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- Clinton - Mubarak call for an end to the violence Egypt, Politics, 10/17/2000
- On President al-Assad's today visit to Saudi Arabia
The Saudi daily al-Watan has described the visit made by President Bashar al-Assad to Saudi Arabia today as a crowning and continuity of the strategic relations between the two states in the framework of what is called the " three principles which form the element of inter- Arab balance since ten years during which there were no Arab summits and an urgent need has emerged to establish a balance that brings all the Arabs together." Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Demonstrations develop into clashes, al-Aqsa uprising continues
In an atmospheres of a general strike covered all the Palestinian territories, demonstrations called upon by the national forces started since early in the morning on Monday, stressing rejection of the occupation and renewed protest against the Israeli terrorism and practices and over convening the Sharm esh Sheikh meeting which Palestinian circles fear its decisions will be an elimination for the uprising. Palestine, Politics, 10/17/2000 - A Jordanian draft law for canceling the peace treaty with Israel
Independent and Islamic Jordanian deputies presented a draft law to the Jordanian parliament that calls for canceling the Jordanian - Israeli peace treaty signed in 1994. Jordan, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Egyptian chambers of commerce halt all forms of relations with Israel
The federation of the Egyptian chambers of commerce decided the halting of all forms of dealing with Israel and urged the Egyptian businessmen not to maintain any sort of economic cooperation with Israel. Egypt, Economics, 10/17/2000 - Palestinian official: Extending Sharm El-Sheik meeting is evidence of disputes
Jamil El-Tereifi, the Palestinian civil affairs minister, assured that "extending the Sharm EL-Sheik meetings indicates that the Palestinian - Israeli disputes still exist concerning the causes of discussion." Palestine, Politics, 10/17/2000 - The Palestinians ask Arafat not to sit with Barak
A large number of the Palestinians asked the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat not to sit with the Israeli prime minister Ihud Barak for he is working on buying time and that the uprising is the only retaliation against the Israeli occupation for the Arab lands. Palestine, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Moroccan childhood association calls for end to massacre of Palestinians
The Moroccan association of assistance to childhood and family has called the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, and the President of France, Jacques Chirac, acting chairman of the European Union, to intervene immediately to put an end to the slaughter of Palestinian civilians. Morocco, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Israeli forces occupies the Palestinian Rafah passage on Egyptian borders
The Israeli forces occupied last night the Palestinian Rafah passage between the Egyptian and the Palestinian borders and turned it to closed military area and evacuated all the Palestinian employees from it. Palestine, Politics, 10/17/2000 - 200 million loss to Palestine due to Israeli seige
The Palestinian ministry of trade and economy said that the full imposed siege on the Palestinian self-rule areas since the beginning of al-Asqa uprising caused tremendous loss in the economic sectors that are estimated at 200 million dollars. Palestine, Economics, 10/17/2000 - Israel plans to attack Syria, Lebanon
The Egyptian paper al-Osbo has said in a news report that Israel called for a political support from the US in order to implement a plan to attack Syria and Lebanon within two weeks if the current negotiations will not result in releasing the Israeli prisoners held by the Hizbullah. Regional, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Lebanese ambassador warns against Israel's attacks against Lebanon
Lebanon's ambassador to the US Fareed Abboud has warned Israel against launching any attacks against civilian targets in Lebanon. Lebanon, Politics, 10/17/2000 - A second Egyptian plane to Baghdad today
An official at Cairo's airport said on Monday that an Egyptian plane will head today for Baghdad boarding 97 persons of Egyptian artists, intellectuals, and doctors in order to express solidarity with the Iraqi people. Egypt, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Yemeni interior minister visits Saudi Arabia today
Yemeni interior minister Hussein Arab arrived in Riyadh today on a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia during which he is hold talks with his Saudi counterpart Prince Nayef Bin Abd al-Aziz. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Nasrullah holds a press conference on the captured Israeli Colonel
The secretary general of the Hizbullah party Hassan Nasrullah has stressed on Monday that the Israeli col. Anhnan Ninin Bueim who works with the Israeli Mossad and who was recently captured by the Lebanese national resistance was arrested in Lebanon by the Lebanese national resistance, as he entered Lebanon on a forged foreign passport coming from Brussels. Lebanon, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Kuwaiti request to limit Arab summit discussion to Jerusalem and Palestine
Kuwait on Monday expressed its hope that the Arab summit which will be held on October 21 and 22 will be dedicated to discuss the question of Jerusalem and the situation in the Palestinian territories. Kuwait, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Abd el-Maguid: No conflict between Sharm El-Sheik and Arab summit
Arab League secretary general Esmat Abd El-Maguid assured that there is no contradiction between Sharm EL-Sheik and the coming Arab summit, saying that there are international members and international concerns with the Palestinian problem in Sharm El-Sheik conference that will be more widely discussed than in the Arab summit. Regional, Politics, 10/17/2000 - Rabat hosts Mediterranean conference on human rights
A Mediterranean conference on human rights convenes in Rabat next Friday and Saturday under the topic "Human rights, cultural identity and social cohesion in the Mediterranean region." Regional, Culture, 10/17/2000 - Cairo seminar on human rights hails Morocco's experience
A seminar on human rights held in Cairo this week has hailed Morocco's experience in the field and described the kingdom's project to include education to human rights in schools syllabi as "ambitious." Regional, Culture, 10/17/2000 - Saudi Arabia asks Iraq to hand two plane highjackers
The Saudi minister of the Interior prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz on Monday announced that Saudi Arabia asks the Iraqi authorities to hand over the two Saudi citizens who highjacked the Saudi Boeing 777 planes to Baghdad on Saturday. Saudi Arabia, Local, 10/17/2000 - Morocco, USA sign energy agreement
Morocco and the United States of America signed in Marrakesh Monday an agreement on cooperation in energy-efficiency and renewable energies. Morocco, Economics, 10/17/2000 - Meetings of Arab foreign ministers to begin Thursday
Meetings of the Arab foreign ministers are to begin in Cairo Thursday to prepare for the agenda of the urgent Arab summit on coming Saturday. Regional, Politics, 10/17/2000 - $ 3.6 billion energy investments in Moroccan five-year plan
Investments in the energy sector reached $ 2.6 billion in 1995-1999 and will total $3.6 billion in the current five year development plan said Monday minister of industry, trade, energy and mining Mustapha Mansouri. Morocco, Economics, 10/17/2000 - Moroccan - German economic, cultural days open in Rabat
Moroccan - German economic and cultural days opened in Rabat Monday night at the initiative of the Moroccan-German Association. Morocco, Economics, 10/17/2000 - Morocco- EU technical talks on fishery open oct. 30 in brussels
Technical talks between Morocco and the European Union on fisheries will open on October 30 in Brussels, announced in Casablanca Monday the European agriculture and fishery commissioner Franz Fischler, after a meeting with Prime Minister Abderrahmane youssoufi. Morocco, Economics, 10/17/2000 - Kuwait to simplify procedures for endorsing Indonesian certificates of origin
Kuwait will soon simplify its procedures for endorsing certificates of origin for Indonesian exports, reports this Tuesday Indonesian news agency "ANTARA." Kuwait, Economics, 10/17/2000
Short Takes
- Some 18 persons were killed on Sunday in two massacres said to be carried out by the armed Islamic groups in al-Medya to the South of the capital Algiers. One armed group attacked a family in a village near al-Medya city and killed 12 of them and all the killed are women and children and kidnapped two young women. Go
- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has informed the commander of the American central leadership on Monday that the preliminary results and important evidences concluded by the security authorities in Yemen concerning the explosion of the US warship at Aden port, indicate hat the explosion was a deliberate act and described it as a criminal act. Go
- In Lebanon, hundreds of refugees in Ein El-Helwa Camp near Sayda demonstrated to protest Arafat's participation in Sharm El-Sheik summit and they asked Arafat to declare a Palestinian country and distribute weapons to Palestinians to resist Israel. The demonstrators repeated anti-US slogans for the U.S administration's siding with Israel and they also burnt Israeli flags. Go
- Morocco's hard currency reserves totaled in the January-August period of the current year 53 billion DH ($ 4.8 billion), compared to 60 billion DH during the same period in 1999, scoring a decrease of 11.6 %. Go