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Egyptian Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif said that Egypt raised during the conference of the information ministers of the Islamic states in Tehran a report that demanded the discussion of the civilizations and expressing Islamic civilization, history, values especially as the Islamic countries are about to receive the new millenium, the Internet age as well as open communication. Go

Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa expressed his astonishment for that a Sudanese governmental official and opposition leader - signed a document that specifies a time frame for the dissociation of southern Sudan, in reference to the document signed by Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir and the chief of Ummah party, El-Sadek El-Mahdi, in Djibouti last week. Go

Princess Lalla Hasna, sister to King Mohammed VI, is attending today wedding ceremonies of belgian crown prince Philippe with Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz. Over one million people will be cheering the nuptial parade in the streets of brussels and a hundred TV cameras will be monitoring the series of events held in celebration of the royal wedding. Go

Britain has appointed Henry Hogger as a new ambassador for the UK to Damascus in succession of current ambassador Basil Eastwood, who will be appointed in another diplomatic post. In a statement, the British foreign office said that the new ambassador Hogger will assume his new post during next spring. Go

Egyptian Minister of Higher Education Munfeed Shehab said the main goal of the visit he concluded to the Czech capital was signing the executive program for cooperation, in the cultural and scientific protocol that has existed between the two countries since 1957, for which an executive program will be made every three years. Go

Greece expressed its encouragement for security and stability in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Sea as well as the Balkans, saying that it adopts a wide policy aimed at helping it overcome the crises in these areas and establish peace, stability and cooperation among the regions' countries. Go

Lebanese banker Edmond Safra and another man were killed on Friday in a fire set deliberately in the bottom floor of a building complex in Monaco. AFP quoted the press center of Monaco, which announced the news, as saying that Edmond Safra, the director of the Republic National Bank of New York, and another man who is thought to be one of Safra's guards died of smoke inhalation in Safra's residence and that Monaco's police are searching for two veiled and armed men who tried to get into the flat. Go

Heads of the Indonesian companies complex ( Dikaster), currently visiting Israel on Friday met with the chairman of the federation of the Israeli chambers of commerce Dany Glerman and agreed with him to promote trade relations between the two sides. Go

The director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Eitan Bin Tsour, will tomorrow pay a one-day official visit to Cairo. Israeli Radio said that Bin Tsour will hold talks with high-ranking Egyptian officials, especially with Foreign Minister Amr Mousa, on means of developing relations as well as Middle East peace process developments. Go

Governmental security sources said yesterday that more than 16 members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) were killed by Algerian security forces in a base nearly 200 kilometers west of the Algerian capital. Go

The Moroccan Royal Football Federation (FRMF), which held its general assembly on Friday, unanimously elected General de Division, Housni Benslimane, as president. Benslimane has chaired the temporary commission that managed Moroccan football since September 1994. Go