia through an agreement with the Saudi Al Gureysi Group, Bahrain Tribune reported. Go

UAE President al-Nahyan called on UAE citizens to work and earn their success, Khaleej Times reported. The report quoted Sheikh Zayed as saying that new employees should not expect to start with high salaries and that those who don't work will not find "a house, a farm or even a single grain of sand." Go

Moroccan minister of the interior, Driss Basri, is expected this Wednesday on a two-day working visit to Bucharest at the invitation of his Romanian peer, Gavril Dejeu. Go

King Hassan II received Tuesday here Ahmed Ould Sidi Ahmed, Mauritanian foreign affairs and cooperation minister and envoy of Mauritanian president Mouaouiya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya. Go

Former US President Jimmy Carter emphasized the importance of establishing a Palestinian state in a lecture delivered at the Omani Diplomatic Institute at Muscat during Carter's visit to Oman, which concluded yesterday. Go

The issue of opening a Libyan consulate at Faya Largeau in northern Chad and a Chadian consulate in Sabha, southern Libya, was raised up at the reopening of land borders between the two state this week. Go

Egyptian Minister of Economy Yousef Butros Ghali stated yesterday that Egypt is prepared to attract foreign investments to it after the economic crises that took place in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Russia, adding that the Egyptian stock market was only barely effected by the downfall of the Asian stock market comparison with the losses suffered by others. Go

Kuwaiti urged Iraq yesterday not to stir a new crisis with the UN to avoid its negative effects on the Iraqi people. Go

Arab diplomatic sources told the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi daily that the Moroccan government refused to receive Turkish Premier Mesout Yilmaz last month because of the crisis between Ankara and Syria. The sources added that Morocco had informed Turkey of the impossibility of Yilmaz's visit at a time when Turkish - Syrian relations were close to erupting in a war between the two neighbors, SANA reported. Go

Sudanese dailies published on Tuesday said the Sudanese parliament has adopted a law on political pluralism. The said law theoretically permits groups of 100 electors to form political parties, but under the conditions that the party's objectives comply with the Sudanese constitution. The new law abstained from using the word "parties." It used the word "organizations" instead. Go

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh held on Monday night in Aden a round of talks with Saudi Minister of the Interior Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz that dealt with border and security issues between the two countries. Go

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz received a message on Tuesday from Senegal's President Abdou Diouf. Go

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday held with the president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, a session of talks dealing with international and African issues of mutual concern, foremost being bilateral relations between Egypt and Zimbabwe and the Middle East peace process. On Tuesday, President Mugabe started a three-day visit to Egypt. Go

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah received a message on Tuesday from British prime Minister Tony Blair relating to bilateral relations, and current conditions in the region. Go

Iran asserted it will never cooperate with the US to topple the regime in Iraq. Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Amire Asifi said in a statement published in Tehran on Tuesday said that Iran "was and is still calling for the implementation of all UN Security Council resolutions, yet it opposes the use of force and resorting to military acts." Go