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International fair for innovations of the world's children in Cairo
Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, is due to open on Tuesday the international fair for innovations of the world's children in which 1,235 paintings drawn by children from 105 countries are to be displayed.
Regional-International, Culture, 3/18/2000

Dubai to host first fair for the aged and handicapped
Gulf-United Arab Emirates, Culture, 3/18/2000

Meeting for female innovators in Sousse in April
The Tunisian city of Sousse will host in the second half of April a meeting for Arab female innovators whose main pivot will be specified this year for discussing the realities of Arab women in Arab theater.
Regional-Tunisia, Culture, 3/18/2000

Egyptian director to present death of Diana and Dodi in a film
Egypt-International, Culture, 3/18/2000

A draft for establishing Iraqi university for technology sciences
The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education received a formal request from the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education to begin studies concerning the establishment of an Iraqi university for technology sciences to compensate for Baghdad's delay in entering this field due to the international sanctions imposed for 10 years.
Iraq-Egypt, Education, 3/18/2000

$400,000 in donations for Alexandria Library
The US trade chamber in Cairo presented a perliminary donation for Alexandria library of $400,000.
Egypt, Culture, 3/18/2000

Prizes for Egyptian cinema to be announced in June
Egypt, Culture, 3/18/2000

Saudi authorities say pilgrimage season was epidemic-free
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that this year's hajj season was free of all types of epidemics, and that the health condition of pilgrims was satisfactory.
Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 3/18/2000

Indian Wells tennis tournament: Morocco's Arazi ousted at quarterfinals
Moroccan tennisman, Hicham Arazi, was ousted Friday at the quarter finals of the US Indian Wells tennis tournament after n.8 Ecuadorian Nicolas Lapenti beat him (6-2, 6-0).
Morocco, Sports, 3/18/2000

Kuwait plans military exercises
Kuwait, Military, 3/18/2000

Egypt: El-Dair El-Bahari temple will open in March
Egypt, History, 3/17/2000

Egyptian human rights organization welcomes release of Islamic detainees
Egypt, Judicial, 3/17/2000

Intensive campaigns by the Egyptian police
Egypt, Judicial, 3/16/2000

Egyptian civil associations allowed to establish small schools
Egypt, Education, 3/16/2000

Fez plays host to Moslem women scientists conference
An international conference convenes March 22-24 in Fez to probe issues of relevance to Moslem women scientists under the topic "Towards a better future."
Regional, Culture, 3/16/2000

Saudi praise for Egypt's efforts to serve its pilgrims
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 3/16/2000

Lebanese resistance Katyusha dropped in the northern borders
Israeli Radio said on Wednesday that several Katyusha missiles fired by the Hizbullah fighters towards positions of the Israeli Army and the South Lebanon Army fell in the northern borders.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/16/2000

Moroccan network of life and nuclear techniques is born
Moroccan atomic science experts convened in Rabat at the end of last week for their 10th national colloquy set up a network of life and nuclear techniques.
Morocco, Science, 3/16/2000

Moroccan gets French Philippe Habert Prize
Morocco-France, People, 3/16/2000

UAE official Iran is a neighbor we have to coexist with
United Arab Emirates Army chief of staff Sheikh Muhammad Bin Zayed al-Nahyan has denied news that his country was pressured to sign the deal with the USA to buy 80 warplanes.
United Arab Emirates, Military, 3/16/2000

Morocco-Argentina cinema exchange agreement passed
Morocco and Argentina passed an agreement providing for cooperation in the realm of co-production and cinema exchange during the visit of premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi to Buenos Aires.
Morocco-Argentina, Culture, 3/16/2000

7th classic car rally of Morocco started Wednesday
Participants in the 7th classic car rally competed Wednesday for the 359.5 km first leg of the event connecting Casablanca to Tangier via Rabat.
Morocco, Sports, 3/16/2000

Changing al-Kaaba cloth
The general presidency of al-Haram mosque and the prophet's mosque yesterday changed the current cloth of al-Kaaba with the new cloth, an annual tradition carried out every year on the very same day.
Regional, Religion, 3/16/2000

Lebanese resistance retaliates for Israeli aggressions
Israeli warplanes on Wednesday raided the Nab al-Tasseh area of the al-Tuffah district. Lebanese security sources said the hostile planes fired air-to-surface missiles against the target area.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/16/2000

72 persons imprisoned in Algeria for smuggling drugs
Algeria, Local, 3/16/2000

Oman bans Danish beef
Oman-Denmark, Health, 3/16/2000

Egyptian - Tunisian cooperation in artistic festivals
Egypt-Tunisia, Culture, 3/15/2000

Muslim pilgrims at Arafat mount today
Some two million Muslims who are performing al-Haj rituals for this year gathered on Tuesday at "Mouna area" in preparation for today's "Arafat mountain stand."
Regional, Religion, 3/15/2000

Moroccan parliament studies compulsory education program
The Social and Islamic Affairs Committee at the Moroccan chamber of representatives (lower house of parliament) has studied a program on compulsory education in Morocco.
Morocco, Education, 3/15/2000

Banning man from having more than one wife in Morocco
A Moroccan governmental committee is due to discuss in the coming week a new law that would ban a man from having more than one wife.
Morocco, Culture, 3/15/2000

Iraq says shot down Iranian jet
Iraq-Iran, Military, 3/15/2000

Center for training Egyptian youths in data technology
Under the auspices of the integration care association headed by Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the first center for training youths in data technology will be opened to fill the gap between the academic education and the work market for graduates of Egyptian institutes and universities.
Egypt, Education, 3/15/2000

2.9 million handicapped in Algeria
Algeria, Culture, 3/15/2000

Smuggling of gold watches frustrated in Cairo airport
Egypt, Local, 3/15/2000

Morocco to introduce traffic education in school curricula
The Moroccan Education Ministry intends to introduce traffic education in school curricula.
Morocco, Education, 3/15/2000

More than 150 European figures back Morocco's World Cup bid
More than 150 French and European figures have set up a committee to back Morocco's bid to host the 2006 World Cup.
Morocco-European Union, Sports, 3/15/2000

Israel continues aggressions against south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said on Tuesday that the Israeli warplanes continued to carry out provocative sorties in the airspace over south Lebanon and the western Bekaa up to the capital, Beirut, and its suburbs.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/15/2000

Beirut hosts FAO regional ministerial meeting
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization will be holding this March 20-24 a regional Mideast ministerial conference in Beirut, the FAO announced.
Regional-Lebanon, Agriculture, 3/15/2000

Moroccan woman gives birth to quadruplets
Morocco, Local, 3/15/2000

Tennis: Morocco's Al-Aynaoui and Alami defeated at Indian Wells
Morocco's Younes Al-Aynaoui and Karim Alami were eliminated at the first round of the $4.95 million tournament of Indian Wells, USA.
Morocco, Sports, 3/15/2000

Israel responds to Arab FM conference by bombarding the borders with Syria
Israel was not late in responding to the statement of the Arab foreign ministers who met in Beirut in solidarity with Lebanon in confrontation with its aggressions. This response came from multiple objectives and bears in itself many messages.
Regional-Israel, Military, 3/14/2000

A call for a united Arab strategy to produce weapons
The chairman of the higher commission for weapons manufacturing in Egypt, Lt. Gen. Salah Halabi, has called for drawing up an Arab strategy to manufacture weapons through investing the potentials of the Egyptian arms industry. He said, "We have to have an Arab tank, an Arab armored vehicle, an Arab antitank missile and surface-to-surface Arab missiles."
Egypt-Regional, Military, 3/14/2000

Israeli planes raid Palestinian positions in the western Bekaa
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/14/2000

Iraq: US, Britain hold up immunization plans
Iraq, Health, 3/14/2000

Saudi bans Danish beef and dairy, Thai tuna imports
Saudi Arabia-International, Health, 3/14/2000

Study finds considerable low fecundity in Maghreb
Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have known a considerable decrease in the fecundity rate, as the number of children for each woman went down from 7 in early 1960's to three in 1996, according to a study on population and development.
Maghreb, Culture, 3/14/2000

Morocco records 55% deficit in rainfall
Morocco is experiencing a 55% deficit of rainfall due to a dry weather in the months of late February and early March, says the Equipment Ministry.
Morocco, Environment, 3/14/2000

Football: Egyptian Gandour to officiate European Nations Cup
Egyptian referee Gamal Al-Gandour will officiate matches of the European Nations Cup (EURO-2000), to be co-hosted next summer by Holland and Belgium, the African Football Confederation (CAF) announced.
Egypt, Sports, 3/14/2000

Yemen tries kidnappers of Polish ambassador
Yemen, Judicial, 3/14/2000

On kidnapping incidents in Yemen
Yemeni Minister of the Interior Hussein Arab stressed on Monday that two Saudis and six Yemenis are currently being tried in Sanaa, after they were planning to kidnap Americans.
Yemen, Judicial, 3/14/2000

Israel continues its aggression against south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said heavy artillery from the Israeli occupation forces bombarded areas close to the occupied part of south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/14/2000

Moroccan judoka wins gold medal at Ivoirian tournament
Moroccan judoka Chorfi Idrissi won a gold medal at an international tournament, held over the weekend in Cote d'Ivoire's city of Abidjan.
Morocco, Sports, 3/14/2000

Morocco hosts $350,000 tennis tournament
The Moroccan Hassan II Grand Prix will be endowed with a prize worth $350,000 to attract international tennis stars.
Morocco, Sports, 3/14/2000

Tennis: Morocco's Al-Aynaoui becomes world number 6
Morocco's Younes Al-Aynaoui has won two seats on the rankings of the World Professional Tennis Association ATP to stand at the 6th position.
Morocco, Sports, 3/14/2000

International conference for Egyptology at end of March
Egypt, Culture, 3/13/2000

Sound and light project to open in Abu Simbel in April
Egypt's company for the sound and light decided to open the sound and light shows in Abu Simbel in April.
Egypt, Culture, 3/13/2000

League of basic education and struggle against illiteracy holds 5th congress in Rabat
"We are determined to consecrate the Moroccan citizens' dignity and to enable them enjoy fully their legitimate rights, including the right to education," the king said.
Morocco, Education, 3/13/2000

No Secterianism Suspected in Al Kusheh
Egypt's Prosecutor General has recently issued the commital order for suspects detained in relation to the incidents of violence in the Sohag villages of Al Kusheh and Dar as-Salam on December 31, 1999 and January 2, 2000 respectively.
Egypt, Local, 3/13/2000

Teaching of Arabic compulsory in French schools in Morocco
Morocco and France signed at the end of last week an agreement under which the teaching of the Arabic language in French schools in Morocco will become compulsory.
Morocco-France, Education, 3/13/2000

Minister deplores critical situation of grain production in Morocco
Moroccan Agriculture Minister Habib El Malki said the situation of cereals in Morocco is very critical in non-irrigated areas, due to the shortage of rainfall.
Morocco, Agriculture, 3/13/2000

El Aynaoui loses Bogota tennis tournament finals
Morocco, Sports, 3/13/2000

Football: Morocco poised to qualify for Olympic games
The Moroccan Olympic squad has increased its odds of qualifying for the football tournament of the 2000 Olympic games, due next summer in Sydney, Australia.
Regional-Morocco, Sports, 3/13/2000

Three terrorists killed and injured in Algeria
Algerian security forces killed yesterday two terrorists and injured a third during a combing operation in one of the muniplicties affiliated to Saida state.
Algeria, Local, 3/13/2000

Morocco harvests world school cross-country championships medals
Moroccan runners dominated the 14th World School Cross-Country Championships held Sunday in Marrakesh.
Morocco, Sports, 3/13/2000


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