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Children's parliament to hold four sessions this year
The institution is conceived as a forum of meetings and exchanges and an opportunity for children to express their opinion and propose solutions as part of the implementation of the UN convention on children's rights.
Regional, Culture, 4/2/1999
Arafat: No decision on delay of Palestinian state until leadership meeting
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said on Thursday that he will not take a final decision concerning the declaration of the Palestinian state before May 4 after a plenary meeting of the Palestinian leadership.
Palestine, Politics, 4/2/1999
Sanctions on Libya to be suspended immediately after Lockerbie suspects handed over
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa received the Arab League's deputy at the UN, Hussein Hassona, who presented to Moussa the Arab issues raised at the UN, specifically Iraq and the Lockerbie impasse.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 4/2/1999
Mubarak's visit to China, Japan to strengthen cooperation
Moussa also said China is a great country with a political and economic role not in Asia only but also in Africa and in the world as a whole. He added that it plays an effective role in light of its membership in the UN Security Council. Moussa said China is an example to be followed in economic development and reform, establishing free and industrial zones.
Egypt-International, Politics, 4/2/1999
Preparations for the meeting of Iraqi conference in Washington fail
US officials refused to comment on news reported by circles in the Iraqi opposition on difficulties facing the chairman of the executive council of the opposition Iraqi National Conference, Ahmad al-Jalabi, and his thinking to submit his resignation during a meeting for the council under preparation in London.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/2/1999
New royal grave discovered in Bahrain
Archaeological works in Bahrain aim at having a better understanding for the "vague" civilization of Delmon which flourished in Bahrain and the Eastern coasts of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait especially in the era between 2000-1700 BC.
Bahrain, Culture, 4/2/1999
Saudi FM says his visit to Russia was positive
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has described talks he held with Russian Minister of the Interior Sergey Stepashin on Wednesday in Moscow as important and held in a friendly, frank and practical atmosphere.
Saudi Arabia-Iran-Russia, Politics, 4/2/1999
Lebanese president meets Austrian minister
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Thursday received the Austrian minister of state for foreign affairs, currently visiting Lebanon.
Lebanon-Austria, Politics, 4/2/1999
Mrs. Clinton ends North African tour
The US first lady, who attended several conferences, round-tables and toured various US-supported projects, called for tolerance and understanding among peoples and for the respect of human dignity.
Morocco-USA, Politics, 4/2/1999
Some 140 operations carried out by Lebanese resistance in March
news reports from south Lebanon said that 75 Israeli bulldozers started to construct ring-roads inside the occupied part of south Lebanon in an attempt to limit the explosives and ambushes planted by the Lebanese resistance men against the occupation troops.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/2/1999
Development of horticulture in Syria
The agricultural sector in the Syrian economy has traditionally been heavily dependent on the level and distribution of rainfall as 80% of the land under cultivation is rain-fed. In spite of various ambitious irrigation projects, this dependency has not fundamentally changed over the years.
Syria, Agriculture, 4/2/1999
Ethiopian - Yemeni talks center on the situation in the African Horn
A well-informed diplomatic source in Addis Ababa said that a high-ranking delegation including four ministers led by Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin will visit Sanaa on April 9 to take part in the joint higher ministerial committee which will last for three days.
Yemen-Ethiopia, Politics, 4/2/1999
Sudanese army repels three attacks by Garang's forces
Spokesman for the Sudanese Army, Lt. Gen. Muhammad Othman Yassin, has announced that the army was able to deter three attacks by the opposition Sudanese People's Liberation Army, led by John Garang.
Sudan, Politics, 4/2/1999
Tunisian President receives Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives
Tunisian president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali conferred Thursday in Tunis with speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives Abdelouahed Radi on bilateral relations, the situation in the Maghreb and ways of boosting cooperation between the two countries' legislative bodies.
Tunisia-Morocco, Politics, 4/2/1999
Rebel forces executed four Sudanese
An official at the International Committee of the Red Cross has announced that the Sudanese People's Liberation Army executed four Sudanese who were arrested in February while they were escorting a delegation from the ICRC.
Sudan, Politics, 4/2/1999
King Abdullah to visit Saudi Arabia
An announcement was made on Thursday in Amman in that Jordan's King Abdullah will start next week an official visit to Saudi Arabia. A statement by the Jordanian royal court said the visit comes at the invitation of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz.
Jordan-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 4/2/1999
Jordan denies selling or leasing lands to Israeli investors
Jordanian Minister of Waters and Irrigation Kamel Mahadeen has denied a report published on Wednesday by an Israeli daily that a group of Israeli investors had bought some 80 dunnums from lands in Zara district at US $2.4 million, in collaboration with a French company.
Jordan, Economics, 4/2/1999
Iran warns of increasing ethnic purges in Kosovo
Iran warned yesterday that the strikes launched by NATO on Yugoslavia will increase the problems of Moslems in Kosovo.
Regional-Iran-Yugoslavia, Politics, 4/2/1999
The oldest man in Syria dies at 148, had one hundred grandchildren
On Wednesday the oldest man in Syria Hussein al-Chazli died in al-Mseifra town, in the northern Syrian province of Daraa, bordering Jordan, at 148 years old.
Syria, Local, 4/2/1999
3.5 million tourists visited Egypt last year
Egyptian Minister of Tourism Mamdouh El-Beltagi announced that 3.5 million tourists have visited Egypt during 1998.
Egypt, Economics, 4/2/1999
Arab parliamentary delegation in Baghdad to express solidarity
An Arab parliamentary delegation is expected in Baghdad this Friday to express solidarity with the Iraqi people who have been facing an international embargo for over nine years.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 4/2/1999
Israeli-Dutch relations deteriorate over the background of El Al crash
The London-based "Jewish Chronicle" dail reported on Thursday that relations between Holland and Israel have greatly deteriorated following facts disclosed by a Dutch parliamentary committee over the crash of an Israeli Boeing 747 aircraft over a residential area in the city of Amsterdam in 1992.
Israel-Netherlands, Politics, 4/2/1999
Saudi Arabia has condemned the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo
Saudi Arabia has condemned the massacre and expulsion of thousands of Muslims in Kosovo by Serb forces and deplored the policy of ethnic cleansing being practiced by the government of Slobodan Milosevic.
Saudi Arabia-Yugoslavia, Politics, 4/2/1999
Islamic Organizations send humanitarian relief to Kosovo
The International Islamic Relief Agency and the Islamic World Union announced on Thursday the start of fund-collecting campaigns for the Kosovo-Albanians.
Regional-Yugoslavia, Economics, 4/2/1999
Morocco prospects business and partnership with French northern city
A Moroccan-French business and partnership meeting was held on Wednesday in Lille, northern France, in the frame of "le Temps du Maroc en France," the year-long festival on Morocco hosted by France in 1999.
Morocco-France, Economics, 4/2/1999
Morocco and Canada sign agreement on stocks
Under the second document, Canada will host training sessions in stock markets's regulations and control for executives of the Moroccan CDVM.
Morocco-Canada, Politics, 4/2/1999
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The Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Youssef Wali said that achieving the real interests of the Sudanese people and maintaining Sudan's unity was and will still be one of the main principals of Egyptian policy.
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The general trusteeship of the Arab Journalists Union condemned In a statement the Israeli measures taken by Prime Minster Netanyahu against the Palestinian corporations in Jerusalem, at the top of which comes the Palestinian news agency, thus preventing the Palestinian vote and silencing Palestinian views. They called on organizations defending press liberty and journalists to quicky intervene and denouncing the suppressive measures in Jerusalem.
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The Iraqi government renewed its condemnation of NATO strikes against Yugoslavia. An official Iraq's ruling El-Baath Party, Abd El-Gani Abd El- Gafour, asserted that this invasion forms a violation of the United Nations charter and international law.
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani, will hold an official visit to China on April 8 - 11.
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A friendship group with Morocco was set up last week at the British Parliament, in the presence of Morocco's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Khalil Haddaoui. The new group, chaired by labor MP Kerry Pollard, comprises around 60 representatives from the three major British parties, Labor, Conservatives and Liberal-Democrats.
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Romanian Minister of Culture Ion Caramitru, who started on Thursday a working visit to Morocco, conferred with his Moroccan peer, Mohamed Achaari, on means of upgrading bilateral cooperation in education and culture.
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Omani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Youssef Bin Alawi called upon Israel to withdraw from the Golan, south Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories as well as to implement signed agreements, foremost being the right of the Palestinian people to establish their own independent state with Jerusalem as a capital.
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The French "Express" magazine has asserted in its most recent issue published in Paris on Thursday that Jordan is preparing to witness a hard summer this year due to Israel's non-commitment to what the two sides had agreed upon in 1994 to provide Jordan with 50 million cubic meters of water. Israel said it will limit the amount of water delivered to Jordan to less than half of the set amount.
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