Today's Headlines
- Damascus: a new, political non- opposition political party established Syria, Politics, 1/19/2001
- Morocco's premier meets Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Morocco-Iran, Politics, 1/19/2001
- Pollution costs Morocco 8% of GDP
Environment pollution and degradation costs Morocco 8% of its Gross Domestic Product, said Mohamed El Yazghi, minister of territory development, town planning, housing and environment. Morocco, Economics, 1/19/2001
- Indyk admits dangers of settlements, Arafat calls for negotiations until Israeli elections
The US ambassador in Tel Aviv Martin Indyk said that the settlement policy and construction of ring-roads in the west bank and Gaza resulted in the decline of the Palestinian confidence in the negotiation process. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/19/2001
- Jordan starts measures to erect an oil pipeline with Iraq
Jordan is intending to carry out the pipeline project to transport the Iraqi oil to Jordan at a length of 750 Kms and at a cost of US $ 350 million. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 1/19/2001
- Al-Assad receives Lebanese, French delegations, a message and invitation from Chirac
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad Thursday received at al-Shaab palace a delegation representing the Lebanese lawyers. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/19/2001
- Arab League: Arab principles are the base in dealing with Bush's administration
The Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Ismat Abdul Miguid has stressed the Arab League commitment to the Arab principles and the principles of the peace process, based on the international legitimacy resolutions especially resolutions no 338 and 242 provide for Israel's withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands up to June 1967 border lines in Jerusalem, the Golan and Lebanese territories so far left under the Israeli conditions. Regional-USA, Politics, 1/19/2001
- Saudi Arabia, Iran stress the need of developing bilateral trade relations
Saudi Arabia and Iran have stressed the need of developing bilateral trade relations and to provide necessary facilitation for imports measures in the two countries. Saudi Arabia-Iran, Economics, 1/19/2001
- Syrian premier confers with Oteiqa, JICA chief
The Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro on Thursday met the chairman of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency JICA and members of the accompanying delegation. Syria-Japan, Economics, 1/19/2001
- Jordan continues preparations to host the Arab summit
Jordan's foreign minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib on Thursday met with the Arab ambassadors accredited to Jordan and briefed them on the preparations and arrangements carried out by the Jordanian government to host the Arab summit conference in the meeting for the rotating presidency of the summit in March in Amman. Jordan, Politics, 1/19/2001
Short Takes
- The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday received member of the foreign relations council in New York Richard Murphy who is also former US under secretary of states for the Near East affairs. Go
- The preliminary meeting for the Syrian- Libyan higher joint committee led by the deputy minister of the economy and foreign trade Fuad al-Sayed arrived in Tripoli on Thursday. The delegation includes representatives for most state's ministries and establishments and businessmen. Go
- Morocco's King Mohammed VI left this Friday Yaounde where he took part in the 21 st Africa-France summit held on Jan.18-19. In his speech to the summit, the king hoped that globalization would not edge out Africa and entail further splits and exclusions and that the international community would not indefinitely accept an asymmetrical, one-way globalization. Go
- Iraq stressed on Thursday that the sanctions imposed on the Iraqi people resulted in the spread of diseases that caused the death of more than 11,000 persons mostly children since December 2000. Go
- The committee in charge of following up the resolutions of the Arab summit recently held in Cairo will convene a meeting in Amman on February 10 with the participation of delegations representing the Arab states members in the said committee. Go
- A Moroccan source said that Morocco will attend the summit of the coasts and desert states which will be held in the Sudanese capital, al-Khartoum on February 12 and 13. The source did not specify the level at which the Moroccan delegation will take part. Go
- Morocco's exports of fruits and early vegetables declined up to January 12 by 27% from 137,000 tons in the previous season to 100,000 tons. A report of the agriculture ministry says the decline was sharper in tomato exports which totaled 74,500 tons (-37%) while potato exports increased by 67% to reach 1,000 tons and other fruits and vegetables exports recorded a 27% increase with 25,000 tons. Go
- Morocco and China signed in Rabat on Thursday an agreement providing for cooperation in sports and for increasing exchanges and communication in sports fields. Under the agreement, initialed by Moroccan youth and sports minister, Ahmed Moussaoui, and visiting vice-chairman of the Chinese sports department, Li Zhijiang, the two countries will be cooperating in building, managing and rehabilitating sports facilities. Go
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