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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Tuesday in Beirut received at the Baabda palace German Minister of Justice Herta Daeubler-Gmelin and members of the accompanying delegation. The German minister arrived in Beirut earlier in the day for a two-day visit to Lebanon in order to discuss with Lebanese officials means of strengthening bilateral relations. Go

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has sent king Mohammed VI a congratulations message on Morocco's independence day commemorated on November 18. "It is a happy opportunity in this blessed month when the Algerian people celebrates the anniversary of its glorious liberation war to recall the close links existing between our two brother countries and the sacrifices they have made all along the joint struggle for independence, dignity and freedom," Bouteflika wrote. Go

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz met on Tuesday in Riyadh with the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, currently visiting Saudi Arabia. Saudi - Bangladeshi relations and current conditions in the Arab and international arenas were reviewed during the meeting. Go

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Tuesday in Gaza received United Arab Emirates Minister of Information and Culture Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who arrived in Gaza in a first visit for a UNAE official for the Palestinian self rule territories. The Palestinian minister of housing Abdul Rahman Hamad said that the UAE minister will lay today ( Wednesday) the foundation stone for Sheikh Zayed city which will be built on the northern part of Gaza strip. Go

The Moroccan-Saudi joint commission will meet over the weekend in Riyadh, it was officially announced in Rabat on Tuesday. The meeting will be co-chaired by the Moroccan and Saudi foreign ministers, Mohamed Benaissa and Prince Saud Al-Faysal. Go

Saudi Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Ali al-Nueimi met on Tuesday in Riyadh with Mexican Secretary of Energy Luis Tellez Kuenzler and members of the accompanying delegation. Cooperation between the two countries in oil and mineral areas and the conditions of world oil markets were reviewed. Go

Portuguese foreign minister, Jaime Gama, arrived in Rabat on Wednesday for a brief visit. The Portuguese official told reporters he would confer with several cabinet members, including prime minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi, on bilateral relations, issues of mutual concern and Euro-Mediterranean relations. Go

The Yemeni - Algerian joint committee is to meet on November 22-27, Saba reported. Go

The Diabetics Disease Friends Society in Jordan has warned that this disease is affecting one third of the country's population, a matter which requires the implementation of urgent programs to avoid risks from this disease. In an earlier statement, Jordanian Minister of Health Yitzhak al-Maraka said that the rate of Jordanians who have this disease is 15% among the population. Go

Turkish Minister of State Hasan Gemici is expected in Morocco next Monday on a four day visit for talks with members of the Moroccan cabinet, including prime minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi. Go

King Mohammed VI received in Rabat Tuesday Issa Hayatou, chairman of the Cairo-based African football federation, whom he decorated with the Alawit Wissam of the commander rank. Go

The council of the Arab ministers of housing and public construction approved at the conclusion of their 17th session held on Tuesday in Cairo at the premises of the Arab League the adoption of two decisions by its executive bureau over the united Arab housing codes and the scientific seminar programs for the years 2000 through 2002. Go

Two pilots in the Yemeni Air Force were killed on Tuesday after their MiG 20 warplane crashed over a plantation to the east of Aden, in the southern part of the country. News reports in Aden quoted well-informed Yemeni sources as saying that the plane was on a routine training mission and that investigations started investigating the crash. Go

An Italian parliamentary delegation started on Tuesday a visit to Morocco for talks with members of the cabinet and the parliament on ways to upgrade bilateral cooperation. Go

The Algerian - German projects committee agreed on financing 20 projects at a cost of $24 million US, to be specified for environment projects, scientific research, purifying water, small and medium-sized corporations and agriculture, as well as reopening a bureau of the German cooperation corporation and sending German experts starting from the coming year to Algeria to train Algerians in different fields. Go

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Commander for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Major General Seth Kofi Obeng of Ghana will take over UNIFIL as as of December 1, replacing Major General Jioje Konousi Konrote of Fiji, who held the post from October 1, 1997 to September 1, 1999. Major General Obeng had served as Force Commander of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) from May 1, 1998 to October 31, 1999. Go

In the framework of Syria's celebrations of the 29th anniversary of the "Correctionist Movement," Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa laid the foundation for the new premises of the Foreign Ministry at Kafer Suseh quarter in Damascus. The four-building complex is to be built on an area of 40,000 square meters. Go

Over one hundred paintings by Moroccan artist Mehdi Qotbi were burnt Sunday in a criminal arson, the France-based artist told MAP. The 110 paintings were on display in a hotel in the French city of Lyon. Go

US Novelist Paul Bowles, 89, was taken Monday to a hospital in Tangiers, said sources close to the US author who is living in Tangiers. Bowles born in 1910 in New York is one of the beat generation authors. He is the author of "Tea in the Sahara" turned in a movie by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci. Go