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Egypt and Morocco signed yesterday the first protocol for scientific and technological cooperation since signing the cultural cooperation accord between the two countries in 1959. Egyptian Minister of Higher Education Mufid Shehab told ArabicNews.com that the agreement aims at encouraging cooperation among universities, centers and scientific research institutes in the two countries in the field of scientific and technological research, as well as exchanging visits among experts, university officials, researchers, experts and technicians in the scientific fields for short periods and for exchanging scientific opinions. Go

Iraqi Deputy Premier Tareq Aziz stressed on Wednesday that Iraq is determined to resist the US and British planes which fly over the northern and southern parts of Iraq by all means and ways. Go

Egyptian businessman Mohammed Farid Khamis decided to establish this month an Egyptian - Libyan - United Arab Emirates - Iranian holding company to establish industrial projects on a distance of 10 million square meters in the Suez Gulf. The expected capital of the company amounts to 500 million pounds, and it will work in manufacturing carpets and textiles in the first stage, including a factory for fabrics and textiles in which the Egyptian - Iranian company for textiles will take part. Go

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has said there will be a forthcoming qualitative economic turning point in drawing up the state's general budget and the economic plan it will be based on. Go

British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Derek Fatchett arrived in Oman on Wednesday on an official visit to Oman, which will last for two days. The Gulf News Agency said that during his visit Fatchett will hold talks with high-ranking Omani officials dealing with the situation in the Gulf region and issues of mutual concern as well as bilateral relations between the two countries. Go

Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi on Wednesday received the director of the Middle East department of the Shell Oil company and members of the accompanying delegation. Syrian Oil Minister Muhammad Maher Jamal attended the meeting. Go

Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has asserted that the "ones who think that it is possible to dismember the Syrian and Lebanese tracks are fools and mistaken." Peres asserted that, "Military solutions in south Lebanon have totally failed and there is only the political solution and to make negotiations with Syria and Lebanon, simultaneously." Go

Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi on Wednesday evening opened a fashion exposition for spring and summer 1999 in Aleppo. The exposition, organized by the Aleppo Chamber of Industry in collaboration with the Syrian trade chambers, includes 140 sections representing the latest fashion products from public, private and joint sector industries in Syria. Go

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Wednesday received in Damascus former Lebanese President Elias Hrawi and his two sons, Rowy and Rolan. The two Presidents discussed during their al-Rawda Palace meeting "conditions in the region and matters of interest for both Syria and Lebanon." In the afternoon, al-Assad gave a luncheon in honor of Hrawi, attended by high-ranking Syrian officials. Go

Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali on Wednesday in Tunis received chairman of the Italian Federation for Industry, Georgio Faso. Following the meeting, Faso said his visit to Tunisia aims at acquainting Italian investors and contracts with areas of opportunity in Tunisia. Go