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- Syrian - Jordanian committee to confer next week
Jordanian - Syrian meetings were held yesterday on the fields of energy, mineral wealth, irrigation, and agriculture, preparing for convening the mutual economic committee in Damascus next week. Jordan, Economics, 5/20/99 - Arab League renews invitation on stopping the American strikes against Iraq
The Arab League criticized the United States and Britain for their continuation of airstrikes against Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 5/20/99 - Morocco imputes delay in Sahara referendum to Polisario
Morocco on Thursday imputed the delay in the referendum process in the Sahara to stalling tactics by the Polisario. Morocco, Politics, 5/20/99 - Morocco to rebate electricity price by 20% for industrial plants
the Moroccan minister said the state-owned "Office National de l'Electricite" (ONE) will invest $445 million in 1999 to boost the country's electricity output and expand power grids to rural areas. Morocco, Business, 5/20/99 - Morocco, Spain's first client in the Maghreb
Morocco is Spain's first client in the Maghreb, attracting 48.8% of Spanish exports to the region, wrote a Spanish newsletter. Morocco, Economics, 5/20/99 - Understanding committee studies Lebanese complaints
The April Understanding Monitoring Committee met in the Lebanese border town of al-Naqoura. Lebanon has lodged a new complaint to the committee against Israel for launching attacks that resulted in wounding two civilians in the town of Suhmour in the western Bekaa. Lebanon, Politics, 5/20/99