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Originally published May 23, 2000

Chief of Hamas urges on fasting to express solidarity with Palestinian detainees
The founder of Palestinian Hamas movement Sheik Ahmed Yassin urged yesterday Arabs and Moslems to fast for a day to express solidarity with the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. Palestine, Politics, 5/23/2000
Some 31 % of Moroccan civil servants are women
Women account for 31 % of civil servants in Morocco, Moroccan civil service and administrative reform minister, Aziz Al-Hussein said. Morocco, Culture, 5/23/2000
Moroccan benefactors to co-finance mosque construction in palestinian city of Rafah
Benefactors from the Moroccan eastern city of Oujda will co-finance the construction of a mosque in the Palestinian city of Rafah. Morocco, Religion, 5/23/2000
Putin to visit Israel
The Israeli paper Haartez said on Monday that the Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Israel next month at the invitation extended to him by the Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. Israel, Politics, 5/23/2000
100 mummies found in Bahareya oasis ruler's tomb
"The tomb of the ancient Bahareya oasis ruler of the 25th Dynasty has been unearthed along with 100 mummies," said Culture Minister Faroak Hosni, who is also head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). Egypt, Culture, 5/23/2000