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  • Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman on Wednesday received a message from Chinese President Jiang Zemin pertaining to relations between the two countries and means of accelerating bilateral relations in various fields. Go
  • Relations between Morocco and Algeria were surveyed at a meeting here earlier this week between speaker of the Algerian senate, Bachir Boumaza, and Morocco's ambassador to Algiers, Abderrazak Doghmi. The meeting, held at Boumaza's request, also discussed the consolidation of parliamentary cooperation, especially between the Algerian senate and the Moroccan chamber of advisors (upper house of the Parliament). Go
  • Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani arrived in Tunisia on Wednesday for a working visit at the invitation of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidin Ben Ali. Go
  • Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani held a round of official talks on Wednesday in Algiers. Go
  • King Mohammed VI of Morocco has sent messages to Malian and Tunisian presidents, respectively Alpha Omar Konare and Zine Elabidine Benali. Go
  • Mansour Oum, advisor of the Yemeni trade and supply minister, will arrive in Cairo in the first week of February on a visit to Egypt during which he will discuss aspects of commercial cooperation between the two countries and benefiting from Egyptian experience in the field of negotiations with the World Trade Organization. Go
  • The Egyptian deputy prime minister and minister of agriculture and land reclamation, Yousef Wali, met yesterday with a Japanese agricultural delegation that is currently visiting Cairo. Go
  • Bahraini Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met yesterday at a banquet given by Albright for the crown prince and discussed bilateral relations and other issues of mutual interest, Bahrain Tribune reported. Go
  • Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh met on Wednesday with the director of the World Health Organization for the Middle East. During the meeting talks dealt with means of strengthening cooperation between the Jordanian ministry and WHO for the Middle East and the best means of bettering the medical services level offered to citizens. Go
  • The lawyer for Alaa Hussein, the leader of Kuwait's government during Iraq's occupation of the country, said that he would quit the case if he becomes convinced that his client was not forced by Iraq to hold the position, Gulf News reported. Go
  • The Jordanian and Japanese governments on Wednesday in Amman signed an agreement on exchanging a memorandum that provides for ensuring a donation estimated at US $11.5 million to contribute to financing the construction of King Hussein Bridge which links Jordan and the West Bank and asphalt roads leading to it, as well as related construction projects. Go
  • Algerian Minister of the Interior Yazid Zarahouni has announced that more than 80% of the armed men had dropped their weapons in the framework of the civil concord law and the pardon released by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Go
  • Bahraini Commerce Minister Ali Saleh Al Saleh said yesterday that meat prices in the Gulf state would remain fixed though its meat industry is to be privatized, Gulf Daily News reported. Go
  • Morocco said it will not pull out of the race to stage the 2006 World Cup and step down in favor of South-Africa if the African Football Confederation (CAF) opted for a single bid. Go
  • The United Arab Emirates' Dubai Transportation Corporation (DTC) has granted franchises to the Al Habtour Group of Companies, Shaikh Suhail bin Khalifa Group of Companies and Cars to operate taxi services in the emirate of Dubai, Khaleej Times reported. Go

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