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A get-rich-quick mail scam targeting the United Arab Emirates has reemerged, in which a letter claiming to be from a Nigerian company asks for bank account details of the recipient on the premise that money will be deposited in the account, Gulf News reported. Instead, the report said, the account is then able to be accessed by the letter's senders. Go

The Lebanese daily al-Nahar has received a statement by fax undersigned "sons of Jordan." The statement announces responsibility for attacking the "headquarters of the Zionist enemy in Amman on the night of February 24," which resulted in "wounding two Zionists, one of them is the guards official at the embassy and the burning of a Mercedes car." The statement added that this attack is a "humble gift from our Jordanian people to the brave Islamic resistance in Lebanon, in solidarity with their recent heroic operations in Burket Jabbour." Go

50 Egyptian tourism companies are participating in the Milano International Tourism Bourse exhibition that is currently underway and will run through Sunday. The Egyptian delegation is headed by Egyptian Minister of Tourism Mamdouh El-Beltagi, who told ArabicNews.com before leaving Egypt that for 18 years, Egypt has participated in this event, and that Egypt participates this year with a large suite that comprises 50 hotels, air services and tourism transportation companies that deal with the European market in general and the Italian market in particular. Go

The Indian embassy in Cairo announced that an Indian business delegation is going to visit Egypt in April in order to discuss increasing Indian investments in Cairo, which amount to $350 million. The Indian side also hopes to increase the volume of trade exchange between the two countries, which amounts to $1 billion. Go

Belgium's Crown Prince Philip is to arrive on Saturday in Cairo for a three-day visit to Egypt, heading a large economic delegation that includes Belgium's deputy prime minister, minister of trade and representatives of more than 160 Belgian companies and banks, Fathi El-Shazeli, Egyptian assistant foreign minister for European affairs, said. Go

Egyptian Minister of Industry Soliman Reda announced that the European Union has specified 427 million euros for upgrades of Egyptian industry which will begin in July and last for 54 months. Go

ArabicNews.com has learned from sources in Cairo that British government is about to detain Abu Hamza al-Masri on charges of propaganda and promoting terrorism following his appearance on a television program brodacast by Qatar's al-Jazira news channel and his confirmation that he will continue kidnapping and slaying foreigners coming to the Arab area.The sources denied that the British government may deliver al-Masri to Sanaa. Go

British Foreign Office Minister Derek Fatchett will visit Oman on March 2-4. Go

The British-based head of the Supporters of Sharia organization, Abu Hamza al-Masri, wanted by Yemen on charges related to terrorism, threatened to blow up civilian and military aircraft in midair to fight Western aviation "hegemony," Bahrain Tribune reported. Go

Bahrain is considering creating nature preservation areas with tourism facilities to encourage ecological tourism, Gulf Daily News reported. Go

The UN Security Council is scheduled today to hold consultations on sanctions against Libya. A resolution the Security Council passed last August called for the Security Council to consider further sanctions if the two Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie case were not handed over promptly. Go

Pakistani Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Syed Mushahid Hussain said his country would exchange cultural and artistic exhibitions with the Emirate of Sharjah last this year and early next year, Khaleej Times reported. Go

AFP correspondent in Algiers said that five persons were slightly wounded on Wednesday night when an explosive charge went off in the center of the Algerian capital, Algiers. The correspondent added that the explosion caused confusion and raised fears among passersby and that the explosion took place in Maurice Oden square. Go

Chairman of the Jordanian al-Ayan Council (Parliament's upper house) Zeid al-Refai on Thursday in Amman denied news that Jordanian Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh had submitted his resignation to King Abdullah on Thursday. Al-Refai in Amman told SANA that Tarawneh did not submit his resignation and he (al-Refai) was not asked to form a new government. Al-Refai called upon the mass media to be precise and to commit to fact-finding in their work. Go

Bashar al-Assad arrived in Amman on Thursday to offer his condolences to King Abdullah on the death of his father, the late Jordanian King Hussein Bin Talal. At "Beit al-Barakah" he met with King Abdullah and held talks for more than one-and-a-half hours, returning to Damascus later in the day. Go