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Japanese tourists up
Egypt, Economics, 12/28/2002

Oil-prospecting agreements signed
Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum will sign 25 new agreements on prospecting for oil in 21 areas.
Egypt, Economics, 12/28/2002

Mubarak opening first two units of pumping station in Toshka
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is opening in the next few days the first two units of the Mubarak pumping stations in Toshka considered the biggest water-lifting station in the Middle East and the world, within inauguration of the first stage a cultivation of 450,000 feddans in the region.
Egypt, Economics, 12/28/2002

Morocco's mining production increases by 8.1% in 3 first quarters of 2002
Morocco's mining production reached 18.6 million tons in the three first quarters of 2002, posting a 8.1% increase compared to 17.2 million tons in the same period of 2001.
Morocco, Economics, 12/28/2002

Syrian- Iranian joint investment projects
Syria-Iran, Economics, 12/27/2002

Saudi investors explore business possibilities in Morocco
Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 12/27/2002

Morocco will involve embassies abroad in attracting investments
Morocco said it will endow its embassies abroad with mechanisms necessary to attract foreign investments to the country.
Morocco, Economics, 12/27/2002

Syria-Qatar sign oil and gas agreement
Syria-Qatar, Economics, 12/26/2002

Syrian- Iranian business forum opened
Syria's Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa Miro, and Iranian Vice President Mohammed Riza Aref opened yesterday in Tehran the Iranian Syrian Businessmen Forum.
Syria-Iran, Economics, 12/26/2002

CBE governor explains new monetary policy
He said the aim of cutting down interest rate is to encourage banks to invest the large liquidity available to them in productive projects serving the national economy in increasing growth rates and providing new job opportunities.
Egypt, Economics, 12/26/2002

New power station with self-initiated finances
Egypt's Minister of Power Hassan Younis asserted that the ministry's forthcoming program for establishing power stations will depend mainly on self-initiated finances from the electricity sector resources besides grants and easy-term loans offered by the international organisations and donor countries.
Egypt, Economics, 12/26/2002

Islamic Trade Exhibition in Sharjah
United Arab Emirates-Regional, Economics, 12/26/2002

Arab iron and steel union holds 82nd session in Mauritania
Mauritanian minister of industry and mining, Zeidane Ould Hmeida, called the Arab states to participate in exploring iron mines in his country, the largest Arab producer of iron with 12 million tons annually and a reserve of billions of tons.
Regional-Mauritania, Economics, 12/26/2002

Egypt halts agricultural normalization with Israel
The Egyptian government has stressed that the country is completely free from any agricultural pesticides produced or imported from Israel. In a message of assurances to parliament members, the government said it halted all acts and sorts of normalization with Israel in the agricultural section.
Egypt-Israel, Economics, 12/26/2002

French Accor group wants to contribute to Morocco's tourism development
Accor, Europe's leading tourism group, said it wishes to contribute to Morocco's drive to drain 10 million tourists by 2010.
Morocco-France, Business, 12/26/2002

Syrian- Jordanian Trade Exchange rate boosted
Syria-Jordan, Economics, 12/25/2002

Arab industry ministers for an Arab industrial development strategy
At their final meeting concluded in Amman yesterday, the Arab Ministers of Industry proposed the endorsement of an Arab strategy for industrial development.
Regional, Economics, 12/25/2002

Moroccan-Senegalese Air Company Expects 26 Billion CFA Turnover
The Moroccan-Senegalese air company (Air Senegal International -ASI) in which Morocco's state owned carrier holds 51% of shares, expects sales of 26 billion CFA in 2002 (655.9 CFA Frances equal one Euro), compared to 11 billion CFA in 2001.
Morocco-Senegal, Business, 12/25/2002

Saudi- Russian oil talks
Saudi Arabia-Russia, Economics, 12/25/2002

Two new oil, gas discovers
Egypt, Economics, 12/25/2002

Better food standards in Syria for consumption and exports
Upon the request of the Syrian Government, FAO agreed to provide technical assistance to the TCP/SYR/2907 project of " Strengthening the National Codex Committee and Updating / harmonizing Food Standards and regulations," for an amount of $ 275,000 allocated for the project.
Syria, Economics, 12/25/2002

Syria licenses five private banks; two Lebanese
Syria, Economics, 12/24/2002

A digital cargo village to be setup in Cairo airport
A digital cargo village financed by the World Bank and the International Customs Organization is to be set up on an area of 64000 sq m in Cairo Airport, a Cairo Airport official source announced.
Egypt, Economics, 12/24/2002

Arab industrial integration vital for Common Market
The Egyptian minister of industry and technological development Ali al-Saedi has called for the need of achieving an Arab industrial integration that guarantees the Arab commodities its ability to compete in world markets especially in the area of textile industries; petrochemicals and food industries.
Egypt-Regional, Economics, 12/23/2002

On the Arab investment map
The secretary general of the Arab Economic unity council Ahmad Jweili has announced that the council has completed the Arab investment plan which includes 4000 investment opportunities in various commodity and service sectors in the Arab states.
Regional, Economics, 12/23/2002

Ebeid probes setting international money market in egypt
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid discussed on Saturday setting up an international money market in Egypt, said head of the Money Market Authority Abdel Hamid Ibrahim.
Egypt, Economics, 12/23/2002

Moroccan and Egyptian experts examine free trade agreement updating
Moroccan and Egyptian experts started in Cairo today work sessions to update the free-trade agreement signed between the two Arab states in 1996.
Egypt-Morocco, Economics, 12/23/2002

Saudi business delegation due in Morocco tomorrow
A Saudi business delegation, representing Mecca's Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is scheduled to pay a visit to Morocco this December 24-31, at the invitation of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Fes
Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Economics, 12/23/2002

Increase of foreign partner share in oil and natural gas production
Meanwhile, the government decided the establishing of a national company for oil prospection and exploration at L.E500 million capital, exempted from the income tax for 20 years.
Egypt, Economics, 12/23/2002

New record in Suez Canal tolls
Egypt, Economics, 12/23/2002

Oil refinery starts replacement of leaked oil pipeline
Morocco's major oil-refinery "SAMIR" will start this week works for the replacement of part of its pipeline linking Sidi Kacem to Mohammedia, located in the town of Skhirat (south of Rabat) where an oil leakage was reported last November.
Morocco, Business, 12/23/2002


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