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In the literary Saloon of late Ihsan Abd El-Kadaous on the occasion of the ninth anniversary for the author's death Dr. Mofid Shehab, the minister of high education and head of Egyptian assembly for international law - confirmed that Egypt has greatly expressed its solidarity with the Iraqi people and government, and so it is very sorry that it is the one who has been attacked and accused of treason. Moreover, Dr. Shehab added that Egypt has deeply supported Iraq more than any other Arab states, specifically on the level of public opinion, pointing out that all officials and students in Egypt have freely expressed their opinions against the US-British military action. Go

West Bank Palestinians stopped Israeli settlers on Wednesday from confiscating land near Kafr Salaf and Azzun, Jordan Times reported. Go

In two incidents in the northern Iraq no-fly zone, US fighters fired on an Iraqi radar site and a suspected missile installation, Los Angeles Times reported. Go

Bahrain called for a probe into UNSCOM, saying that such an investigation is necessary to restore confidence between the United Nations weapons inspectors and Iraq. Go

UN envoy Tom Vraaslen is traveling to Sudan and Kenya to conduct a week-long review of the cease-fire in force in southern Sudan, which the World Food Agency said earlier this week was essential to helping avoid recurring famines in the area. Go

US State Department spokesman James Rubin told reporters yesterday that he had no indication of progress made by South African and Saudi envoys visiting Libya to address the Lockerbie issue. Go

Seven seamen were killed when their ship wrecked on Tuesday off the Moroccan metropolitan city of Casablanca, the Moroccan press reported on Thursday. Go

Morocco and Poland agreed lately here to foster partnership in matters of mining research studies, prospecting and processing. Go

The Moroccan secretary of state in charge of environment has said that the struggle against pollution is a collective responsibility. Ahmed Iraqi, who was speaking at a meeting on pollution in Morocco, stressed the need to devise legislative texts to limit green house effect. Go

Tunisian formal economical reports revealed that Tunisian exports increased during the first 10 months of last year by 7% with an average that reaches 14.7% for the same period of 1997 with imports increasing 11% for the year 1997. Go

Under the patronage of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, the Syrian al-Awqaf Ministry (Ministry of Islamic Trust) will hold on Thursday evening a religious ceremony on the occasion of the "Lailat al-Qader" (the Night of Power) which falls on the 27th day of the holy month of Ramadan. The celebration will be held at al-Othman Mosque in Damascus. Go

Israeli police announced on Wednesday that a truck loaded with a very dangerous chemical material was lost on Wednesday from a warehouse where the material is stored. Go

The Jordanian daily al-Dostour reported on Wednesday that Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib will visit Kuwait during the last week of the current month. Go

The British daily Financial Times said on Wednesday quoting a secret document from the British Foreign Ministry as saying that the British government acknowledged the existence of training camps organized by an Islamic society known as "al-Sharia Partisans," in its territory, and that the organization takes Britain as its headquarters and administrates training camps supervised by former officers in the British Army. Go

The German magazine Foreign Report has unveiled in its recent issue that the Israeli security forces in the occupied part of south Lebanon worked for the assassination of the secretary general of the Hizbullah Party, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. Go