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Summit by President Mubarak and King Abdullah as Electric grid between Jordan and Egypt opens
An official source in Cairo said on Sunday that King Abdullah Bin al-Hussein will visit Egypt on Tuesday where he will inaugurate together with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak the electricity grid line between the two states.
Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 3/15/1999
UAE criticizes Iran's behavior over island issue
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Rashid Abdullah al-Nu'eimi has asserted that the question of Iran's occupation of three disputed Gulf islands is still escalated due to Iran's behavior regarding these islands.
United Arab Emirates-Iran, Politics, 3/15/1999
Syrian president, FM confer with Indyk
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Sunday in Damascus at al-Chaab presidential palace met with US Undersecretary of State for Near East Affairs Martin Indyk and members of his accompanying delegation.
Syria-USA, Politics, 3/15/1999
Jordan rejects Israeli statements of less water to Jordan
The director of Israel's water department, Meir Ben-Meir, told Jordanian officials that Israel is going to provide less water to Jordan under the pretext of low rainfall this past year. The Wadi Araba agreement provides for Israel to supply Jordan with water.
Jordan-Israel, Politics, 3/15/1999
El-Baz: We fear the US air strikes on Iraq would become routine
Osama El-Baz, the Egyptian president's political advisor, said that Egypt believes that its foreign efforts stem from a strong desire to establish and enhance internal stability, which is related to stability in the region.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 3/15/1999
Lebanon marks 21st anniversary of Israeli invasion
In al-Nabatiyah, the Lawyers Union held a sit-in in solidarity with the people of the south on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the first Israeli invasion of south Lebanon.
Lebanon, Politics, 3/15/1999
Tunisian president expected today in Morocco for first official visit
Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali is expected this Monday in Morocco on a first official visit to consolidate bilateral trade and boost Maghreban unity.
Morocco-Tunisia, Politics, 3/15/1999
King hails action of the government on first anniversary
King Hassan II hailed the government's action over the past year and called on them to adhere to the virtues of teamwork.
Morocco, Politics, 3/15/1999
US ambassador finds himself in danger on 21st anniversary Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Guards of the US ambassador to Lebanon, David Satterfield, were on Sunday obliged to prepare their machine guns in order to open the road before the car of the ambassador in the Eastern al-Bekaa plain in confrontation of an anti-US demonstration.
Lebanon-Syria-USA, Politics, 3/15/1999
Opposition: 23 Iraqi army officers executed for conspiring against the regime
The Higher Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq has announced that some 23 high-ranking Iraqi army officers were executed at the beginning of this month under charges of conspiring against the government.
Iraq, Politics, 3/15/1999
New Jordanian strategy to link Arab tracks
The Jordanian weekly al-Hadath has said that, according to Palestinian sources, the Jordanian leadership has adopted a new policy to link once again the Arab-Israeli negotiation tracks which were severed after the Palestinians and Jordan signed separately the Oslo and Wadi Araba agreements with Israel.
Regional, Politics, 3/15/1999
Moroccan higher legislative body moves to amend internal laws
The Chamber of Advisors (upper house of the Moroccan parliament) is moving to amend its laws "to adapt the work of the chamber of advisors to that of the house of representatives" (lower house).
Morocco, Politics, 3/15/1999
GCC: Israel escapes Middle East peace requirements, Iraqi problem cannot be solved by force
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Rashid Abdullah al-Nu'eimi has called for resuming the peace process on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks from the point at which they broke off so as to achieve a tangible peace conducive to establishing a just and comprehensive peace.
Gulf-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 3/15/1999
Indyk and on the no-fly zones in Iraq
US Undersecretary of State Martin Indyk said, "The no-fly zones in the northern and southern parts of Iraq are very necessary to help and protect the Iraqi people and to ensure the implementation of UN resolutions 687 and 688, especially those resolutions forcing Saddam to halt repression against the Iraqi people."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/15/1999
Iraq stresses rejection of no fly zones, Arab condemnation of US strikes
Amid great Arab concern about continued aggressions, US warplanes renewed their strikes on positions in northern Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 3/15/1999
Lockerbie trial expenses to be shared by the US and Britain
A spokesman at the British Foreign Ministry said in London on Sunday that Britain is pressuring the US to pay half of the costs of trying the two Libyan, the west accuses to be involved in exploding the a PAN AM plane over the town of Lockerbie in Scotland.
Libya-UK, Politics, 3/15/1999
Gulf states to establish common power grid link
The ministers of water and electricity in the Gulf Cooperation Council states decided to establish a power grid linking the GCC states.
Gulf, Economics, 3/15/1999
Report: Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine to hold a rally in Damascus
The Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am quoted sources of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine that Syria had permitted the front to organize a rally on Friday at al-Yarmouk camp in Damascus.
Palestine-Syria, Politics, 3/15/1999
Israeli government ratifies decision on occupied Jerusalem
The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday during its weekly session ratified a draft project providing for keeping Jerusalem under Israeli control as the capital of Israel, "which will remain forever under the exclusive sovereignty of Israel."
Israel-European Union, Politics, 3/15/1999
EU parliamentarians stress the Arab identity of Jerusalem
Speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly Abdul Qader Qaddoura met on Sunday in Damascus with a European parliamentary delegation led by Deputy Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee in the European Union Parliament Hannes Swoboda.
Syria-European Union, Politics, 3/15/1999
Lebanese operations against Israeli occupation in south Lebanon
Lebanese resistance forces on Sunday carried out a series of operations against the Israeli occupation forces in the occupied part of south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/15/1999
AL chief confers with Jerusalem bishop in exile
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid received in Cairo on Sunday the bishop of Jerusalem in exile, Helarine Cappucci, and discussed with him the question of Jerusalem and means of finding effective Arab and international support for the Arab and Palestinian rights in the city.
Regional, Politics, 3/15/1999
Ocalan accuses Greece of handing him over
Turkish defense lawyer Ahmad Zaki Oglo, who represents the leader of the Kurdistan's Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has announced that Ocalan accused Greece, especially the former chief of the secret intelligence system, recently impeached, of handing him over to the Turkish authorities.
Regional-Greece, Politics, 3/15/1999
Poll: Most Jordanians support confederation with Palestine
The Jordanian newspaper al-Arab al-Youm conducted a poll today in which it found that most Jordanians support distinguished federal relations between Jordan and Palestine, but after an independent Palestinian state is established.
Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 3/15/1999
Draft of the concluding statement for the Arab foreign ministers meeting
The draft statement obtained by ArabicNews.com shows the Arab states taking a clear stance that asks the United States and Britain not to use force against Iraq in the two no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq, laying the full international responsibility on the two countries' governments, considering the shelling as an internationally illegal aggressive action
Regional, Politics, 3/15/1999
Egypt renews backing to Morocco's territorial integrity
Egypt-Morocco, Politics, 3/15/1999
Idex military exposition opened in Abu Dhabi, as Gulf states plan 100 billion in spending on arms
The United Arab Emirates' fourth defense exposition, Idex '99 military exhibition, was opened by Crown Prince (and deputy commander in chief) Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
United Arab Emirates-International, Military, 3/15/1999
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Jordanian Minister of Information Naser al-Lewzy announced that the Egyptian foreign minister along with his Jordanian counterpart and the Palestinian minister responsible for peace negotiations are going hold a three-way- meeting in Amman within days.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa announced that the request of Iraq to the Arab League to lift the air embargo from southern and northern Iraq, the so-called no-fly zone, would be presented at the coming Arab foreign ministers' meeting. Meanwhile, he renewed his confirmation of the Arab League's refusal to divide Iraq in any way.
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The Iraqi authorities on Saturday executed eight persons who were convicted of assassinating two clergymen in 1998 and of an attempt to kill a third. Iraqi dailies published on Sunday said, quoting a statement released by the general security directorate, that the eight executed persons admitted to the assassination of Ayatollah Ali al-Ozawi and Sheikh Ali Muhammad al-Brujerdi in 1998 and the attempt to assassinate Ayatollah Ali al-Yetsani in 1996.
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Columbian President Andres Pastrana is expected in Morocco next Wednesday on a one-day working visit to give a new momentum to cooperation between the two countries in various sectors.
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More than 10,000 Iraqi children and elderly died last January of malnutrition against 766 lives claimed during the same month in 1989. The Iraqi health department said some 9,162 children and elderly died last February in Iraq against 835 recorded during the same month in 1989 before the enforcement of the UN sanctions against Baghdad in 1990 after the Gulf War.
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Palestinian Agriculture Minister Hikmat Zaid arrived Sunday in Morocco for talks with Moroccan officials on ways of boosting partnership between the two sides in matters of agriculture and related sectors.
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Saleh al-Armouti has won the post of chairman of the Bar Association in Jordan in succession of Hussein Majli. In elections that began on Friday al-Armouti won some 1,430 votes from the 2,622 voters who took part in the elections.
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A Palestinian center for human rights demanded that United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan intervene with the Israeli government to uncover the fates of 57 missing Palestinians.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss will inaugurate the works of ninth session of the Arab National Conference today in Beirut, in association with 230 intellectuals, researchers and persons concerned with Arab affairs in all the Arab states.
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President of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Sunday received the first deputy for the Parliament speaker in the Republic of Djibouti, Fahmi Ahmad for bilateral talks.
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The organization of the "Hawks of revenge for Abu" which is pro the Kurdistani Workers Party (PKK) has announced responsibility for the attack carried out on Saturday against a trade center in Istanbul and resulted in killing 13 persons. The Turkish daily Hurriyet said on Sunday that an unidentified person phoned the Turkish "TF star Networking" private TV and stressed that the said organization carried out the attack. This is the third attack which targeted a trade center in Istanbul during this week.
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The fourth Syrian-German-Lebanese neurosurgery conference on the treatment of epilepsy and traumas of the nervous system was opened on Sunday in Damascus under the patronage of Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi.
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Some 22 persons were killed on Sunday in confrontations that erupted between warring groups in the northern parts of the Somali capital, Makadishu. AFP quoted local Somali dailies as saying the confrontations took place between armed men from a certain Somali faction, which it did not identify, and others working for businessmen in the area of the Somali capital.
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Algerian security forces on Sunday killed two members of the extremist Armed Islamic Group near the headquarters of Medea municipality, 90 km from the capital, Algiers, said the Algerian daily al-Chaab.
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Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Saturday in Damascus received Omani Minister of Higher Education Yahyah Bin Mahouz al-Munziri and members of his accompanying delegation who conveyed a message from Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed of Oman.
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