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Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa asserted on Tuesday in Cairo that the recent US Central Intelligence Agency report on "weapons of mass destruction" is considered new evidence of the American double-standard policy. Moussa described this report as non-serious, calling for rejecting it. He noted that Israel was not mentioned in the report, although it possesses a nuclear arsenal and weapons of mass destruction. Moussa stated that these reports must be serious and must not serve certain goals or countries. Go

The central committee of the Kurdistani Workers Party (PKK) announced in a statement issued in Ankara on Tuesday that the party will continue its armed struggle until it achieves self-rule in southeast Turkey. In a statement, broadcast by the Kurdish MAD TV, the committee said that armed struggle with Turkey is continuous and called for alertness in preparation for any act against Turkey. Go

The Russian ambassador to Cairo Vladimir Joseph said on Tuesday in Cairo that the visit of Russian President Boris Yeltsin scheduled to be held to Egypt by the beginning of March has been postponed indefinitely due to the two countries' current involvement in other matters. The Russian ambassador added that another date for the visit will be agreed upon through diplomatic channels. Go

The manager of the Arab Research Center in Cairo said that the chief of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine, George Habash, who resides in Damascus, is going to pay a visit to Egypt this month -- his first in 30 years -- to participate in a symposium under the title of "The challenges of the Zionist project and the Arab confrontation." Go

The meetings of the joint high committee between Tunis and Libya will take place on Sunday in Tripoli. Tunisian Minister of Trade El-Monzer El-Zananiri visited Tripoli to prepare for these meetings. He also attended the annual meeting of the joint financial economic committee between the two countries. Go

Jordanian political sources expected that the last group of Jordanians and Palestinians detained in Kuwaiti prisons will be released on February 25. The group could be released according to a pardon issued by Kuwait Emir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmed al-Sabah on the occasion of the Kuwaiti national day, but the sources said it is more likely that the Jordanian and Palestinian detainees would be released in light of improving bilateral relations between Jordan and Kuwait. Go

A doctor who examined five Britons who are on trial in Yemen said they had not been tortured as they had claimed, Bahrain Tribune reported. Go

UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan issued decrees on pension and social security for UAE national federal employees and UAE employees of private and public sector corporations, Khaleej Times reported. Go

Bahrain's Bapco petroleum company and the Bahrain National Oil Company will merge into a company that will keep the Bapco name, Gulf Daily News reported. Go

Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, commenting on PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's arrest, told CNN that he is currently held on an island in the Sea of Marmara while awaiting his trial, adding that Ocalan will get a "just trial" even though his current lawyer was not allowed follow him into the country, citing that only Turkish lawyers are allowed to "inspect the Turkish judicial system" and as such, Ocalan will have a Turkish lawyer. Go

Eritrea began proceedings with the International Court of Justice against Ethiopia alleging that Ethiopia violated the diplomatic immunity of its ambassador and its embassy staff in Addis Ababa and broke into the Eritrean embassy there. Ethiopia must agree to allow the court to rule on the proceedings for the court to take action in the issue. Go

The Palestinian Authority and Israel reached agreements on tourism that Israel's Tourism Ministry said will allow 100 Palestinian tourism professionals and 65 Palestinian Tourism Ministry employees to move between Palestinian and Israeli areas, establish a joint tourism marketing program, and establish other measures to boost tourism in preparation for the year 2000. Go

The United States will send a trade mission to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates on April 17 - 21. The mission, to be led by Undersecretary of Commerce David Aaron, will include oil, gas and petrochemical companies to bid on contracts in the Arab states. Go

Israel denied reports that it was involved in yesterday's apprehension of Kurdistani Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan in a statement from the Foreign Ministry that said, "Israel categorically denies various media reports that it was involved in passing on information which led to capture of Abdullah Ocalan. Israel wishes to make it absolutely clear that it was not involved in any way in this matter." Go

Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Abdelouahed Radi, headed Tuesday for Hungary to give a new momentum to cooperation ties between the two countries' legislative bodies. Go

Moroccan secretary of state for foreign affairs, Aicha Belarbi, conferred here Tuesday with UN Development Program regional director, Fawaz Fokeladah, on cooperation prospects between Morocco and the UN system in various socio-economic development sectors. Go

A delegation of leaders and representatives of more than 30 British companies will visit Toshka in March to discuss increasing British investments in the Egyptian project. President Mubarak called on British Minister of State for Trade and Industry Brian Wilson, with whom he met yesterday, to visit Toshka at the head of a British business delegation that's currently visiting Egypt. Wilson welcomed this call, sources at the British embassy in Cairo said. Go

The Cypriot minister of commerce, industry and tourism, Nicos Rolandis, is to visit Cairo during the coming week, accompanied by a trade delegation that includes the head of trade and industry chamber and the deputy chairman of the Cyprus stock market. Go

Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed of Oman on Tuesday sent a message to Jordan's King Abdullah Bin Hussein. The message was conveyed by the chairman of the office of Oman's armed forces commander, Lt. Gen. Ali Bin Majed al-Omari. Sultan Qaboos had announced earlier his country's complete support for the new Jordanian King. Go

King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz on Tuesday in Riyadh received a message from Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, delivered by Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Bajmal, who arrived earlier in the day in Riyadh to discuss issues pertaining to border demarcation between the two states. Go

Israeli political sources said on Tuesday that the Israeli government would study the request of the secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Nayef Hawatemah, or a request by the Palestinian government to permit Hawatemah to enter into areas controlled by the Palestinian government in the West Bank and Gaza, when such a request arrives, Israel Radio said on Tuesday Go

The minutes of meeting were signed in Tripoli on Tuesday between Libya and the government of Zanzibar in the federal Republic of Tanzania. Go