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Mubarak: Israel destroyed the peace
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has held the Israeli government responsible for destroying the Middle East peace process on its various tracks.
Egypt, Politics, 2/1/1999
Al-Assad confers with Anglican Church Archbishop George Carey
Archbishop George Carey added, "I have been greatly impressed by the way in which Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully together in this country. I counted it as an enormous privilege to visit Abul Nour Mosque in Damascus two days ago and to be invited by the Grand Mufti (Sheikh Ahmad Kiftaro) to address the worshipers there. I believe that there are lessons that the rest of the world would do well to learn from the way in which members of both faiths respect each other."
Syria-Syria-UK, Politics, 2/1/1999
AL chief views Iraqi FM's call for a dialogue with Arab states as good initiative
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid has described the call made by Iraqi Foreign Minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf to open a dialogue with the Arab states as "a good initiative" from Baghdad in support of Arab joint action and Arab interests.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 2/1/1999
UAE Deputy Premier calls for finding an Arab solution to the Iraqi problem
United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan on Sunday in Abu Dhabi asserted the need for Arab and international moves to lift the sufferings of the Iraqi people as a result of the imposed embargo.
United Arab Emirates-UK, Politics, 2/1/1999
Iraqi leadership refuses UN Security Council suggestion
The Iraqi leadership announced its absolute refusal to three suggestions recently ratified by the United Nations Security Council that include removing the Iraqi prohibited weapons, the human status in Iraq, and the war captives' dossier of 1991.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 2/1/1999
Moroccan PM says support to his government is beyond parliamentary considerations
The Prime minister, first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces "USFP," called the international community to bring to Morocco's democratic process more than speeches and engage in investments, facilities and guarantees for the financing of new projects likely to generate jobs and economic development.
Morocco, Politics, 2/1/1999
Arab ministers of the interior conclude meetings in Amman
The participating ministers adopted important recommendations and made decisions that constitute a move forward in the process of joint Arab security actions and adopted the report of the secretary general of the Arab interior ministers' council.
Regional, Politics, 2/1/1999
Arafat to meet with Clinton tomorrow
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is meeting during his visit to Washington which will start tomorrow and last for three days, with the US president while attending with other leaders the national prayers held by the congress.
Palestine, Politics, 2/1/1999
Arafat adheres to announcing Palestinian state on May 4
In his meeting with journalists in Davos on the sidelines of the world economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat stressed his adherence to May 4 as a "sacred" date for the declaration of the Palestinian state.
Palestine-Regional, Politics, 2/1/1999
Nigerian delegation breaks air embargo on Libya
Libyan television broadcast that a formal delegation from Nigeria arrived yesterday in Tripoli and penetrated the air embargo imposed on Libya by UN since 1992.
Libya-Nigeria, Politics, 2/1/1999
Iraqi newspapers resume campaign against Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
Iraqi newspapers resumed yesterday their attacks on the Arab League, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/1/1999
Tunisian-Egyptian higher committee meets next month
The Tunisian-Egyptian higher committee will meet next month in Tunisia under the chairmanship of Tunisian Prime Minister Hamid al-Qurawi and his Egyptian counterpart, Kamal al-Ganzouri.
Egypt-Tunisia, Politics, 2/1/1999
A message from al-Bashir to Gaddafi
The sources added that Libya will witness within the few coming days intensive meetings among sides concerned in Sudan with the objective of achieving reconciliation and putting an end to the conflict in southern Sudan.
Sudan-Libya, Politics, 2/1/1999
Mubarak to visit Paris tomorrow
French diplomatic sources in Cairo told ArabicNews.com that tomorrow President Mubarak is going to meet the chief of the representative council for Jewish corporations in France, Hendi Had Gienberg, to tackle reconciliation between Arabs and Jews by the means of Jews residing in France.
Egypt-France, Politics, 2/1/1999
King Hussein's sister and brother offer to donate bone marrow for transplant
King Hussein's morale is high before the beginning of the second phase of his treatment for cancer at the Mayo Clinic hospital in the United States and that he is in firm contact with his son, Crown Prince Abdullah.
Jordan, Politics, 2/1/1999
Egyptian Mufti criticizes Egyptian law
Egyptian Mufti Nasr Farid Wasel said that exempting the rapist from his crime if he gets married to the raped girl is an error in Islamic legislation.
Egypt, Politics, 2/1/1999
Egypt, Qatar to cooperate in petroleum and energy
Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Hamdi El-Banbi along with Lieutenant General Ahled Fadel, chief of the Suez Canal department, is to hold a formal visit to Qatar on February 12 - 15.
Egypt-Qatar, Economics, 2/1/1999
Qatari FM confers with US state official Indyk
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jabar al-Thani met on Sunday in Doha with US Undersecretary of State Martin Indyk, currently visiting Qatar in the course of his Arab Gulf tour.
Qatar-USA, Politics, 2/1/1999
75,000 passengers between Aqaba and Tel Aviv by air
Statistics released by Jordanian Royal Airways said the number of passengers transported by the company in 1998 between Aqaba and Tel Aviv increased by more than three times, amounting to 75,000 in comparison to 21,000 passengers in 1997.
Jordan-Israel, Business, 2/1/1999
Peres: Establishment of Palestinian state is inevitable
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has asserted that the establishment of a Palestinian state is an inevitable matter which will be achieved very soon in the interests of the two sides.
Palestine, Politics, 2/1/1999
Yemen's damage from tourist kidnappings is $250 million and is intentional
A Yemeni official estimated that prior economic losses resulting from kidnappings of western tourists and the recent death of four hostages in a rescue operation amounted to $250 million through last month.
Yemen, Politics, 2/1/1999
Israeli minister admits pollution of Jordanian areas
Former director general of the Israeli Environment Ministry Nujama Ronin has asserted that sewage waters in Israel which reaches Eilat district caused pollution in vast areas of Jordan. She added that these sewage waters also polluted the groundwater in areas surrounding the Jordanian city of al-Aqaba.
Jordan-Israel, Politics, 2/1/1999
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Mauritanian interior minister, Dah Ould Abdeljelil, announced Sunday the cancellation of results of Friday's municipal elections in the capital city of Nouakchott and that new elections will be held next week. The minister ascribed the decision to frauds reported in the voting, mainly the use of faked identity cards. The ruling social and democratic republican party emerged as the winner capturing 100 % of the votes.
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German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer will visit to Egypt on February 13 as part of his tour of the Middle East. Fischer is going to hold talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa to prepare for President Mubarak's visit to Germany in the last week of February. Egyptian diplomatic sources said that the talks between the Egyptian president and German Chancellor Gerhard Schhroeder will tackle the peace process in Middle East and the role that Europe could play in removing the barriers to peace.
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Director General of the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Jacques Diouf, arrived Sunday in Morocco to give a new momentum to cooperation between the two sides in agriculture, environment protection, farmers training and related sectors.
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The Greek foreign affairs minister will visit Rabat next March. The announcement was made by Greek interior minister, Alexandros Papadopoulous, who left Morocco over the weekend at the end of a four-day official visit.
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King Hassan II sent a message to King Hussein of Jordan. The message, whose content was not disclosed, was handed to Jordan's Crown Prince Abdallah Ibn Al-Hussein by Moroccan interior minister, Driss Basri.
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Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael urged his country's press to handle with objectivity the subject of Sudanese - Egyptian relations. In opening the permanent meeting of Sudanese journalists and foreign reporters yesterday, he said that this cause is sensitive and ruled by many considerations. "We must do away with excitement," he said, stating that publishing and scoop consideration in a cause of such a importance leads to undermining the attempts to resume relations on their normal course between the two countries.
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German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer will visit to Egypt on February 13 as part of his tour of the Middle East. Fischer is going to hold talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa to prepare for President Mubarak's visit to Germany in the last week of February. Egyptian diplomatic sources said that the talks between the Egyptian president and German Chancellor Gerhard Schhroeder will tackle the peace process in Middle East and the role that Europe could play in removing the barriers to peace.
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A great fire broke on Sunday in chemical factory in " Kerayat Atha" settlement near Haifa. The Israeli army radio said the fire destroyed all the contents of the factory and that three Israeli workers were seriously wounded. A spokesman for the Israeli ministry of the environment said that the experts will examine the possibility that the burning materials to be "dangerous ones."
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Member of the Israeli Knesset for the Labor party Haim Ramon has criticized the Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and described him as the worst Prime Minister who ever assumed power in Israel.
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Italian government's sources on Sunday ruled out the possibility of the presence of Abdullah Ocalan, who Turkey wishes to arrest, in Italy. The Italian sources also ruled out the possibility of Ocalan's return to Italy.
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Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad will visit Moscow at the beginning of this month. In a statement to the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am, Sheikh al-Ahmad said he will discuss with Russian officials bilateral relations and means of developing them as well as developments in the region and the Iraq crisis.
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Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Sunday received an oral message from Iranian President Muhammad Khatami pertaining to bilateral relations between the two countries. The Gulf News agency said that Iranian Energy Minister Habibollah Bitaraf conveyed the message during his meeting on Sunday with Qatar's crown prince Sheikh Jasem Bin Hamad al-Thani.
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Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib has asserted that Jordan's foreign policy would not change, following the appointment of Crown Prince Abdullah last Monday. On the possibility of an eruption of reactions in the light of this change, the Jordanian Foreign Minister said: "I do not expect any changes in our foreign policy. Ours is a policy approved and has been pursued for a long time, motivated by keeping security and the interests of Jordan."
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