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- Libya is changing since the suspension of the embargo, the only taboo is al-Qaddafi
Every one who lives in Tripoli, diplomats or Libyans, alike, stressed that they can " breathe out" following the changes in the way of living in Libya since April 1999 and the suspension of the International sanctions on this country. Commodity prices have receded and centers for the Internet were founded. Libya, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Egypt and Bahrain renew backing for Syria
Egypt and Qatar have renewed their full backing to Syria ' s stand and right to restoring back the whole of the Golan at a time when the secretary general of the Arab league AL. Ismat Abdul Miguid said the Arab foreign ministers will hold a meeting on the sideline of the Millennium summit in New York to discuss the possibility of finding out a permanent seat for the Arab states if the UN Security Council membership will be expanded. Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2000 - The new cabinet to double efforts, Youssoufi says
The government appointed Wednesday by King Mohammed VI will step up efforts in carrying on action within royal directives outlined in the Throne Day speech, said Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi. Morocco, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Tunisian secretary of state for foreign affairs in Rabat
Tunisian secretary of state for foreign affairs, Tahar Seyoud, arrived in Morocco Wednesday on a three-day visit. Morocco, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Presidential and parliamentary elections in Sudan
Sudan's foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael said that the presidential and parliamentary elections in his country will be held in the mid of October as scheduled before. Sudan, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Jordan to open its airspace with Iraq
Jordan's minister of transport Muhammad Klaydah said on Wednesday that Jordan is waiting the consent of the UN to open the airspace with Iraq next month, October. Jordan, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Mubarak: Economy is doing fine
As for the coming elections, Mubarak said that he will review the final list of candidates of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) on Sunday. "The citizen is the one who is to bring his representative to the parliament so he should think twice before selection," Mubarak said. Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Egypt makes no pressure on the Palestinians
Egypt's foreign minister Amr Moussa has stressed his country's stand concerning the file of Jerusalem is to reach a solution in the framework of international legitimacy resolutions. A position which backs the Palestinians proposals and stances to this effect. Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Palestinian clergy against sharing sovereignty over Jerusalem
The mufti of occupied Jerusalem and the holy sites Ikremah Subhi has described the American proposal to share sovereignty on the holy sites in Jerusalem as a perpetuation to the Israeli occupation on the holy city and a violation of the Palestinian supremacy. Palestine, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Jerusalem is a sensitive, complicated, serious issue
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has said that he told US President Bill Clinton, President Jacques Chirac of France and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak that the issue of Jerusalem is very sensitive, complicated and serious. Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Mubarak, Ben-Issa underline support for Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem
The two leaders underlined the necessity of maintaining Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem and Holy Places stressing the need to maintain joint coordination at the Arab level with the aim of convening a successful Arab Summit that achieves interests of Arab nation. Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Morocco, a pioneer country in human rights education in Arab states, expert
Secretary general of the "world association of schools as peace instrument," Monique Prindezis, said Morocco emerged as a pioneer in human rights education in the Arab states, for having created a joint commission between the education and the human rights departments to take out all racial and sexist stereotypes from school manuals. Morocco, Culture, 9/7/2000 - Moussa delivers President Mubarak's address, UN-Millennium Summit
It is incumbent upon us at this historical juncture to lay down together joint intellectual bases for tackling the inputs of this new era with its horizons and aspirations. Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Oman's speech in the Millennium Summit
reforming the structure of the United Nations Organization especially the Security Council, by increasing its members so as to ensure a fair geographical representation that can articulate the ambitions and aspirations of the peoples. Oman, Politics, 9/7/2000 - New Somali president in New York
New Somalia President Abdul Qasem Salat Hassan arrives in New York to attend the Millennium summit which is organized by the UN and he therefore ends a " diplomatic isolation" for his country lasted more than 10 years. Somalia, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Najib Mahfouz: the embargo against Iraq is futile
The Egyptian renowned man of letter Najib Mahfouz has announced that the international embargo imposed on Iraq is " now futile and outdated." Iraq, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Khatami meets with Algerian President
Iranian President Muhammad Khatami on Tuesday met with the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika in New York. Algeria, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Morocco's El Guerrouj still tops IAAF world ranking
With a total of 1,446.70 points, El Guerrouj comes ahead of American Maurice Green who is followed by Kenyan Noah Ngeny. Morocco, Sports, 9/7/2000 - First Egyptian-Canadian investment fund with a capital of $ 100,000,000
The E.N.G. Perings International and Concord Corporation for International Investment will launch a promotion campaign in mid-September in the world capitals of business and the Arab region which will continue for two months contributing to the first Egyptian-Canadian investment fund with a capital of $ 100,000,000 . Regional, Economics, 9/7/2000 - Riadh Al Sonbati: Preserving the identity of Arabic music
Riyadh Al-sonbati is a prominent Egyptian composer and pioneer of Arabic music, who remained in the lime light for almost half a century. Al-Sonbati's talent was quite evident at an early stage of his life. At the age of 18, his intuitive propensity to music was discovered by his father, Mohammed Al-Sonbati, a popular singer and a driot lute player, who was widely admired by the local comunity of his home village of Sonbat in the Delta countryside. Egypt, People, 9/7/2000
Short Takes
- The severe drought crisis which has been hitting Iraq hard since three years and the decreased water level in the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers have pushed hundreds of peasants and farmers to dig wells to irrigate their farms. Iraq's irrigation ministry secretary Abdul Sattar Salman said that water level at the Tigris reached levels never seen since 75 years, noting that the drought might lead a decrease in wheat production to 37%. Go
- The Jordanian daily al-Distour said that the prime minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb will make the first cabinet reshuffle on his government by the end of this month. Go
- The assistant secretary for political affairs at the people's general committee for foreign relations and international cooperation Saad Mustafa Mujber on Tuesday evening met with Yugoslavia's minister for foreign trade, currently visiting Libya. Go
- The ministers of trade in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states will convene meetings of their 27th session in al-Riyadh to discuss several issues aiming at backing trade exchange between their countries. In a statement he made in al-Riyadh on Wednesday, the GCC secretary general Sheikh Jamil al-Hujeilan said the participants in the meeting will discuss organizing electronic trade among the GCC member states, developing the bases for owning shares and recommendations of heads of financial markets on this matter besides several pertinent reports. Go
- Works of the 10th meetings for foreign media officials at the ministry of information in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) were held on Wednesday at the GCC headquarters in al-Riyadh to discuss several issues concerning joint foreign media activity of the GCC member states. Go
- The Algerian daily al-Khabar said in its Wednesday's issue that the Algerian security forces killed two armed groups men in an ambush implanted to them in Teizi Kweilan area in al-Bweira province. Go
- Thousands of people from around the United States will rally in Washington on Saturday, September 16, to demand that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to the homes and lands from which they were expelled, announced the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The rally is organized by The Palestine Right to Return coalition, known by the Arabic name Al-Awda, or "the return." Go
- Vice-speaker of the Japanese chamber of advisors, Hisamitsu Sugano, is expected in Rabat this Thursday on a three-day visit meant to discuss means of upgrading Moroccan-Japanese relations, a statement by the Japanese embassy in Rabat said. The Japanese official, who will be accompanied by three members of the chambers, will confer with the speakers of the two houses of the Moroccan parliament Abdelouahed Radi and Jalal Essaid. Go
- Assiut-based Saint Mark Church priests council issued statement on apparition of Virgin Mary over the Church steeples. Go