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It was announced on Friday in Washington that US President Bill Clinton will open talks between Syria and Israel next Wednesday in the White House from the point they left off. Clinton will monitor closely the proceedings of these talks aiming at reaching a land-for peace agreement. Go

Colonel Moammar Gaddafi leader of the Libyan revolution, received El-Sadek El-Mahdi head of the Sudanese opposition Ummah Party, and they discussed the situation in the area generally. Libyan diplomatic sources stated that El-Sadek El-Mahdi informed Gaddafi of the details of his meeting with Sudanese President Omar Hassan El-Bashir in Djibouti and the agreement between them, its dimensions and its effects on achieving national rapport and supporting stability in Sudan. Go

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Friday evening made a telephone call to the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan, to make sure of his good condition after Sheikh Zayed was admitted to the hospital for medical treatment. President al-Assad expressed best wishes for Sheikh Zayed's good health and a speedy recovery to play his role in the Arab region. A similar cable of good wishes for the UAE President was received from Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, SANA reported. Go

The Secretary General of the Arab league Esmat Abdul Meguid has received a written message from the foreign minister of Panama confirming that his country's position not to move their embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem. Go

Syrian Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ali Khalil expressed his hope that the coming year will be a year for peace in Middle East, adding that peace is Syria's strategic choice and that this peace must be fair and comprehensive according to international legitimacy resolutions and the land-for-peace principle. Go

Indonesian sources in Cairo added that "the Indonesian president (Abdurrahman Wahid) will convene a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Fahd Bin Abdel-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, to discuss the Islamic cause and Jerusalem's cause as well as necessity to support the Palestinian negotiator in final negotiations. Go

The Palestinian Authority arrested Ali Assad Baka, who it is said is a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization in the West Bank who fled from Palestinian prison guards with two other suspects in October, after they were arrested on suspicions of being involved in an explosion that took place in Jerusalem city. Leaders in the Islamic Jihad accused the Palestinian government of working to implementing an Israeli security plan and said that El-Jihad will not be a tool for improving Israeli - Palestinian government relations. Go

A Barcelona University archeological mission, in tandem with the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA), discovered a cemetery containing several tombs that date back to the Coptic Era. The mission used electromagnetic currents that can determine spots of changes beneath the earth surface. This led to discovery of two stone tombs and in one of them rested a large limestone coffin with its cover having a painting of the face of the deceased. Go

The Jordanian Royal Airlines said it is stopping its trips on the New Year to avoid any problems that might occur in the computers due to theY2K problem. Go