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- Camp David negotiations in a vicious circle
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday held a bilateral meeting in camp David. Palestine, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Egypt resumes air flights to Libya
Sources at the Egyptian airlines company announced that the company resumed its air flights to Tripoli on Thursday after the embargo used to be imposed on Libya was lifted since one year. Egypt, Economics, 7/14/2000 - WWF Identifies 13 Endangered Areas in the Mediterranean
The conservation organization, World Wild Life Fund (WWF), released on Thursday results of a new study highlighting the 13 most important areas in need of protection in the Mediterranean sea, and urged governments to commit to the protection and sustainable management of at least 10% of the surface of marine and coastal areas in the region over the next 10 years. Regional, Environment, 7/14/2000 - Yemeni - Saudi move to mark the new joint borders
The Yemeni- Saudi joint committee in charge of border marks demarcation between the two states will hold its first meeting during the few coming days in al-Riyadh under the chairmanship of the Yemeni minister of the Interior Lt. Gen. Hussein Muhammad Arab and the Saudi minister of the Interior prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Temperature rise in the Mediterranean countries
This summer of the year 2000 has carried drastic climatic changes. While the heat wave and warming which has hit for several weeks several Mediterranean states at a new record of drought as temperatures exceeded 40 degrees in all the Mediterranean states. Some capitals are witnessing the highest degrees temperature averages in many years. Regional, Economics, 7/14/2000 - Egypt: Syria will not give up an inch of its lands
Egyptian presidential political advisor for political affairs Osama al-Baz has stressed Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad's commitment to Syria's basic rights and his unwavering stances on stances and principles advocated by his late father President Hafez al-Assad. Egypt, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Meetings of Egyptian - Iraqi commercial committee in August
Meetings of the Egyptian - Iraqi commercial committee will begin in August to study means of increasing Egypt's participation in fulfilling the Iraqi people's needs from the Egyptian products and goods. Egypt, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Al-Mahdi calls for protecting Egyptian - Sudanese relations
The leader of the opposition Sudanese Ummah party and former Sudanese prime minister al-Sadeq al-Mahdi has called for strengthening the special relations between Egypt and Sudan and to foster its legitimacy on a vast people and official base to protect these relations from changes and ups and downs. Egypt, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Opposition Sudanese forces will dissolved in case of agreement with government
Abd El-Aziz Khaled, the commander of the opposition Sudanese alliance forces assured that his forces will be dissolved in case of reaching an agreement with the Sudanese government. Sudan, Politics, 7/14/2000 - NATO's Mediterranean dialogue objectives ought to be explained
Morocco's Foreign affairs secretary of state Taieb Fassi Fihri said the Kingdom wished more explicit objectives for NATO's Mediterranean dialogue and called for joint definition of these objectives. Morocco, Military, 7/14/2000 - First trade center for Egyptian products in Ukraine
Egypt and Ukraine signed an agreement for establishing the first permanent trade center for displaying and selling Egyptian products in Ukraine to help Egyptian companies promote their products and guarantee the Egyptian exporters financial rights in the export process. Egypt, Economics, 7/14/2000 - King Mohammed meets US delegation over Middle East university project
Morocco's King Mohammed VI received Thursday in Rabat a US delegation in charge of the project to set up a Middle East University, Morocco having been picked as one of the host countries. Morocco, Education, 7/14/2000 - Moroccan - french relations poised for large prospects of cooperation
Morocco's King Mohammed VI sent President Jacques Chirac of France a message of congratulations on the occasion of his country's National Day stating that Moroccan-French relations are promised for large prospects of cooperation, solidarity and understanding. Morocco, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Benaissa to hand in royal message to Clinton
Morocco's foreign affairs and cooperation minister Mohamed Benaissa arrived in Washington Thursday bearing a message from King Mohammed VI to President Bill Clinton. Morocco, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Youssoufi meets president of the Spanish autonomous Valencia community
Morocco's Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi Met in Rabat Thursday M. Edouardo Zaplana, President of the Spanish autonomous Valencia community and ambassador Jorge Dezcallar, says a release from the prime minister department. Morocco, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Arab League support for rebuilding Lebanon
The Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Ismat Abdul Meguid on Wednesday sent a message to the minister of state for foreign affairs in Oman, Yousef Bin Alawi, who is the current president of the AL council. Lebanon, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Turkey cancels a contract with Israel for tanks maintenance
Turkey has abrogated a contract it had already signed with Israel for maintenance for 1,000 tanks from the Turkish armored vehicles. Israel, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Criticism to British government over backing the building of Turkish dam
Members of the British house of commons on Wednesday strongly criticized plans by the British government to give financial support to building the Turkish dam " Eleiso" on the Tigris river. The British house of commons members expressed their concern over the possible results for building such a controversial dam. Turkey, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Lahoud: continued detention of Lebanese means continued Israeli aggression
Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has denounced the decision of the Israeli military court to extend the detention of Sheikh Abdul Karim Obeid and the Lebanese militant Mustafa al-Deirani. Lebanon, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Larsen hopes to eliminate all Israeli violations in South Lebanon
The UN delegate to the Middle East Terry Larsen has expressed his hope the process of eliminating the Israeli violations on the borders with Lebanon by the end of the current month. Lebanon, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Japan finances King Hussein's bridge
It was officially announced in Amman on Thursday the beginning of a project, inaugurated by Japan to build a new bridge in the name of the late Jordanian King Hussein on the Jordan river, linking the Jordanian territories to the west bank at a cost of US $ 9.7 million. Jordan, Economics, 7/14/2000 - Morocco, Guinea sign cooperation agreement in public administration
Morocco and Guinea signed Thursday an agreement of cooperation in the field of public administration. Morocco, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Arab scouts summer camp in Saudi Arabia
The Moroccan National Scouts Federation will be taking part in the 24th Arab scouts summer camp slated for this July 19-30 in Taef, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, Culture, 7/14/2000 - Seaside tourism yields 50% of tourism returns in Morocco Morocco, Economics, 7/14/2000
- Women chapter of international socialist meets in Rabat
The women chapter of the International Socialist convened in Rabat Friday a closed-door meeting of its executive bureau at the invitation of the women's section of the socialist union of popular forces (USFP). Regional, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Moroccan surgeons stage cataract surgery campaign in Kosovo
A cataract surgery campaign was launched in Mitrovica Wednesday, part of cultural, social and medical activities held by the Moroccan committee of support to Kosovo. Morocco, Culture, 7/14/2000
Short Takes
- Morocco is taking part in the 1st Arab common market fair held this July 12 through 17 in Damascus under the aegis of the Arab League. In addition to Morocco and Syria, six other Arab states have pavilions in the fair. Morocco's stand, sponsored by the Moroccan exports promotion center, displays goods produced by over thirty industrial companies of agro-food, textile, leather, veterinary medicine and car-making. Go
- The Jordanian government chaired by Ali Abu al-Ragheb on Thursday won the confidence of the Jordanian parliament with a majority of 74 parliament members with 6 members against. All of the 80 parliament members attended the session held for that purpose. Go
- Well-informed sources in Doha said that the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani will pay a visit to Yemen by the first half of August during which he will hold talks with President Ali Abdullah Saleh dealing with means of boosting relations between the two states. Go
- Israeli officials assured that a 250 million dollars transaction concerning selling an early warning system for China was canceled due to strong U.S pressures and that the U.S officials practiced strong pressures for many months to cancel it because they see this sale it is a threat to its ally Taiwan and to the U.S forces itself in case of a war raised between China and Taiwan. Go
- Local economic operators will convene here July 20 with peers from Gibraltar at the seat of the Tangier Industrial Zone Association. The association says the event will be staged as an initiative by the Gibraltar trade, industry and telecommunication department in follow-up of the partnership agreement passed with AZIT and the regional union of the Moroccan Enterprise General Confederation CGEM. Go
- A study by the Egyptian scientific research academy assured that 45,000 Egyptian scientists had immigrated to different countries in the last 50 years among whom are 600 in rare specializations and among whom are 94 scientists in the nuclear engineering field, 26 in the nuclear physics, 48 in chemistry, 25 in astronomy and space, 28 in biology, 72 in laser usage and 93 in the programs and electronics field. Go
- Israel's President Ezra Weisman on Thursday resigned officially from his post of office. The Israeli radio said that Weisman on Thursday morning left his office after he had assumed this post for seven years. Go
- The Algerian armed forces on Thursday committed two new massacres as these groups killed 8 citizens in Teibaza province and other four in Bumerdas province, 5 Kilometers from the capital Algiers. Go
- Morocco's Younes Moudrik Thursday snatched the gold medal in the men long jump at the African athletics championship, scoring 8.34 M. Go