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  • UAE postpones GCC emergency meeting until today
    The United Arab Emirates has postponed the emergency meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, convening to discuss Iranian military exercises near three islands which are under dispute, until today after having been scheduled for Wednesday. United Arab Emirates, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Crisis between AL and Iranian interest commission
    The head of the Iranian interests' commission in Cairo, Ali Akbar Hashemy, has refused to meet with Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid to discuss the Arab League and Arab states' opposition to Iran's policy toward three disputed Gulf islands, Greater and Lesser Tanb and Abu Mousa. Regional, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Report: Iraqi opposition attacks in southern Iraq
    On Wednesday, chairman of the Higher Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqer al-Hakim, said his fighters waged on Saturday a successful military operation that targeted intelligence and party positions in Karbala, south of Baghdad. Iraq, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Kuwaiti Parliament speaker refuses to meet with Jordanian FM
    A Kuwaiti daily said that speaker of the Kuwaiti nation's council Ahmad Abdul Aziz al-Sadoun refused to receive Jordanian Foreign Minister Abd al-Ilah al-Khatib in the course of the latter's meeting with high-ranking Kuwaiti officials during his current visit to Kuwait. Kuwait, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Khatami to visit Saudi Arabia, successful Saudi - Iranian talks
    Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz said on Wednesday that the Iranian President Muhammad Khatami will pay a visit to Saudi Arabia, his first since he assumed power in Iran, to perform al-Haj rituals. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Khatami to visit Damascus very soon
    Iranian diplomatic sources told the Lebanese Arabic daily al-Nahar that contacts are under way between Damascus and Tehran in preparation for an upcoming visit to be made by Iranian President Muhammad Khatami to Syria. Syria, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Ten agreements for supporting Egyptian commercial cooperation with Belgium
    Ten agreements were signed yesterday between Belgium and Egypt in the attendance of Belgian Crown Prince Philip, the Belgian prime minister and minister of economy and Egyptian Minister of Trade and Supply Ahmed Goweili. Egypt, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Report: 14 Palestinian leading figures from Abu Nidal group return to Palestinian areas
    An Arabic daily was told that some 14 leading figures from the "Fatah-revolutionary council" organization of Sabri al-Banna (Abu Nidal) returned just one month ago to the Palestinian Authority areas. Palestine, Politics, 3/4/99
  • On eve of Cohen tour, Saudi Arabia says opposes intervention in Iraqi affairs
    With the beginning of a tour by US Defense Secretary William Cohen to the region, Saudi Arabia has expressed its strong opposition to any intervention in the internal affairs of Iraq. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Kuwait boycotts meetings of Arab health ministers over Iraqi presidency
    Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr. Adel al-Sabeeh boycotted the inaugural session of the 23rd meeting of the council of Arab health ministers held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Arab League, because Iraqi Health Minister Dr. Omid Medhat presided over the meeting. Kuwait, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Education, justice, administration and employment are top priorities for Morocco, King Hassan II says
    In a speech to the nation on the occasion of Throne Day (March 3), which marks this year the 38th anniversary of the sovereign's enthronement, King Hassan II called on the nation to set itself with determination to reform the education sector. Morocco, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Lahoud, al-Hoss meet on Arnoun issue
    Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Wednesday discussed with Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss political and diplomatic contacts held by Lebanon in order to halt the Israeli air attacks which targeted areas deep in the Lebanese territories. Lebanon, Politics, 3/4/99
  • AL chief confers with Belgian crown prince
    Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid on Wednesday in Cairo discussed with the Belgium's Crown Prince Philip the latest developments in the Middle East, its current stalemate and the conditions in south Lebanon. Regional, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Yemen denies al-Iryani met with Israeli official
    The Yemeni government denied that Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani met with the general manager of the Israeli Foreign Ministry last week. Yemen, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Irish exports to Saudi Arabia worth 1.2 billion riyals in 1998
    The volume of Irish exports to Saudi Arabia during 1998 amounted to 1.2 billion riyals in 1988, an increase of 25% from 1997, the weekly news from the Irish embassy in Cairo said. Saudi Arabia, Economics, 3/4/99
  • Hamas denies coordination with the PKK
    The official spokesman for the Palestinian Hamas movement in Jordan, Ibrahim Ghousheh, has denied any coordination between his movement and the Kurdistani Workers Party (PKK) in order to carry out operations against Israeli targets and work for the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, currently held in Turkey. Palestine, Politics, 3/4/99
  • Israel objects to French statements
    The Israeli ambassador to France, Elyahu Bin Elisar, has submitted an objection to the French Foreign Ministry over statements made by the French ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Bernard Pouliti, in which the French official held Israel responsible for the stumbled Middle East peace process. Israel, Politics, 3/4/99
  • AL welcomes Libya's stand toward Lockerbie
    During the recently-held people's meeting held in Benghazi, Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gaddafi welcomed the Saudi - South African mediation effort in the Lockerbie crisis. Libya, Politics, 3/4/99

Short Takes

  • Egypt and Morocco signed yesterday the first protocol for scientific and technological cooperation since signing the cultural cooperation accord between the two countries in 1959. Egyptian Minister of Higher Education Mufid Shehab told ArabicNews.com that the agreement aims at encouraging cooperation among universities, centers and scientific research institutes in the two countries in the field of scientific and technological research, as well as exchanging visits among experts, university officials, researchers, experts and technicians in the scientific fields for short periods and for exchanging scientific opinions. Go
  • Iraqi Deputy Premier Tareq Aziz stressed on Wednesday that Iraq is determined to resist the US and British planes which fly over the northern and southern parts of Iraq by all means and ways. Go
  • Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali on Wednesday in Tunis received chairman of the Italian Federation for Industry, Georgio Faso. Following the meeting, Faso said his visit to Tunisia aims at acquainting Italian investors and contracts with areas of opportunity in Tunisia. Go
  • Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Wednesday received in Damascus former Lebanese President Elias Hrawi and his two sons, Rowy and Rolan. The two Presidents discussed during their al-Rawda Palace meeting "conditions in the region and matters of interest for both Syria and Lebanon." In the afternoon, al-Assad gave a luncheon in honor of Hrawi, attended by high-ranking Syrian officials. Go
  • Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi on Wednesday evening opened a fashion exposition for spring and summer 1999 in Aleppo. The exposition, organized by the Aleppo Chamber of Industry in collaboration with the Syrian trade chambers, includes 140 sections representing the latest fashion products from public, private and joint sector industries in Syria. Go
  • Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has asserted that the "ones who think that it is possible to dismember the Syrian and Lebanese tracks are fools and mistaken." Peres asserted that, "Military solutions in south Lebanon have totally failed and there is only the political solution and to make negotiations with Syria and Lebanon, simultaneously." Go
  • Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi on Wednesday received the director of the Middle East department of the Shell Oil company and members of the accompanying delegation. Syrian Oil Minister Muhammad Maher Jamal attended the meeting. Go
  • British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Derek Fatchett arrived in Oman on Wednesday on an official visit to Oman, which will last for two days. The Gulf News Agency said that during his visit Fatchett will hold talks with high-ranking Omani officials dealing with the situation in the Gulf region and issues of mutual concern as well as bilateral relations between the two countries. Go
  • Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has said there will be a forthcoming qualitative economic turning point in drawing up the state's general budget and the economic plan it will be based on. Go
  • Egyptian businessman Mohammed Farid Khamis decided to establish this month an Egyptian - Libyan - United Arab Emirates - Iranian holding company to establish industrial projects on a distance of 10 million square meters in the Suez Gulf. The expected capital of the company amounts to 500 million pounds, and it will work in manufacturing carpets and textiles in the first stage, including a factory for fabrics and textiles in which the Egyptian - Iranian company for textiles will take part. Oil Flow Resumes From Iraq Pipeline, U.N. Officials Say UN's Butler Says Did Not Approve U.S. Spying In Iraq Attacks on Iraq come under fire at Security Council Yemen arrests opposition journalist over U.S. report Israel to Open Palestinian Areas Initial Arab judge placed on Israel's Supreme Court FOCUS-Algerian rebels massacre 14 civilians Tunisian Amen Bank (AB.TN) '98 net rises 19.59 pct Palestinian Arrests U.S. Says British Jet Attacks Iraqi Radar Site Go

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