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Abd El-Rahman El-Sehibati, Arab League assistant secretary general for economic affairs, said in the address he delivered before the first conference for experiments on economic integration in Europe and in the Arab states organized by faculty of law at Alexandria University in association with the Italian embassy in Cairo that the Arab states have now entered the second stage with a gradual reduction of 20% since January of this year of customs fees and taxes to achieve steps toward establishing an Arab free trade zone after the 10 years as ratified by the Arab League Economic and Social Council. Go

An Egyptian diplomatic delegation under the chairmanship of Salah El-Ashri, the Egyptian deputy assistant foreign minister for regional economic cooperation, left Cairo this morning for Dhaka, Bangladesh to participate in the preparatory meetings for the second summit for the Group of Eight Islamic Developing Countries (G8) that will start in Dhaka on March 1 and last for two days. Go

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry has asked its diplomatic missions around the world to make contacts with governments to which they are accredited in order to explain the aggressive Israeli practices against the people of south Lebanon and its Western Bekaa. Go

Qatar's HamaMedical Corporation has fired 25 doctors who were employed for less than one year for incompetence or medical and professional mistakes, Gulf Times reported. Go

Sultan Qaboos of Oman met yesterday with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry Shelton, Oman Daily Observer reported. Go

Five sites in Jordan have been named as Christian pilgrimage sites by the Vatican, Jordan Times reported. Go

Dubai has reached an agreement with Libya to carry out unlimited cargo, passenger and mail flights between them once UN sanctions are lifted from Libya, Khaleej Times reported. Go

Morocco invited Gulf countries to invest around $275 million in various industrial and socioeconomic development projects to be carried out in the northern areas of Morocco. The offer was made by a Moroccan business delegation that recently toured the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Go

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday in Beirut met with the US ambassador to Lebanon, David Satterfield. Talks dealt with the development of conditions in south Lebanon and the general situation in Lebanon and the region. Go

The coordinator of Palestinian affairs in the Israeli Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. Yaqoub Oro, met on Tuesday with the mayor of Nablus in the West Bank, Bassam al-Shakaa. Israel Radio said the two sides discussed the establishment of an industrial zone the municipality of Nablus intends to build in the area under Israeli control. Go

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Tuesday in Kuwait received a message from Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali. Go

A high-ranking Jordanian official said on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Amman next Sunday. AFP quoted the official as saying that during his visit Netanyahu will meet with Jordan's King Abdullah Bin al-Hussein. Israel Radio said that Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon will accompany Netanyahu on his visit to Amman. Go