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The Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss today visited the Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa in Beirut and expressed for him best wishes for a quick recovery in the name of the name of the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud and his own name. Medical sources in Beirut said that al-Sharaa was admitted to hospital earlier in the day after he had heart problem, noting that al-Sharaa is still receiving treatment and he is in a critical condition., Meanwhile, Al-Jazira TV reported that heart surgery was done successfully. Go

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan on Sunday in Abu Dhabi received Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid who delivered a message from King Mohammed VI. The content of the message was not disclosed. Prince Moulay Rachid also conferred with the heir apparent Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed. Go

Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa denied on Saturday a report in Israel's Yediot Ahronot newspaper that Egypt had reached an antiterrorism agreement with the USA, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. "These reports are untrue and inaccurate," Moussa said. Go

Flights from Italy's Alitalia airline to Algeria are to resume on December 1, with two flights per week, Algerian News Agency reported, adding that the agreement was reached after visits between Air Algerie and Alitalia during July and September. Go

Speaker of the Cypriot parliament, Spyrus Kebriyano, arrives in Damascus tonight, leading a parliamentary delegation on a four-day visit to Syria. During his visit, the Cypriot officials and members of the accompanying delegation will hold parliamentary talks and official meetings with several officials. Go

King Mohammed VI has sent French president, Jacques Chirac, a message that was conveyed last Friday by minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, said a source of the Moroccan embassy in Paris. Go

Algerian official sources said on Sunday in Algiers that a delegation representing the European Union led by the Finnish coordinating ambassador for the Barcelona process will visit Algeria on Thursday to hold talks with Algerian officials concerning the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. Go

Tehran Radio said on Saturday that two Iraqi prisoners of war asked for asylum in Iran and refused to return to Iraq after Iran released them within a group of prisoners that included 276 Iraqi prisoners. Go

Six agreements were signed yesterday to implement sanitation and sewage projects in Aden governorate, Saba reported. Go

The Iranian President Muhammad Khatami has announced that the Iranian Jews who are currently suspended under charges of spying for Israel " should be tried fairly and released in case they are found not guilty." Go

The board of directors of the Islamic Development Bank agreed to Yemen's request to participate in a project for establishing water barriers in Abyan governorate to increasing water reserves as well as to benefit frmo flood water in irrigation instead of wasting it in the sea. Go

The French news bulletin Top Urgent released in Paris on Friday said the chief of the Lebanese security department, Lt. Gen. Jamil al-Sayyed, will visit France for the second time at the end of this year, after he visited it for five days last week. Lt. Gen. Al-Sayyed discussed with officials at the French Ministry of the Interior and officials concerned means of establishing mechanisms for cooperation and the exchange of information, as well as the conditions of the Palestinians in Lebanon. The two sides agreed to train Lebanese security cadres in France. Go