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Khalid Naciri, Moroccan jurist elected head of Arab human rights commission
Regional, Culture, 4/1/2000

Morocco dedicates human rights institute
Morocco, Culture, 4/1/2000

Princess Lalla Meryem opens exhibit of women handicapped painters
Morocco, Culture, 4/1/2000

Platform on Maghreban homeless children adopted in Barcelona
Maghreb, Culture, 4/1/2000

MPs adopt draft bills on education and budget
Morocco, Education, 4/1/2000

French defense minister to visit Israel
Israel-France, Military, 4/1/2000

Egyptian women charter
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, the head of the National Council for Women, said last month the council would issue the Egyptian women charter soon.
Egypt, Culture, 4/1/2000

Moroccans pray for rain
Hundreds of worshippers flocked on Friday to mosques throughout Morocco to pray for rain. Such prayers are held in line with the prophet's tradition every time drought is threatening a muslim community. Similar rogatory prayers were performed last February 25.
Morocco, Agriculture, 4/1/2000

Swiss adventurer runs round the world for Children
Morocco, Culture, 4/1/2000

The American Day at Al Akhawayn University Wednesday
The Al Akhawayn University International (AUI) and the United States embassy in Morocco will be staging Wednesday an "AUI-American Day" on the campus in Ifrane.
Morocco, Culture, 4/1/2000

Jordanian king to punish those responsible for clashes in Um Seihoun
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh said on Thursday that Jordanian King Abdullah II gave his instructions to "punish" the officials responsible for the bloody confrontations between the police and the Bedouins thar took place in the village of Um Seihoun, neat the Petra archaeological area last week.
Jordan, Local, 3/31/2000

Government sets up committee for disabled integration
The government decided Thursday to set up a special committee chaired by Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi to design programs for better integration of the disabled in daily life.
Morocco, Culture, 3/31/2000

African biology, health congress scheduled in April
The first African congress on biology and health will be held in Setif, Algeria, from 23- 25 April to assess the continent's botanical resources and their medical use, the pan-African news agency, PANA, reported.
Regional-Algeria-Africa, Health, 3/31/2000

Moroccan - Qatari youth, sports cooperation enhanced
Moroccan Youth and Sports minister Ahmed Moussaoui conferred in Rabat with head of the Qatari youth and sports department Nasser Moubarik Al Ali on means to enhance bilateral cooperation.
Morocco-Qatar, Culture, 3/31/2000

Morocco competes in 17th Tunisia's international judo tournament
Morocco-Tunisia, Sports, 3/31/2000

UN plane fired on in Somalia
Somalia-UN, Local, 3/31/2000

Football: Morocco's Kasperzack Convokes National Team
Morocco's coach, Henri Kasperzack, on Thursday convoked 22 players for the national team including 9 from the Olympic squad that qualified for the 2000 Olympic games of Sydney, Australia.
Morocco, Sports, 3/31/2000

Omani - German education agreement
Oman-Germany, Education, 3/30/2000

French team discovers Queen's Pyramid in Sakkara
A team of French archaeologists has discovered a pyramid at Sakkara near Cairo belonging to an ancient Egyptian Queen from the Sixth pharaonic Dynasty, an Egyptian antiquities official said on Wednesday.
Egypt-France, Culture, 3/30/2000

International conference on protecting the environment and remote sensing in Oman
Egypt is participating in the international conference for the Geo Environment 2000 that is currently being held in Oman and is discussing the issues of protecting the interntational environment and remote sensing.
Regional-Egypt, Environment, 3/30/2000

Anniversary of Abdul Halim Hafez
On March 30th 1977, a distinguished page in the history of Arabic songs and music was closed at the death of Abdul Halim Hafez.
Egypt, People, 3/30/2000

Kuwaiti cultural week in Oman next week
Oman-Kuwait, Culture, 3/30/2000

Caesarean helped cow gave birth to two-headed calf
Morocco, Local, 3/30/2000

Algerian security forces killed the official in the fourth district for the Armed Islamic Group
The Algerian security forces killed the official in the fourth district for the Armed Islamic Group during mopping up operations these forces are carrying out in El Bayadh province, 683 km from the capital, Algiers.
Algeria, Local, 3/30/2000

King Mohammed meets South American football confederation head
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, met in Rabat Tuesday with the chairman of the South American football confederation, Leoz Nicolas.
Morocco-International, Sports, 3/29/2000

International symposium on human settlements in Tunis
An international symposium on human settlements in Islamic cities is currently held in Tunis to discuss means of promoting a sustained and lasting development.
Regional, Environment, 3/29/2000

Iraq starts children's vaccination campaign
The Iraqi Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday started a general vaccination campaign to vaccinate some 3.5 million Iraqi children under the age of five against Polio.
Iraq, Health, 3/29/2000

Israel continues attacks against Lebanese civilians
Lebanese security sources said an Israeli tank bombarded the towns of al-Mansouri, Zibqin, Jib Sweid and the Litani river area.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/29/2000

Iraq - US no-fly zone sparring
Iraq-USA, Military, 3/29/2000

Moroccan academics and researchers in Saudi Arabia
Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Culture, 3/29/2000

More killings in Algeria
A bomb explosion on the road linking the towns of Prince Abdul Qader Tower (Burj al-Amir Abdul Qader) and al-Yousefeyah in the Algerian province of Tissemsilt resulted in killing five persons and wounding eight others.
Algeria, Local, 3/29/2000

Quote of the day: What is most precious for us is our Liberty
Regional, Culture, 3/28/2000

Address by First Lady Clinton at American University in Cairo
Egypt-USA, Culture, 3/28/2000

Morocco, Turkey to re-activate cultural cooperation
Morocco-Turkey, Culture, 3/28/2000

A conference for organization of Islamic capitals and cities in Tunis
A conference for organization of the Islamic cities and capitals is currently being held in Tunis in which tens of heads of municipalities and experts who represent the most prominent cities in the Islamic countries like Mecca, Cairo, Dubai, Khartoum, Damascus and Beirut - are participating.
Regional-Tunisia, Culture, 3/28/2000

Rain prayers in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, Agriculture, 3/28/2000

Training session for mediterranean women journalists opens in Rabat
A training session for women journalists in the Mediterranean region on the theme "techniques of management of press enterprises" opened in Rabat on Monday.
Morocco, Culture, 3/28/2000

Drought will make Morocco lose millions of working days
The severe drought currently hitting Morocco will make the country lose 52.5 million working days, Moroccan agriculture minister, Habib Malki, on Monday said.
Morocco, Agriculture, 3/28/2000

Arab, African women colloquy in Casablanca
Regional, Culture, 3/28/2000

Eighth conference for Egyptology opens today in Cairo
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni is opening today the 8th international conference for Egyptology, which will last for one week and is held at the Mena House hotel in front of the Giza pyramids.
Egypt-International, Culture, 3/28/2000

Sudan Airways bans smoking effective April
Sudan Airways has decided to ban smoking on board all its flights effective 1 April, the airline said in a statement issued Monday in Khartoum.
Sudan, Health, 3/28/2000

Israel intensifies aggressions against South Lebanon
The Israeli occupation forces on Monday afternoon bombarded several towns and villages in South Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli forces shelled al-Qaiseyeh valley, al-Sawannah, Khurbet Soloum, and al-Salawqi valley.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/28/2000

Today's stakes in Morocco seminar opens in Barcelona
The seminar "Today's stakes In Morocco" organized by the Moroccan - Spanish Averroes Committee, opened Monday in Barcelona with Cataluna government president Jordi Pujol attending with Moroccan ministers of justice, of communication and government general affairs.
Morocco-Spain, Culture, 3/28/2000

Hajji, Chippo, Morocco's best ambassadors
British daily The Sunday Telegraph, on Sunday lauded the qualities of Moroccan players, Mustapha Hajji and Youssef Chip of English Premiere league Coventry, describing them as best ambassador of Morocco's bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals.
Morocco, Sports, 3/28/2000

Al-Assad refuses bargaining principles on sovereignty
If the success of the summit of the US and Syrian presidents, Bill Clinton and Hafez al-Assad, is measured by declaring the resumption of negotiations between Syria and Israel, it can be said that this summit has failed.
Syria-USA, Analysis, 3/27/2000

Moroccan secondary education minister on visit to Tunis
Moroccan minister for secondary and technical education, Abdallah Saaf, arrived in Tunis Sunday for a two-day visit to examine with Tunisian peer means of strengthening cooperation in the field of education.
Morocco-Tunisia, Education, 3/27/2000

Football: Morocco qualifies for Olympic games
Two goals scored in the first half were enough for Morocco to defeat Cote D'Ivoire and move to the final rounds of the football tournament of the Olympic games, due next summer in Australia.
Morocco, Sports, 3/27/2000

33 shows in international meeting for theater in Jordan
Regional-Jordan-International, Culture, 3/27/2000

35% decrease in exports of Egyptian citrus to the gulf states
Egypt, Agriculture, 3/27/2000

Sudan warns of meningitis outbreak
The Sudanese Ministry of Health has warned citizens to avoid crowded places and direct sun in a bid to curb the spread of meningitis, cases of which claimed 2,300 lives in 1999.
Sudan, Health, 3/27/2000

Yemeni national arrested for drug smuggling
Morocco-Yemen, Local, 3/27/2000

Morocco adopts anti-drought moves
Morocco has adopted a large-scale program to counter the adverse effects of the drought currently hitting the country.
Morocco, Agriculture, 3/27/2000

Israeli forces attack Lebanese civilians
The Israeli occupation forces expanded their aggressions against populated towns and villages in south Lebanon, and heavy casualties were inflicted as a result.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/27/2000

Armed groups kill more people in Algeria
The Algerian daily al-Khabar said on Sunday that the Armed Islamic Group killed three members of the municipal guard and wounded another three in an ambush implanted at al-Bukhara road and Awlad Hilal in Medea province.
Algeria, Local, 3/27/2000


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