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Executive measures are currently taking place to establish two cultural exchange centers between Egypt and Turkey, where an Egyptian cultural center in Ankara is to be established and another similar center is to be opened in Egypt, in light of the measures taken by the two countries to boost bilateral relations. An Egyptian diplomatic source told ArabicNews.com that the two centers form a civilized modern form for bilateral relations between Egypt and Turkey. Go

A four-year old Egyptian girl won a kilogram of gold, one of the prizes presented by Egyptian companies taking part in the second festival for tourism and merchandise currently being held in Egypt. By coincidence, the mother of the girl, named Hadir Hesham Mohammed, had bought a gold present for her daughter valued at 100 pounds ($30) when the family won a gold bar weiging one kilogram worth LE 135,000. Go

Japan has presented a grant for Syria valued at 47.8 million Japanese yen ($400,000) to buy visual and sound equipment for the natural history museum that is to be built at Khan Assad Basha in the middle of old Damascus in light of mutual scientific and technical cooperation between the two countries. Go

Regular train trips between Syria and Jordan started yesterday, the Jordanian news agency, Petra, reported, adding that there will be three trips weekly for passengers and one trip weekly for goods. Go

King Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan will chair over his first ministers council on Monday, the spokesman for the Moroccan government announced on Thursday where the king will address the King's orientation on polivy matters said Khalid Alioua at a press briefing held at the end of the weekly meeting of the Government council, chaired by Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi. Go

Yemen and Germany signed two cooperation agreements, the first to extend the German Technical Cooperation Agency's activities in Yemen, and the second to provide 40 million marks in German financial aid for Yemeni public service projects, Saba reported. Go

Syria and Iraq have signed a telecommunications agreement that will boost telecom and postal cooperation, Bahrain Tribune reported. Go

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat met yesterday in Ramallah with Jordanian Agriculture Minister Hashem Shboul, Petra reported. The report added that Arafat and Shboul discussed increasing Jordan's economic and agricultural cooperation. Go

The Palestinian - Israeli joint steering committee met yesterday to discuss implementation of the remaining portions of the Wye River agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's media advisor said today in a statement. Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat agreed to a two-week period during which the committee will "consolidate recommendations for the needs and mechanisms to implement their mutual commitments," the statement said. Go

Canada and the UAE are considering an arrangement under which a national of one country who committed a crime in the other would serve their sentence in their home country, Khaleej Times reported, adding that the program would be aimed at reducing recidivism. Go

Iraq called for the removal of restraints imposed by UN sanctions that obstruct its use of the scientific developments and technology in field of exploring space and using it for peaceful purposes. Baghdad radio said that the permanent Iraqi deputy at UNESCO, Ali El-Mashat, has informed the UN's 3rd conference concerned with exploring outer space and using it for peaceful purposes, which is currently being held in Vienna, that the sanctions caused great harm to the Iraqi space program and other scientific programs. Go