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Gulf foreign ministers meet in Riyadh
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has expressed his hope that the Middle East peace process will witness serious steps toward returning to the basics and principles adopted during Madrid conference and resumeing negotiations on all tracks to return all rights to their legitimate owners.
Saudi Arabia-Gulf, Politics, 11/8/1999
El-Baz: Egypt supports all progress in the peace process
The political advisor of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Osama El-Baz, said the aim of President Mubarak's meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is supporting the peace process to reach final status negotiations.
Egypt, Politics, 11/8/1999
King Abdullah heads to Qatar
Jordan, Politics, 11/8/1999
Tripartite meetings in Paris
The London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily said in its Sunday issue that observers in the French capital do not rule out convening of a tripartite meeting between French President Jacques Chirac, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in the course of the series of meetings the French president is holding with Mubarak, currently visiting Paris, and Barak.
Regional, Politics, 11/8/1999
French president confers with Bashar al-Assad
French President Jacques Chirac on Sunday received Bashar al-Assad, son of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, at the Paris Elysee Palace.
Syria-France, Politics, 11/8/1999
British parliament Galloway's caravan in Iraq
On his second day in Iraq, British Parliament member George Galloway visited the children's hospital in Baghdad and he, together with members of his accompanying delegation, inspected the pavilion which accommodates Leukemia-infected children.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 11/8/1999
King Mohammed renews attachment to UN Sahara plan
King Mohammed VI on Saturday renewed Morocco's attachment to the United Nations settlement for the Sahara on condition that all people of Sahrawi origin be registered on voters' lists.
Morocco, Politics, 11/8/1999
UAE for a peaceful solution to island conflicts with Iran
United Arab Emirates Minister of Defense Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashed al-Maktoum on Sunday said his country seeks to reach a peaceful solution to the standing conflict with Iran over three disputed Gulf islands.
United Arab Emirates-Iran, Politics, 11/8/1999
Iran for helping Lebanon rebuild
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi met on Sunday in Tehran with Lebanese Minister of Transport and Public Works Najib Meiqati, currently visiting Iran.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 11/8/1999
Report: More normalization with Israel cultivated by Albright
The Paris-based al-Muharrir news said in a special report from London that US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has quickly cultivated the fruits of her tiring and persistent efforts since Ehud Barak assumed power in Israel to open Arab normalization doors in his face.
Regional, Politics, 11/8/1999
Tourism demand is strong in Bethlehem
The city of Bethlehem has been witnessing since last month an unpreceded expanded tourism movement, and it is expected that the numbers of tourists and Christian pilgrims are to increase more and more with the approach of celebrating the end of the second millenium since the birth of Jesus Christ.
Palestine, Economics, 11/8/1999
Iranian president confers with Saudi oil minister
Iranian President Muhammad Khatami on Sunday received in Tehran the Saudi Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Ali al-Nueimi.
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Economics, 11/8/1999
Refining electoral schedules in Egypt
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced the procedures for opening registration for citizens in the electoral schedules (lists of eligible voters) in different areas and in police stations in the different governorates, which will last until January 31 for those who are at least 18 years old according to the law's provisions.
Egypt, Politics, 11/8/1999
Sheikh Yassin and Netanya explosion
The leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Sheikh Ahmad Yaasin, stressed on Sunday, commenting on the same day's explosion which resulted in wounding tens of Israelis in Netanya, north of Tel Aviv, that his movement "opposes launching attacks against civilians, but it will continue to resist the Israeli occupation."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/8/1999
Omani FM defends Mauritania's decision towards Israel
Omani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Youssef Bin Alawi has defended the decision taken by Mauritania to establish diplomatic relations with Israel and considered Mauritania's decision in this regard as a matter of "sovereignty."
Oman-Mauritania, Politics, 11/8/1999
Ruler of Kuwait confers with British duke
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Sunday in Kuwait received the Duke of York in Britain, Prince Andrew.
Kuwait-UK, Politics, 11/8/1999
Mubarak grants medal of merit to Syria's ambassador to Cairo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa emphasized on the relation's strategy between Egypt and Syria.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 11/8/1999
Moroccan Sahrawis in Europe claim right to vote in referendum
The association of Moroccan Sahrawi tribes living in Europe called the UN secretary general to acknowledge their right to vote in the referendum.
Morocco, Politics, 11/8/1999
Egyptian Foreign Ministry to Egyptian travelers: Do not carry other people's bags
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a set of routine advice to Egyptian travelers abroad on the necessessity of avoiding carrying any bags belonging to anyone else, no matter what the reasons, especially if the owner of the bag is unknown to them.
Egypt, Culture, 11/8/1999
Final status negotiations commence between Palestinians and Israelis
Final status negotiations started today between the Palestinians and the Israelis and focused at the beginning on procedural matters and drawing up an agenda for the later sessions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/8/1999
Hamas warns of revenge campaigns against it
The battalions of the Izz El-Din El-Kassam, the military wing of the Hamas movement, warned against launching revenging campaigns against it.
Palestine, Politics, 11/8/1999
Iraqi opposition talks in Damascus
Iraq, Politics, 11/8/1999
US - Egyptian cooperation in repairing cemeteries of the pharaohs
Cooperation between Egypt and the USA is currently taking place in implementing a scientific archeological project to repair the royal caskets of the pharaohs, which is to start on March 1, 2000 in the cemetery of Ramses VI in the city of Luxor.
Egypt, Culture, 11/8/1999
Lebanese resistance operations against occupation forces
As a result of the operations carried out by the Lebanese resistance against the Israeli occupation troops and their militia allies' positions and centers, a state of fear and disorder is prevailing among the ranks of the Israeli army and their South Lebanon Army militia allies, reports said.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 11/8/1999
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa received Carlos Magarinos general manager of UNIDO organization (the UN Organization for Industrial Development), who is currently visiting Cairo in the Arab forum for UNIDO.
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French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine is to arrive on Friday in Cairo from Beirut for a two-day official visit, heading an official delegation at the conclusion of his tour of Syria and Lebanon. Diplomatic sources in the French embassy in Cairo said Vedrine will meet during his visit with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa to discuss regional and international topics of joint concern, the future of peace in the area and the development of the situation in Iraq.
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Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid met yesterday with Mostafa El-Sherif, Algeria's ambassador in Cairo and its permanent delegate at the Arab League, who assured to Abdul Meguid his country's support for the AL policy for solving Arab issues and problems and achieving comprehensive reconciliation.
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Moroccan Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi is taking part this Monday in the 21st International Socialist Congress together with representatives of 170 socialist parties and organizations from the world.
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Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid expressed the league's support for the Syrian stance toward resuming peace talks with Israel from their stopping point, saying that peace is not a gift presented by Israel to the Arabs because peace is in Israel's interest as well as in the Arab states' interests.
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The political advisor of Djibouti's president, Fahmi Ahmed Haj, told ArabicNews.com that the international community should try the tribal leaders in Somalia before the International Court of Justice, and he depicted them as warlords, saying the international community must prevent them from travelling abroad and restrain their residency.
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Egyptian Minister of Tourism Mamdouh El Beltagui said that the Egyptian policy toward tourism involves protection of the environment and creating sustainable development through the establishment of integrated tourism centers. "Egyptian tourist industry is integrated," said Beltagui, adding that his ministry uses state-of-the-art methods of promoting internal tourism.
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Pakistani leader General Pervez Musharraf met yesterday in Doha with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to discuss bilateral relations, Gulf Times reported.
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The Iraqi daily al-Thawra issued on Monday called on the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council to help lift the embargo imposed on Iraq during their Sunday meeting in Riyadh. The Iraqi paper added that the "Riyadh meeting should be fair and objective in calling for lifting the siege and halting the US-British aggression against Iraq."
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Bahraini Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa on Sunday appointed Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khaleifah al-Khaleifa as the new governor for the Bahraini central bank. News reports in Manama said the new governor was the executive director of banking operations at the central bank.
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The Mediterranean chemotherapy society will hold next year its 12th congress in Marrakesh (central Morocco). The announcement was made in Casablanca at a meeting to explain to professionals and experts the relevance of the congress, held for the first time in an African country.
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Iraq reiterated its opposition to the discussions of the five permanent member states in the United Nations Security Council aimed at agreeing on a new draft resolution that aims at suspending the sanctions imposed on Iraq since 1990.
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The experience of Sufism between art and philosophy is the topic of a Moroccan-Egyptian colloquy that will be held in Cairo in April 2000. The colloquy is held part of the cooperation accord binding the Egyptian Ain Shams University and the Moroccan Mohammedia College of Humanities. The Mohammedia college hosted last February a similar colloquy on mystic communication between Egypt and Morocco.
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A Mirage F-1 fighter jet from the Jordanian Armed Forces crashed today during a training flight, Petra reported, quoting a military spokesman as saying the jet "developed a technical defect that led the jet to crash into the ground," while the pilot ejected safely from the aircraft.
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A dead 23-meter long whale was cast off by the sea in the northern Moroccan Atlantic city of Larache. The mammal, weighing between 25 and 30 tons, was pregnant with a 4.5 meter-long baby whale.
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