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Today's Headlines

• Arafat in New Delhi today and China next
  Shaath referred to the support presented by China to Palestine, saying that Arafat will declare his final position toward the Palestinian state following his visit to China. Palestine, Politics, 4/10/99
• Minister of health Salam to operate on patients in Palestine
  Egyptian Minister of Health Ismaal Salam arrived in Gaza this morning, where he is going operate by himself on patients with heart problems. Egypt, Health, 4/10/99
• Delineation of borders between Saudi Arabia and Yemen to resume
  The committee to renew borders demarcation between Yemen and Saudi Arabia will resume its work after two weeks. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 4/10/99
• Albright expresses concern over Israeli settlements
  U.S. Secretary of state Madeleine Albright expressed clear "concern" on Friday to visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon about continued Israeli settlement activity since the U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian peace Summit was held at the Wye River center last October. Israel, Politics, 4/10/99
• Egypt calls for preventing nuclear explosives
  The meetings of the international parliamentary conference start today in Brussels, in which Egypt participates with a high-ranking delegation chaired by Fathi Serour, the head of the Egyptian People's Assembly. Egypt, Politics, 4/10/99
• Sharon in Moscow tomorrow, his third visit in six months
  Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon is heading tomorrow to Moscow on a visit to Russia, his third in six months, during which he will meet with his Russian counterpart, Igor Ivanov, to discuss developments in the Middle East and the Balkans. Israel, Politics, 4/10/99
• Vegetable production in Syria
  Farmers involved in vegetable farming in Syria vary from working small, marginal farms around the big cities to an acceptable farm size in the south and the Orentos. Syria, Agriculture, 4/10/99
• Morocco's textile exports post 6.7% growth since 1994
  Despite the various hardships in this decade (the Gulf War, European economic recession, tougher competition, consumption slump, Asian crisis...), Morocco's production and exports of textile have been on the rise and reached in 1998 a record figure of U.S $2.5 billion (24 billion DH). Morocco, Economics, 4/10/99
• Egyptian mufti: Man's cloning is prohibited
  Nasser Farid Wasel, Egypt's Mufti, said yesterday that cloning of man contradicts Islamic legislation and is prohibited in all its forms because it contradicts with Islam. Egypt, Religion, 4/10/99
• Moroccan fish professionals against EU accord renewal
  Moroccan fisheries professionals on Friday unanimously opposed the renewal of the Moroccan-EU fisheries agreement, after its expiry in November 1999. Morocco, Economics, 4/10/99
• Indian - Egyptian cooperation for producing irrigation pumps
  Indian businessment are to implement many major joint projects with Egyptian businessmen during the coming period. Egypt, Business, 4/10/99
• Arab Lawyers Union calls for forming Arab authority to follow up on Lockerbie trail
  The Arab Lawyers Union called for forming an Arab international organization to follow up on the Lockerbie trail. Meanwhile, the union announced its total solidarity with the Libyan position, calling for lifting the sanctions immediately. Regional, Politics, 4/10/99
• Palestinians demonstrate in Jerusalem on anniversary of Deir Yassin massacre
  On the occasion of the anniversary of the Dier Yaseen massacre, in which more than 250 Palestinians were killed, tens of Palestinians demonstrated. Palestine, Local, 4/10/99
• Palestinian development projects in Jerusalem
  The board of directors of Jerusalem company for investment and construction completed a report including projects valued at $60 million. Palestine, Economics, 4/10/99
• Egypt examines Albania returnee accused of membership in Islamic Jihad group
  The high military court in Cairo is to examine the case of those who returned from Albania, which includes 107 persons accused of being members of the Islamic Jihad group, led by Ayman El-Zawhay, and others affiliated to Saudi separatist Osama Bin Laden. Egypt, Politics, 4/10/99
• European market reduces in half Egyptian exports of peanuts
  The European market's countries decided to halve their imports of Egyptian peanut for 45 months. Egypt, Economics, 4/10/99
• 25 Dutch businessmen visiting Egypt
  25 businessmen from Holland are going to visit Egypt on April 20, representing companies working in technology, communications, energy, electric machines, banking services, transport, food, and shipping exports. Egypt, Economics, 4/10/99

Short Takes

• Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens said today that he is going to decrease Israel Army forces stationed in south Lebanon, adding that military sites affiliated to the Israeli forces will be transferred to the South Lebanon Army militia, which is allied with Israel. Arens said the aim of this action is to reduce the dangers to which the soldiers of the Israeli Army are exposed due to the operations of Lebanese resistance forces. Go
• Two Moroccan women members of parliament are to take part in Brussels in the meeting of female lawmakers, held as part of the 101st session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The meeting will be held this Saturday under the presidency of An Hermans, a member of the Belgian House of Representatives. The women lawmakers' main topic of discussion is how to remedy women's under-representation and poor participation in the decision-making process. Go
• King Hassan II of Morocco received on Friday in the royal palace of Marrakesh (central Morocco) the U.S assistant-secretary of state for the Middle East and North Africa, Martin Indyk. Go
• Speaker of the chamber of advisors, upper house of the Moroccan parliament, Mohamed Jalal Essaid, Friday expressed satisfaction at the lifting of the embargo enforced against Libya since 1992. The Moroccan official who was speaking at the opening of the chamber's spring session hoped that this issue will be settled once and for all so that Libya recovers its place within the international community. UNSCOM says Iraq submitted new data on germ warfare Two Palestinian fishermen shot by Israeli navy Turkish troops kill 44 Kurdish rebels in cross-border attack on northern Iraq Jordan's New King Visits Oman Iranian Army Commander Assassinated Djibouti Ruling Alliance Wins Presidential Poll Algerians in France vote in presidential election Iran says will continue to back Palestinians EritreaPresident Go

Yesterday's Headlines

• President al-Assad to visit Russia Monday at the invitation of President Yeltsin
• Mauritania gives up Arabization
• New parliamentary bloc established in Sudan
• Al-Rawabdeh pledges to fight corruption in Jordan
• Arafat looms the possibility of postponing the announcement of the Palestinian state
• Three Arab states in the international conference for businesswomen
• intensive diplomatic move to rescue Maghreb union.
• King agrees to pardon persons guilty of offense against state security and to indemnify families of missing
• Moroccan human rights council proud over settlement of human rights cases
• Collective leadership for the Iraqi conference to unify Iraqi opposition
• Prince Khaled praise US on Yugoslavia, asks for similar treatment of Israel
• Lebanese-Palestinian follow-up committee to solve refugee problem
• Preparations for the first US-Libyan meeting since 18 years
• Referendum is an imperative necessity, minister says
• Saddam Hussein approves non official papers to develop the Iraqi media
• 15 countries in the Mediterranean tourism market in Cairo
• Mandela in Manama after Muscat
• French secretary of state of foreign trade in Rabat
• Jordan stresses cooperation with Syria to build al-Wahda dam, finance a problem
• Selling the Egyptian government's shares in the joint banks
• US embassy in Cairo hails increase in Egyptian investments
• Meeting with Moratinos, Lahoud stresses cohesion between Syrian, Lebanese tracks
• First Syrian plane to Libya on Saturday

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