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- Arab economic ministers discuss difficulties facing the Arab free trade zone
The social - economic council is discussing tomorrow on the ministers' level in Damascus how to overcome the difficulties confronting applying the grand free Arab trade zone. Regional, Economics, 9/12/2000 - King Mohammed presides over signing of 39 conventions
The conventions deal with low-cost housing, industrial and tourism areas creation, encouragement of textile and information technologies sectors, highway program, sea fisheries, water supply to rural areas, cultural and environment projects and other programs to back up micro-credit associations. Morocco, Economics, 9/12/2000 - Mubarak reviews with Arafat results of his meetings in New York
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat discussed in Alexandria in two expanded discussion sessions the latest developments of the peace process in M.E. Egypt, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Hamas urges resistance
Sheik Ahmed Yassin added that "talks about the country must be preceded by arrangement to the internal Palestinian positions, fighting corruption and keeping the human rights." Palestine, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Head of the Jordanian parliament: Jerusalem is not for bargain
Head of the Jordanian parliament Abd El-Hadi El-Majali emphasized on the necessity of the Palestinian -Egyptian - Jordanian coordination in this important stage concerning the peace process. Jordan, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Al-Azhar stand over Jerusalem
Al-Azhar University conference expressed support Sunday for Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak's stand over Jerusalem issue, which is in the public interest of all Muslims and Christians. Regional, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Jihad denounces delay in announcing a Palestinian country
The opposition reactions for the Palestinian central council's decision have increased concerning the delay in announcing the Palestinian country on 13th of current September as was intended. Palestine, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Delaying Sudanese meetings for good preparation
Marshal Abd El-Rahman Sewar El-Dahab - head of the preparatory committee - the former Sudanese president refused the accusations of Hasan El-Torabi which say that the meeting is stumbled. Sudan, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Jordanian concern for foreign finance of non governmental organizations
The foreign finance of the non-governmental organizations raised a wide controversy lately in Jordan as protests especially from the left and Islamic trends see this as a cover attempt for violating the Jordanian sovereignty. Jordan, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Khartoum: Washington not qualified for mediation between government and opposition
In the time in which news were repeated about a U.S initiative for establishing peace in Sudan, Khartoum's government assured that Washington is not qualified for the mediation between the government and the opposition. Sudan, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Moroccan youth calls for human rights consecration
Youth participating in the third national forum of "Young Amnesty" called Tuesday for more efforts to consecrate human rights through education and youth training. Morocco, Culture, 9/12/2000 - Iraq accuses U.S.A of marginalizing OAPEC's role
Iraq questioned if the secretary general of the oil group OAPEC (Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) is fully qualified to lead the organization. Regional, Economics, 9/12/2000 - Morocco signs multilateral treaties including Child rights
Morocco signed international treaties on the fringes of the millenium summit, held September 6-8 at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. Morocco, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Mubarak to give go-ahead to Nilesat 102 operation
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will give the go-ahead to operating the Nilesat 102, Egypt's second satellite, within hours. Egypt, Economics, 9/12/2000 - Former Ukraine president leads business delegation to Morocco
Former President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravtchouk, is currently visiting Morocco, heading a business delegation. Morocco, Economics, 9/12/2000 - Egypt's economy promising and investment-attracting, Ebied asserts Egypt, Economics, 9/12/2000
- Afghani president denounces violence committed by extreme groups in Algeria
Afghani president (exiled) Borhan El-Din Rabani denounced the violence committed by the extreme groups in Algeria, saying in a message he sent to the Algerian President Abd El-Aziz Bu Taflika "Too bad to have violence elements in Algeria that still turn to violence and massacres to reach political purposes for that such behavior contradict with the Islamic religion and the holy Quran." Algeria, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Pope John Paul hails Egypt's role in peacemaking
Pope John Paul II of the Vatican commended the role of Egypt in the Mideast peace process, terming it as fundamental and helps bring closer views of the parties concerned. Egypt, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Deepwater oil operation puts Egypt on the map
Construction is underway on Egypt's first offshore oil platform, the only deepwater petroleum operation in the Middle East. Egypt, Economics, 9/12/2000 - Spanish skin-heads kill Moroccan man in Barcelona
A young Moroccan was shot dead Sunday in Barcelona (Spain) by a group of skin-heads. Morocco, Local, 9/12/2000 - Morocco's oil bill to exceed one billion dollars
Last month, Lone Star Energy Corporation, off-shoot of the US Skidmore Inc. Announced the discovery of oil and gas reserves at Talsint, assessed at 1.5 to 2 billion barrels and 100,000 barrel of oil reserve ay the Sidi Belkacem I well. Morocco, Economics, 9/12/2000 - Public movement for liberating Sudan controls areas with oil fields
The opposition public movement for liberating Sudan said under the chairmanship of John Garang that it has controlled during the last 2 days 3 strategic zones in the southern Wehda governorate in which there are oil fields. Sudan, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Somali president refuses any foreign interference in his country
Somali president Abd El-Kasem Hasan assured that his priorities are collecting the militias' weapons and that he formed a high ranking officers committee for that purpose, saying that he will form a police and an army from the militias members, the army men and the ex police. Somalia, Politics, 9/12/2000 - Maroc-telecom sales increase by 32%
Maroc-Telecom company has posted sales of 5.42 billion DH ($ 542 million) up to last June 30, marking a growth of 32% compared to the corresponding period of 1999, said the company's Chief Executive Officer, Abdeslam Ahizoune. Morocco, Business, 9/12/2000
Short Takes
- Syria's Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa Miro met on Monday evening Iraqi Trade Minister Mohammed Mahdi Saleh and the accompanying delegation on ways of boosting and developing economic relations and facilities to encourage trade, goods exchange and barter across the borders within UN Oil-for-food formula. Go
- The Arab group at the United Nations in New York on Monday at the World body head office held a meeting of its foreign ministers. The meeting, held behind closed doors, dealt with coordination of Arab stances on various items on the agenda of the 55th UN general assembly. The foreign ministers also examines means to follow up decisions adopted by the Arab League ministers council and Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee regarding the Middle East peace process and Arab candidacies to various UN bodies. Go
- Head of the Palestinian national council Selim El-Zanoun negated what were repeated concerning his criticism of the Egyptian Copts in front of sessions of the Palestinian central council, assuring that this has nothing to do with truth and that it aims at deforming the historical and national relation with the intimate Egypt in general and with Coptic brothers in particular, adding in press declarations yesterday that what he said was for mentioning the Coptic's positive role in the political national life in Egypt. Go
- Morocco on Sunday won the world's women bowling championships, held September 8-10 in France with 35 nations participating. The Moroccans won the title after a narrow victory in the final over the host country, France, 13-12. Go
- The Arab-Afro parliament conference held this Sept.12-14 in Tunis. Legislators from 50 Arab and African parliaments are looking into world political, economic and social conditions and their impact on national and regional policies in Arab and African countries, says a statement of the House. The three-day conference also features topics related to Arab-African cooperation in using natural resources and the setting up of a channel to ease communication between Arab and African parliaments. Go