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Al-Assad meets Mandella in Damascus
Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandella arrived on Sunday night in Damascus. He was welcomed at the Damascus airport by President Hafez al-Assad, as well high ranking Syrian officials.
Syria-South Africa, Politics, 10/18/1999
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Regional, Editorial, 10/18/1999
Moroccan government under fire
Influential members of parties forming the Moroccan socialist-led government criticized the cabinet for being unable to implement hoped-for reforms.
Morocco, Politics, 10/18/1999
Youssoufi: Morocco wants to live in peace with Algeria
Moroccan Premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, renewed Morocco's will "to live in peace with neighboring Algeria."
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/18/1999
King Fahd gets message from Chad's president
Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz received a message on Sunday for King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz from Chadain President Idris Debi.
Saudi Arabia-Chad, Politics, 10/18/1999
Syria accuses Israel of burying nuclear waste in the occupied Arab lands
Syrian Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Abd al-Hamid Munajjid accused Israel of burying dangerous and nuclear waste in the occupied Arab lands and in the Mediterranean Sea, saying that Israel dumps the waste in the Arab lands and waters.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 10/18/1999
Moussa hails releasing the Palestinian prisoners
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa stated that releasing the Palestinian detainees and moving toward opening the secure passage as well as the decision to dissolve some settlements give positive indications that are followed by Egypt.
Egypt, Politics, 10/18/1999
King Abdullah and the future of Jordanians of Palestinian origin
Jordan's King Abdullah II has talked about the future of Jordanians of Palestinian origin who carry Jordanian passports and live in Jordan in case a final status agreement is reached, especially concerning the refugees and the evacuees from 1948 and 1967.
Jordan, Politics, 10/18/1999
Al-Assad gets a message from King Abdullah
President Hafez al-Assad on Sunday at the Damascus al-Shaab palace received the Jordanian foreign minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib.
Syria-Jordan, Politics, 10/18/1999
Saudi authories start investigations into al-Sayegh
The Saudi authories started their investigation of Hani al-Sayegh, one of the suspects involved in exploding the Khobar Towers housing complex in Saudi Arabia. He was handed over by the USA to Saudi Arabia last week.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/18/1999
GCC- US ninth session on economic dialogue
The Gulf Cooperation Council states and the US started on Sunday in Abu Dhabi works of their ninth session on economic dialogue between the GCC member states and the US.
Gulf-USA, Politics, 10/18/1999
Queen Noor fights landmines in Phnom Penh
The widow of the late Jordanian King Hussein, Queen Noor, arrived in Pnom Penh in a three-day visit, during which she intends to highlight the need to find backing for landmines' victims.
Jordan-Cambodia, Politics, 10/18/1999
Yemen: al- Mihdar shot to death
Yemen, Politics, 10/18/1999
Safe passage might open Monday
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators continued their contacts Sunday night trying to solve the remaining obstacles to opening the safe passage between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Palestine, Politics, 10/18/1999
Algeria to boost parliamentary relations with France, EU
The speaker of the Algerian Ummah council Basheer Bu Maza discussed on Sunday in Algiers with the member at the French Senate and the chairman of the French-Algerian friendship society means of developing relations between the Algerian Ummah council and the French Senate.
Algeria-France, Politics, 10/18/1999
Islamic development bank marks 25 years of achievements
The bank's plans and programs raised inter-trade from 4 to 10% and aims to raise it to 13%.
Regional, Economics, 10/18/1999
Bahrain to host meeting of gulf insurance firms
Bahrain will host next December the first meeting of insurance companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.
Gulf, Business, 10/18/1999
Kuwaiti daily banned for 5 days
The Kuwaiti news agency said on Sunday that the Kuwaiti authorities has suspended the issuance of the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah for five days over publishing statements for an Islamic leader in which he strongly criticises the US and an Emir decree.
Kuwait, Politics, 10/18/1999
Hawatemah in Jordan in preparations to meet with Arafat
The secretary general of the " Democratic front for the Liberation of Palestine" Nayef Hawatemah announced in Amman on Saturday that a second round of reconciliation dialogue between his front and the " fatah" movements, led by the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will be held in the Jordanian capital, Amman next month.
Jordan, Politics, 10/18/1999
Hamas leaders in food strike
The defendant for the detainees of the Islamic resistance movement "Hamas" Saleh al-Armouti said on Sunday that its political office chairman Khaled Mashaal and its spokesman Ibrahim Ghoushe and four of their escorts who were arrested on September 22 started on Saturday an open food strike in al-Jweida prison, South Amman in protest of the slow measures taken by the Jordanian government in settling their question through a political understanding or judicial court.
Jordan, Politics, 10/18/1999
Morocco committed to closing human rights dossier, Youssoufi says
Morocco is committed to close once and for all the human rights dossier, Moroccan Premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, said.
Morocco, Politics, 10/18/1999
Abu Marzouk and the question of Hamas
Hamas political bureau member Mousa Abu Marzouk said his idea for settling the question of the Hamas movement with Jordan is through the release of the detainees and opening a dialogue with the Jordanian government concerning all issues of concern to serve the interests of the two sides.
Jordan, Politics, 10/18/1999
Disney retreats from commitment to establish Palestinian wing in Florida exhibition, Sobeah
Ambassador Mohamed Sobeah, the Palestinian delegate to the Arab League, accused the US Walt Disney Company of retreating from its commitment to establish a Palestinian wing in its exhibition in the US state of Florida on the occasion of celebrations of the third millenium.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 10/18/1999
Palestinian women still seen as inferior by fellow men
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported Saturday that 68 percent of women who have inheritance rights were not to able to achieve those rights.
Palestine, Culture, 10/18/1999
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is to hold talks today with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, as the Palestinian president is arriving today in Cairo, coming from Tokyo, where he participated in a meeting of the donor countries.
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has asserted that joint border demarcation with the Saudi Arabia await its " happy end " in the beginning of next year through reconciliation. In a statement to the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah issued on Sunday, the Yemeni President added " on light of these results I called on my brothers in Saudi Arabia to have joint investment and economic cooperation in oil and smelting projects in Yemen.
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Agriculture minister Habib El Malki unveiled Saturday in Agadir the three major axes of his department strategy in production and exportation of citrus fruit saying competition, productivity and quality requirements make it a must to act at the three levels of consolidation of traditional markets, prospection of new ones and upgrading of profitability and internal market.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak met on Sunday with the Jordan's Prince Hassan Bin Talal, who arrived in Israel earlier in the day to take part in the seminar organized by Tel Aviv University on the occasion of celebrating the fifth anniversary of signing the Wadi Araba agreement between Israel and Jordan, according to Israel Radio.
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Palestinian sources reported over the weekend that a tense situation has spread inside Asqalan prison where Palestinian security prisoners are held. The tension, the sources said, followed a number of measures taken by the prison authority against the prisoners.
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US Secretary of Commerce William Daley yesterday urged the Gulf states to make economic reforms, saying that the private sector could make an approach with Israel. He told UAE businessmen in Abu Dhabi, "We should benefit from this stage" to implement what he called "difficult choices," because if petroleum prices stagnated it would be difficult to start the necessary economic reforms, adding that regional trade will take place through the private sector describing the role begun by the private sector in the Gulf states as important.
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The Moroccan Press Union (SNPM) has called on print media journalists to go on strike on October 22. The strike will be staged to claim a global change in the country's press to adapt relevant laws to the new requirements of the profession, SNPM secretary general, Younes Moujahid said at a meeting.
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A high ranking German delegation will arrive in al-Manama on October 23 in the course of strengthening trade relations between Bahrain and al-Manama.
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A Belgian drug dealer was arrested recently at the port of Tangiers (northern Morocco) with more than 1,000 kg of cannabis extract, locally known as chira. The banned substance was concealed in the dealer's Belgium-plated truck.
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