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An armored car broke into the residence of former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri in the Borri area of Khartoum, yesterday. A group of armed persons were in the car and fired toward Nimeiri's house. Nimeiri's personal guards confronted the attackers, which forced them to run away. None of the guards were injured, and the Sudanese security forces immediately surrounded the area and combed it to search for the attackers. Go

Egyptian Minister of Public Works and Water Resources Mahmoud Abu Zied denied yesterday the possibility of delivering Nile water to Israel through El-Salam canal, referring to the non-existence of a water surplus to be transferred abroad. He depicted reports concerning transportation of water to Israel as rumors, assuring that El-Salam canal is used for transporting the Nile water to a part of Sinai to irrigate 400,000 feddans and another 220,000 feddans in the western Suez canal. Go

Some members of the family of Mehdi Ben Barka, a Moroccan opponent who went missing in 1965 in France, have returned to Morocco this Saturday after having spent 35 years abroad. The group includes Mehdi's wife, his daughter and three sons with their spouses and children. Go

Egypt and Macedonian signed five agreements for cooperation between the two countries, on commercial cooperation, cultural cooperation, to encourage and protect investments, avoidance of tax duplication, and security cooperation between the two sides and exchanging criminals. This came at the conclusion of discussions held by Macedonian Foreign Minister Aleksandar Dimitrov, who also said that the discussions with the officials tackled some main issues, among which is the status in the Balkans and Kosovo, referring to the strong relations that link Egypt with the Balkans. Go

The Moroccan-Indian high joint commission will convene by the beginning of the year 2000. The decision was made at a meeting in Rabat on Friday between Moroccan minister of industry, trade and handicraft, Alami Tazi and India's ambassador to Rabat, I.S. Rathore. Go

Kuwaiti Minister of Information Saad Muhammad al-Tiflah opened yesterday Kuwait's 24th book fair in the attendance of Yemeni Minister of Culture and Tourism Abd al-Malik Mansur. 22 Arab and foreign countries are participating in the fair. Al-Tiflah said this fair became "the most important light house in our cultural life to assure our ambitions in forming Arab generation that believes in knowledge and thinking as a way to achieve an Arab renaissance. Go

The Israeli government suggested starting correcting discriminatory financial policies toward the Israeli Arabs under the supervision of the Israeli Cabinet. Israel Radio said last night that Israeli Minister of Finance Avraham Shochat suggested to the representatives of the Arab local authorities during his meeting with them yesterday evening forming a committee to find a formula to take corrective policy and action towards the Arab circles. Go

In a press conference he held yesterday at the conclusion of his visit to Cairo, archbishop of Canterbury George Carey and head of the official Anglican Church in the UK said "We realize the importance of the humanitarian side of the Iraqi crisis, yet I know that the answer of the UK government will link uplifting the sanctions to Iraq's submission to the United Nations resolutions." Go

A group of Canadians and Moroccans based in Canada have set up a committee to support Morocco's candidacy to host the 2006 world soccer cup. The committee's birth was announced Friday in Montreal at a ceremony attended by Morocco's ambassador and a host of business, sports and media figures from the Canadian French-speaking province of Quebec. Go

Egypt's delegation was formed for the third ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, which will be held in Seattle, Washington (USA) and the coordinative African ministerial meeting which also will be held there under the chairmanship of Egyptian Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Yousef Boutros Ghali. Go

King Mohammed VI received in Ifrane Friday Moroccan athletics star, Hicham El Guerrouj, and congratulated him for his distinguished performance that honors Moroccan sports. Go

The Casablanca court of appeal on Friday sentenced a bank note counterfeiter to 10 years in prison. Pascal Max, 46, a French national, stood trial under the charge of circulating counterfeited bank notes in Morocco. The court also sentenced an Algerian-born French woman, Khedra Benaich, 27, to 8 months in jail and a $50 fine for non-denunciation. Go

Morocco's newly-appointed ambassador to France, Hassan Abouyoub, on Friday handed his credentials to President Jacques Chirac. Go

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh called today on Saudi Arabia to specify a timetable to start and conclude negotiation on the border problem, CNN reported. Saudi officials have promised a speedy solution to this border problem. Go