Arabic News Front Page for 5/6/2000

Originally published May 6, 2000

Today's Headlines

Tunisia, Sudan near restoration of diplomatic ties Sudan-Sudan, Politics, 5/6/2000
Polisario uses subterfuges in identification operation, sahrawi Morocco, Politics, 5/6/2000
Israeli strikes two power stations in Lebanon Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/6/2000
Syrian FM receives telephone calls from Albright, Annan
The Foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Friday received a telephone call from the US secretary General Mrs. Madeleine Albright. Syria, Politics, 5/6/2000
New accusation by Sudanese president against al-Turabi
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has accused the secretary general of the ruling national conference Hassan al-Turabi of conspiring against the ruling system and voiced his determination to take decisive measures against him. Sudan, Politics, 5/6/2000

Mauritanian envoy, Fettah ould Abdeljalil, also minister of the interior, arrived here on Friday. The envoy told the press upon arrival in the Algerian capital city that he was carrying a message from president Mouaouia Ould Sid Ahmed Taya of Mauritania to Algerian peer, Abdelaziz Bouteflika. No detail was disclosed on the content of the message. Go
Speaker of the Algerian senate (Nation Council), Bashir Boumaaza, arrived in Marrakesh Saturday for a 3-day official to Morocco. A statement of speaker of the Moroccan upper legislative house (Chamber of Advisors), said the visit, the first of the kind, will offer the two legislative bodies the opportunity to probe cooperation means and mechanisms both at the bilateral and international levels. The Algerian official is scheduled to meet the speakers of the two houses, prime minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi and other cabinet members. Go