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European - African summit in Cairo
Regional-Africa, Economics, 10/2/1999

Morocco attends conference on cultural economies
Morocco-International, Economics, 10/2/1999

Malaysian business delegation visits Cairo
Egypt-Malaysia, Business, 10/2/1999

Korean - Egyptian Company for medicine production equipment to be established
The establishment of a joint Korean - Egyptian company was decided to manufacture equipment to producing medicine with a capital of 10 million pounds, in which the Egyptian holding company for medicine and two Korean companies are participating.
Egypt, Business, 10/1/1999

Lebanese economic delegation to visit Egypt in mid-October
A Lebanese economic delegation will discussed during its visit to Cairo on October 15 with Egyptian businessmen the establishment of joint projects and the participation of Egyptian contracting companies in reconstructing Lebanon.
Egypt-Lebanon, Economics, 10/1/1999

Tunisia hosts second meeting for US - Maghreb partnership
Maghreb-UN, Economics, 10/1/1999

Saudi Arabia sends relief to flood-stricken sudanese
A Saudi relief aircraft, loaded with humanitarian relief supplies, flew on wednesday for Sudan to assist in alleviating damage inflicted by the floods in the North of the country.
Saudi Arabia-Sudan, Economics, 10/1/1999

Arab officials call for inter-Arab agricultural integration
Arab officials called on wednesday for the need of realizing Inter-Arab agricultural integration by holding joint ventures to guarantee food security.
Regional, Economics, 10/1/1999

Moroccan Carrier Plans to Purchase Five Boeing 737 by Year 2001
Morocco, Business, 10/1/1999

Bahrain, US sign treaty
Bahrain and the United States on Wednesday signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). Bahraini Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdallah Hasan al-Saif and United States Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky each signed for their states.
Bahrain-USA, Economics, 10/1/1999

International telecom group to invest $ 2.2 bln in morocco GSM
The International telecom Group MEDITELECOM will invest $ 45 million in 1999 and will increase this investment to nearly $ 1.6 billion in 2000, $ 2.1 billion in 2001 and $ 2.2 in 2002.
Morocco, Business, 10/1/1999

US President: immediate and effective debt cancellation needed to low income countries
For many developing countries, however, there is a greater obstacle in the path to progress. For many of them, excessive and completely unsustainable debt can halt progress, drag down growth, drain resources that are needed to meet the most basic human conditions, like clean water, shelter, health care and education. Debt and debt relief are normally subjects for economists. But there is nothing academic about them. Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.
Regional, Economics, 9/30/1999

Iraq restores telephone communications with Arab states
Iraq announced on Tuesday it has restored its telephone communications, television and radio coverage with 10 Arab states via the Arab telecommunications satellite, Arabsat.
Iraq-Regional, Economics, 9/30/1999

Syrian-Jordanian electricity grid talks
Talks started in Amman on Wednesday between Syrian Minister of Electricity Mineer Saem al-Daher and Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Suleiman Abu Aleem on the project of electricity grid link between the two countries. The project is expected to be completed at the end of this year at a cost of US $200 million.
Jordan-Syria, Economics, 9/30/1999

France to resume air trips to Tripoli
Libya-France, Business, 9/30/1999

US promises UNRWA contribution
Regional-Palestine-USA, Economics, 9/30/1999

British business delegation to visit Egypt on Friday
A delegation from the union of southern England's exporters is to arrive in Egypt on Friday for a weeklong business visit.
Egypt-UK, Economics, 9/29/1999

Jordanian - Syrian cooperation in electricity field
Syrian Minister of Electricity Munib Saim al-Dahar arrived yesterday in Jordan on a three-day visit, during which he will hold talks with his Jordanian counterpart regarding joint cooperation in electricity.
Jordan-Syria, Economics, 9/29/1999

Jobless graduates appeal to King Mohammed to settle their problem
Jobless Moroccan doctors and engineers appealed Monday to King Mohammed VI to intervene so that they be integrated in the working life.
Morocco, Economics, 9/29/1999

Arab businesswomen in Cairo
Works of the constituent meeting of the Arab businesswomen started on Tuesday in Cairo with the objective of setting up a council including businesswomen in the Arab states to strengthen joint Arab work in the public and private sectors.
Regional, Business, 9/29/1999

Morocco, Bulgaria project to sign free trade accord
Morocco and Bulgaria are projecting to sign a free trade accord, announced Moroccan Minister of Industry, Trade and Handicraft Alami Tazi, who is currently on a visit to Bulgaria.
Morocco-Bulgaria, Economics, 9/29/1999

Maroc Aviation subcontracting with Airbus jumps by 40%
Subcontracting operations carried out by Maroc Aviation for Airbus company increased by 40% in 1999, going up from $1 million in 1998 to 1.6 million this year.
Morocco, Business, 9/29/1999

Egyptian- Saudi committee to meet in October
The Egyptian- Saudi joint high committee will hold a meeting in Cairo in the second half of the coming month under the chairmanship of the foreign ministers of the two countries.
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 9/28/1999

Arab conference for water convenes today in Beirut
Egyptian Minister of Public Works and Water Resources Mohammed Abu Zeid stated that the international Arab conference for water that will start today in Beirut, Lebanon.
Regional-Egypt, Economics, 9/28/1999

Moroccan industry minister in Bulgaria
Moroccan minister of industry, trade and handicraft, Alami Tazi, is currently visiting Bulgaria for talks on means to reactivate economic cooperation and diversify trade exchanges.
Morocco, Economics, 9/28/1999

Morocco lauds increase of debt conversion ceiling
Moroccan Economy and Finance Minister, Fathallah Oualalou, hailed on Monday the Paris Club's recent decision to lift the debt conversion ceiling to 30 % for developing nations.
Morocco-Regional, Economics, 9/28/1999

Tunis delays final date for selling commercial center
Tunisian economic sources said yesterday that Tunis delayed until October 30 a 41.6% share of the capital for a shopping center named Tunis Center.
Tunisia, Business, 9/28/1999

Algeria and France setting up joint companies
Algeria-France, Business, 9/28/1999

Iraqi minister of trade: $300 million in transactions with Syria
Iraqi Minister of Trade Mohammed Mahdi Saleh expected that the value of contracts with Syria within the framework of the oil-for-food program will reach $300 million after the value of contracts in the second phase didn't exceed $120 million.
Iraq-Syria, Economics, 9/28/1999

Egyptian tour of COMESA countries
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa escorted a delegation of Egyptian businessmen who are making the first tour of the countries of eastern and southern Africa known as COMESA (the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa) between November 20 and December 4.
Egypt-Africa, Business, 9/27/1999

Great advance in negotiations for Saudi Arabia to join GATT
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 9/27/1999

Daley to bring business delegation to Egypt
Egypt-USA, Business, 9/27/1999

McDonald's opens two new restaurants in Morocco
McDonald's Corporation has decided to open two new restaurants in Morocco one in Tangier city and another in Casablanca.
Morocco-Maghreb, Business, 9/27/1999


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