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• King Mohammed meets Pope John Paul II at Holy See
  King Mohammed VI visited Thursday the Holy See where he conferred with Pope John Paul II. Morocco, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Qatar and Bahrain exchange ambassadors Bahrain, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Jordanian parliamentary majority calls for resignation of al-Rawabdeh government
  Some 53 members at the Jordanian parliament called in a message addressed on Wednesday to King Abdullah II for changing the Jordanian government chaired by Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh. Jordan, Politics, 4/14/2000
• May meeting in Cairo to discuss mechanism for convening Arab summit
  The Arab ministerial committee formed to discussing the mechanism for convening an Arab summit will convene in Cairo during the first week of May. Regional, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Egypt, Canada agree to increase bilateral trade
  President Mubarak had talks yesterday with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on ways of expanding bilateral cooperation in the fields of trade, technical cooperation and training. Egypt, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Al-Shara meets with UN chief in Havana
  Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday in Havana at the conferences palace, on the sideline of the meetings of the South summit met with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Syria, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Chretien in Amman today
  It was announced in Amman on Thursday that Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien will arrive in Amman this afternoon in a visit to Jordan which will last for three days. Jordan, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Musharraf to visit Arab League next week
  Gen. Pervez Musharraf, head of the ruling military council in Pakistan, is due to visit Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Monday during his visit to Egypt, which begins on Sunday. Egypt, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Lebanon: Our borders are known, we refuse any new border demarcation
  Lebanon has renewed its opposition to giving Israel any security arrangements outside the framework of a comprehensive and just peace, according to cohesion between the Syrian and Lebanese tracks. Lebanon, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Turkey: We seek good relations with Syria, and there will be no problems concerning water
  Turkish Minister of State for Water Affairs Mustafa Yilmaz has asserted that Turkey's policy advocates good and positive relations with the neighboring states, especially with Syria. Syria, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Japanese project to support and develop Egyptian small industry
  The Japanese international cooperation organization will start in October carrying out a project to support and develop the small and medium-sized industries in Egypt, especially automobile-related industries and export industries, as well as conveying technology, especially lasers. Egypt, Business, 4/14/2000
• Egypt specifies 27.5 billion L.E to service debt burden
  Egypt decided to specify 27.5 billion LE in the new financial budget for year 2000/2001 to service the foreign and local debts burden-- 24% of the financial specifications in the new budget. Egypt, Economics, 4/14/2000
• Canada: Chretien's visit to Syria aims at strengthening relations, boosting ME peace
  The Canadian ambassador to Syria, Alexandra Bugailiskis has stated that the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to Syria on April 17 and 18 aims at strengthening bilateral relations between Syria and Canada and discussing means of giving a push forward to the peace process. Syria, Politics, 4/14/2000
• OPEC international development fund grants loan to Sudan
  The International Development Fund of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC granted Sudan a $10 million loan to develop its electricity network. Sudan, Economics, 4/14/2000
• Egyptian industrial union objects to European partnership agreement
  The Egyptian industrial union council announced its opposition to the European - Egyptian partnership agreement that is due to be signed soon between Cairo and the European Union member states. Egypt, Economics, 4/14/2000
• Egyptian plan to increase exports of computer software
  The Egyptian Economy Ministry prepared a plan to increase Egypt's exports of computer software and get into new markets, among which are US and commonwealth markets. Egypt, Economics, 4/14/2000
• Study at French university in Cairo to begin in two years
  Francios Dobair, France's ambassador in Cairo, said that studies in the French university in Cairo will commence within two years and that 3,200 male and female Egyptian students who have graduated from the secondary schools will be allowed to resume their studies at the university. Egypt, Education, 4/14/2000
• Morocco's foreign debt stands below $17 billion
  The Moroccan foreign debt was brought down to below $17 billion when it stood at $18 billion in mid-January, Finance and Economy Minister Fathallah Oualalou told the economic weekly "La Vie Economique." Morocco, Economics, 4/14/2000
• Meeting of Italian tourism chamber in Luxor in May
  The Italian tourism chamber (Fiat IT) will convene its annual conference on May 17-21 in the city of Luxor to discuss increasing the volume of tourism coming to Egypt and the Mediterranean basin area. Egypt, Economics, 4/14/2000
• Half million Iraqi children die from the economic embargo
  Iraq on Thursday officially announced in a report it had submitted to the human rights committee at the UN in Geneva that almost half a million Iraqi children have died because of the embargo imposed on it since 1990. Iraq, Health, 4/14/2000
• France ready to receive former SLA members
  French Defense Minister Alain Richard stressed on Thursday that his country can accommodate former members of the pro-Israel South Lebanese Army militias, following Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon. Lebanon, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Morocco's first ambassador to Cyprus hands credentials
  Morocco's ambassador to Cyprus, the first ever, Noureddine Sefiani, handed his credentials to president Glafcos Clerides at a meeting Thursday in Nicosia, Morocco's embassy in Athens said in a statement. Morocco, Politics, 4/14/2000
• Arab fund grants $8.4 million loan to Morocco
  The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development will grant Morocco a $8.4 million loan to partially finance an electricity project. Morocco, Economics, 4/14/2000
• New flights between Marrakesh and southern Spain
  A Spanish airliner will service two new weekly air flights between the two Spanish southern cities of Granada and Malaga and Marrakesh, Morocco. Morocco, Business, 4/14/2000
• Barak government cancels all restrictions on settlement expansion in the Golan
  The Israeli government on Thursday abrogated the decision that provided for freezing the settlement process in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Syria, Politics, 4/14/2000

Short Takes

• Omani Foreign Minister Yousef Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah is to arrive tomorrow on an official visit to Egypt, during which he is conveying a message from Oman's Sultan Qaboos Bin Said to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The message includes means of carrying out the resolutions of the Arab foreign ministers council that was recently held in Beirut and of convening an annual summit for Arab heads of state, kings, princes and rulers. Go
• Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on Thursday in Riyadh received a telephone call from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Talks dealt with bilateral relations between the two countries and developments on the Arab and international arenas. Go
• Prime minister of Malta, Eddie Fenech Adami, who is currently on a visit to Libya, conferred in Tripoli Thursday with Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi on the situation in the Mediterranean. Go
• The speaker of the Italian Parliament, Lutciano Lanti, will arrive today in Damascus leading a parliamentary delegation in a visit to Syria which will last for two days where he will hold talks with the speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly, Abdul Qader Qaddoura and several Syrian state officials. He will also visit several archaeological sites in the country in Damascus and Palmyra. Go
• Egypt will participate in the Somali peace conference on April 20 in Djibouti in which representatives of opposing Somali factions, the Arab League, the UN, the European Commission, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Egypt, Ethiopia and the Organization of African Unity will participate. Egyptian sources said this conference comes as part of the initiative of Ismael Omar Guelleh, president of Djibouti, to solve the Somali problem and create the basis for peace and stability among the factions. Go
• Jordan imported a group of Australian gazelles to establish a multipurpose natural protectorate in the Jordanian area of Zorba, as 110 gazelles-- similar to the extinct Arab species-- arrived in Jordan to be raised and to encourage the studies and research concerning these animals in addition to developing the economic and social life in the area. Go
• Algerian diplomatic sources asserted the intention of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to visit Paris at the beginning of next summer in the two countries' attempts to develop bilateral relations between them following Egyptian mediation made recently by President Mubarak and the meeting between French President Jacques Chirac and President Bouteflika on the margin of the European- African summit that was recently held in Cairo which contributed to developing the bilateral relations between Algeria and France. Go
• Former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf will leave Rabat Sunday to join family in Paris after a two-week private visit to the kingdom, reports Friday the Dakar "Wal Fadjri" daily. Go
• Many Egyptian banks started establishing a private company to spread bank credit cards with a capital of $2 million, in which the Egyptian I.T. company for investment contributes 45% of the capital, while the VISA international front contributes 20%, the Egyptian banks which issue visa cards in Egypt contributes 30%, and the supporting and decision-making center affiliated to the Cabinet contributes 5%. Go
• A Moroccan tourism poster representing The Ait Haddou Kasbah (southern Morocco) has been selected as the best advertising poster for the month of March in Germany. Go

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