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Israeli occupation forces have committed flagrant violations to provisions of the April Understanding by bombarding, on Sunday night, the residential areas in Eita al-Jabal town. Go

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz will visit Cairo in the first week of June and will hold talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on issues pertaining to the Arab region and relations between the two countries. Go

Russian President Boris Yelstin on Monday signed a decree to resume diplomatic and economic relations between Russia and Libya after the UN Security council has suspended the sanctions imposed on Libya because of the Lockerbie incident. The Russian presidential decree is applicable to all state establishments and industrial and trade companies working in the areas of transport, banking, organizations, and legal commissions, falling under Russian law. Go

A Palestinian official announced that the proclaimation of the independent Palestinian state would take place on November 15. The Algerian Khabar newspaper quoted yesterday the official (who spoke on condition of anonymity) as saying that the specification of this date coincides with the proclaimation that took place in Algeria more than 10 years ago when Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat announced the establishment of the state during the meeting of the Palestinian National Council in 1988. Go

The Lebanese daily al-Nahar said on today that Lebanese President Emile Lahoud will visit Jordan at the end of the current month at the invitation of the Jordanian King Abdullah Bin Hussein. Go

Moroccan Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed coordinator of the bureaux and services of the general staff of the Royal Armed Forces, met on Monday a Saudi military delegation, led by chief of staff, Gen. Saleh Benali Al Mohaya. The crown prince chaired over a work session with the Saudi military delegation in the presence of Moroccan military officers. Go

The US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has called for the need to make a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process saying: "What we want is a complete peace process to proceed forward, which means not only the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations but also the Syrian-Lebanese track." Go

During his meeting yesterday with the members of the board of directors of the trade chamber at Alexandria, the US ambassador to Cairo, Daniel Kurtzer, confirmed that the United States is greatly concerned with enhancing the Middle East peace process, regardless of the results of yesterday's Israeli elections. The members of the trade chamber at Alexandria called for taking part in the conference and festival that will be held under the slogan of "From donation to trade," organized by USAid to push the movement of Egypt exports forward either by supporting export companies or through bringing exporters from the USA and the whole world to Egypt to learn about Egypt's upgraded industries during the period of June 18 - 24. Go

Tunis is hosting the second Euro-Mediterranean meeting on international trade that will finalize the project to set a computerized network between trade promotion institutions. Go

Iran and the United Kingdom have agreed to exchange ambassadors, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook announced today. Iran will assign Gholamreza Ansari as Iranian ambassador to London, while the UK will send Nick Browne to serve as British ambassador in Tehran. Go

Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs Abdul Rahman al-Sheibani said that the executive bureau's 27th course of the council of the Arab transport ministers, which will be held on May 19, will discuss a number of matters related to transport strategy in the Arab states. Go

The Algerian daily al-Muhaqiq said on Monday that the security forces killed 25 armed men during a major mopping-up operation carried out in the woods of Seidi Ali Bu Nab and Meizranah in Tizi Ouzou province, 130 km from the capital, Algiers. Go

The Egyptian daily al-Osbo quoted Egyptian diplomatic sources as saying that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will hold a visit to Damascus at the beginning of next month to discuss a joint Arab strategy to move towards the peace process following the Israeli elections. Go

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said he is ready to go to Damascus at the time when "the brothers in Syria are ready for dialogue." Arafat added in a statement to the Egyptian daily al-Ahram published on Monday that he had received proposals from Russia, US and Europe to resume the peace process following the Israeli elections. Go

The Jordanian weekly al-Hadath said in its most recent issue that high-ranking Jordanian political sources expected Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa to arrive in Amman by the end of the current month. Go

The Jordanian weekly al-Hadath on Monday quoted diplomatic sources as saying that the Syrian leadership has postponed the reopening and operation the Syrian-Iraqi oil pipeline for an indefinite time after the UN sanctions committee refused to give its prior consent to reopen this line. Go