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Iraqi children and Dennis Halliday are winners of Morocco north-south cooperation prize
Organizers said the prize awarded to the Iraqi children symbolizes the sympathy of the world with 500,000 dead Iraqi children.
Regional, People, 1/16/1999

Rainfall pushes farmers to buy more seeds
Following the recent rain in Morocco, the quantity of grain seed sold reached around 3,000 tons between December 18 and January 6.
Morocco, Agriculture, 1/16/1999

Book review: The political history of Syria (3000-300 BC)
German researcher Horst Klengel has spent a considerable part of his career studying the ancient history of Syria and authoring many books in this area.
Syria, Literature, 1/16/1999

Nur Eddine Bimaristan: great medical edifice of the Islamic civilization
The Islamic Arab civilization left behind to humanity a great heritage full of accomplishments in all fields of knowledge. The building up of hospitals and health care centers, which used to render free of charge services to people, prospered all over the Islamic states.
Regional, Culture, 1/16/1999

Book on Moroccan typical tree published in Belgium
The authors say the "argane tree" (or Argania Spinosa) is the most original species of North Africa both as regards its botanic and ecologic interest as well as its economic and social value.
Regional, Book Review, 1/16/1999

Dubai - noise
United Arab Emirates, Local, 1/16/1999

Bahrain - health insurance
Bahrain, Health, 1/16/1999

Mecca prayers
Regional, Religion, 1/16/1999

Moroccan-Born Belgian Elected to Parliament
Morocco, People, 1/16/1999

Kuwaiti journalist accused of communicating with Israel
Kuwait, Judicial, 1/16/1999

Ramadan and the Night of al-Qadr
Muslims all over the world yesterday celebrated the 27th of Ramadan, the Night of al-Qadr (Power), when the Koran was first revealed to Prophet Muhammad. God, the sovereign Lord, the holy one, the Majestic, the superb, saying of that blessed night: "We revealed it on the Night of Power. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!"
Regional, Religion, 1/15/1999

Falcon's Goalkeeper, Ann Chiejine, Turns down Egyptian Citizenship
Ann chiejine, Falcon's first-choice goalkeeper, has turned down an offer to become an Egyptian national and act as a role model for women in that country, Nigerian news agency NAN reported.
Egypt, Sports, 1/15/1999

Clark visits Cairo to launch campaign to release Abdul Rahman
The London based al-Hayat daily was informed that former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who is defending leader of the Islamic Group, Omar Abdul Rahman, will soon visit Cairo and meet with Egyptian lawyers to launch a campaign aimed at releasing the Egyptian Islamist Abdul Rahman.
Egypt-USA, Judicial, 1/15/1999

Ad-hoc commission to promote Morocco's candidacy for hosting 2006 World Cup
Morocco has set up an ad-hoc commission to promote its candidacy for hosting the 2006 World Cup soccer finals.
Morocco, Sports, 1/15/1999

Moroccan cities to host 2 million new families in 2012
Moroccan cities will host in 2012 around 2 million new households, Moroccan Housing and Town Planning Minister Mohamed El Yazghi said Thursday.
Morocco, Culture, 1/15/1999

Five Israeli raids against south Lebanon
Israeli occupation forces on Thursday renewed their aggressions against areas adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli artillery on Thursday bombarded al-Rafee mountain, and Aqmata farm in al-Tuffah district.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/15/1999

Israel continues aggressions against south Lebanon
the Lebanese resistance said the attack resulted in direct hits on a tank and its occupants and enemy fortifications.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/14/1999

Palestinians - settlers
Palestine-Israel, Local, 1/14/1999

Iraq - no-fly clashes
Iraq-USA, Military, 1/14/1999

Seven people die in ship wreck off Morocco
Morocco, Local, 1/14/1999

Morocco and Poland Agree to Promote Mining Cooperation
1/14/1999

Anti-pollution fight: a collective responsibility, official says
The Moroccan secretary of state in charge of environment has said that the struggle against pollution is a collective responsibility.
Morocco, Environment, 1/14/1999

Syria celebrates night of power
Syria, Religion, 1/14/1999

Dangerous chemicals lost in Israel
Israel, Local, 1/14/1999

Algerian security forces move against armed groups
An Algerian daily reported on Wednesday that two municipal guard members were killed in a bomb explosion on Monday in Bulvertoum district in Skikda province.
Algeria, Local, 1/14/1999

Kuwait carries out intensive military training
Director of the morale guidance in the Kuwaiti Army, Col. Ahmad al-Rahmani, has asserted that the Kuwaiti Army is currently holding intensive training with US forces on the northern borders and that it is ready for any emergency.
Kuwait, Military, 1/13/1999

Storm kills three in southern Morocco
Morocco, Local, 1/13/1999

Israeli forces shell south Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/13/1999

Syrian cotton conference opens in Aleppo
Syrian Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Asaad Mustafa has affirmed the significance of the achievements Syria made in the agricultural sector.
Syria, Agriculture, 1/13/1999

Five Algerian citizens killed by armed groups
Algeria, Local, 1/13/1999

Israeli attack hits Lebanese infrastructure cutting off electricity
The areas of Hasbaya and Marjyoun spent Sunday night without electricity due to the Israeli attack, which resulted in destroying electricity wires in Zalaya which feed the areas.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/12/1999

Bahrain - marine pollution
Bahrain, Environment, 1/12/1999

Tunisia-France literature prize awarded
Tunisia-France, Literature, 1/12/1999

UNESCO Donates Moroccan Association $ 25,000
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has donated the Moroccan association "Bayti" $25,000 to support the association's actions to benefit homeless children.
Morocco, Culture, 1/12/1999

British embassy in Damascus donates prosthetic devices to Jaramana center
The Charge d'affairs of the British embassy in Syria, Paul Whiteway, visited the UNRWA-sponsored Community Rehabilitation Center in Jaramana, a town on the outskirts of Damascus camp, on January 7 and presented 25 prosthetic devices donated by the embassy to disabled Palestine refugee children.
Syria-Palestine, Health, 1/11/1999

Lebanese resistance forces hit Israeli patrol
Lebanese resistance forces on Sunday at dawn attacked an Israeli patrol that was in charge of special missions in the triangle of Bani Hayyan, al-Tebah and Giberiya in al-Salawqi valley in the occupied strip of south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/11/1999

European merchants in l6th century Aleppo
At the beginning of the Turkish occupation of Syria, there were three thousand taxable villages in the region, then named 'Pashalik" of Aleppo, about three hundred years later there remained only four hundred.
Syria, History, 1/11/1999

Arab journalists meeting delayed
Regional, Local, 1/11/1999

Eleven people die in tragic road accident in central morocco
Morocco, Local, 1/11/1999

Violence continues in Algeria
Algeria, Local, 1/11/1999


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