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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has released a pardon for some 41,000 "public rights" prisoners. The Algerian News Agency said that most of those prisoners who were governed by the pardon are from poor families and that the pardon aimed at giving them a new chance to rebuild their lives. The pardon was announced just a few hours before a speech read on Saturday night by the Algerian president in which he explained the framework of his policy. This was President Bouteflika's first speech since he assumed power on April 27, after he was elected president of the country. Go

Bahraini Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa has enacted an executive decision providing for appointing Sheikh Khaleifa Bin Salman al-Khaleifa as prime minister and assigning him to form the new Cabinet. Go

Well-informed Lebanese sources said that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa will visit Beirut tomorrow and meet with high-ranking Lebanese officials in order to discuss developments and maintain coordination between the two leaders in a phase rich with developments in the Lebanese and regional arenas, the Lebanese daily al-Safir said on Monday. Go

President Hafez al-Assad on Sunday received at the Damascus al-Chaab palace the new ambassadors for some 11 countries who handed President al-Assad their credentials. Go

The Sudanese government started a training campaign for thousands of high school students who are expected to be sent to areas where the government's forces are fighting against rebels in southern Sudan. Go

Jordan's King Abdullah Bin Hussein received an invitation on Sunday from Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to visit Sudan. The cable King Abdullah received from the Sudanese president stressed that the visit of the Jordanian king to Sudan "will be a chance for consultation on the causes of the Arab nation and means of developing bilateral relations." Go

An exhibition for Egyptian products will be established in the French capital, Paris, in March 2000 under the title Egypt Expo 2000, which will be organized by the Egyptian - French Business Association in cooperation with the chamber of trade and industry. Go

A Tunisian team won the International Athletics Meet held over the weekend in Tunisia. Morocco came in second position followed by Egypt. Go

Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa on Sunday in Cairo discussed with a German parliamentary delegation led by Junta Klora conditions in the Middle East and the results of Moussa's Saturday visit to Damascus. Go

The general assembly for the Arab Satellite Communications Corporation (Arabsat) has decided to resume services to Iraq after delayed sums borne by Iraq estimated at US $3 million were refunded. Arabsat had suspended its services to Iraq since 1991. Go

Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zoubi met today with the director general of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), Abdullatif Al-Hamad. They discussed projects currently being implemented in Syria and projects to which the fund could contribute, especially industrial and irrigation projects. Go

A US jet today fired a missile in the vicinity of Mosul, Iraq while flying as part of Operation Northern Watch. The US said in a statement from Incirlik air force base in Turkey that jets patrolling the no-fly zone over northern Iraq were targeted by Iraqi radar and fired on by Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery. The statement said the jets returned safely to the base. Go