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The Turkish daily Hurriyet said on Friday that Damascus is still persistent in considering "Hatai" district "Iskandaroun Sanjak" as a Syrian province. The paper noted that Syria is not willing to give its demands pertaining to the Southern Turkish district "Hatai," noting that the Syrian TV channels still show "Hatai" as part of Syria in its Weather forecast news. The Turkish daily concluded as saying that Damascus "still clings to its stand despite warnings addressed by Turkey in this respect." Go

Jordan's King Abdullah bin al-Hussein will pay a visit to Egypt during the current month as part of his first foreign tour, which will include Saudi Arabia and a number of Arab Gulf states. Jordanian official sources said King Abdullah will discuss with the Egyptian president bilateral relations and mutual coordination between Cairo and Amman to push the peace process forward. Go

Kuwait's crown prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah al-Sabah arrived in Tehran today on top of a high ranking delegation in a three-day official visit to Iran. Go

The United Arab Emirates UAE's chairman of the royal court and Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Sultan Bin Khaleifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who is also the deputy commander in chief of the armed forces in the UAE arrived in Amman today leading a high ranking UAE delegation in a visit to Jordan. Go

Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael said yesterday that the government does not intend to renew the agreement of the partial cease fire with the Sudanese People's Liberation Army in Bahr El-Gazal province that will end in the middle of April. The SPLA was accused of kidnapping seven employees of the international committee for the Red cross for a week in Bentiu city in El-Wahdah province, and violating the agreement not to carry out armed operations in Bahr El-Gazal. Go

Algerian armed groups have killed seven villagers near the Algerian capital and killed seven more civilians in two other attacks. Security sources said that armed groups slaughtered the seven villagers in an attack near Sayed Rached coastal village 60km west of the capital. Go

Jewish ultra-orthodox suffered serious injuries after he was stabbed near Bab al-Amoud at the entrance of old Jerusalem. Israeli security sources said the victim was injured in his neck and lost large amounts of blood. He underwent surgery. He accused a Palestinian of attacking him, and Israeli police found the knife used by the attacker, on which there were signs of blood. Go

The United States denied Israeli press reports that aid to Israel earmarked as part of the Wye River accord is not moving forward. "The President of the United States included in the Administration's FY 2000 budget submission to Congress a supplemental request for assistance to Israel and the Palestinians to support the costs associated with the Wye Memorandum. The request is currently before the Congress," Director of the State Department Press Office M. Lee McLenny said yesterday. Go

Moroccan minister of transport and merchant navy, Mustapha Mansouri, said connecting the city of Nador (northeastern Morocco) to the rail network would require an investment of $ 208.4 Million (two billion dirhams). Go