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Originally published May 28, 1999

Foreign companies participate in repairing closed Iraqi factories Iraq, Economics, 5/28/99
Saudi Arabia, Italy: Syrian peace talks should be resumed from where they stopped
Saudi Arabia and Italy have asserted the need to resume negotiations on the Syrian track of the Middle East peace process from the point at which they broke off and the need for Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon and its western Bekaa in accordance with UN security council resolution 425. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/28/99
Libya calls for African unity and coordination
The secretary of the Libyan people's general committee for international cooperation, Omar al-Muntasir, has called upon the African states to work to settle their disputes, preserve peace and boost the resources of the African continent, eliminat poverty and disease, concentrate on development and sort out debt problems. Libya, Politics, 5/28/99
Morocco's poultry sector posts annual $ 909 mln in sales
Morocco's poultry sector, which employs 35,000 persons, posts an estimated annual turnover of $ 909 million and meets 50 % of domestic needs in white meat. Morocco, Economics, 5/28/99
Morocco requests US assistance to set up drought observatory
Malki, who made a number of proposals to upgrade Moroccan-US cooperation in the field of agriculture, stressed the importance of such an observatory given the great impact of drought on Moroccan agriculture, which accounts for 20% of the GDP and employs a workforce of 10 million. He also called for reflection on a Moroccan-American cooperation accord in agriculture. Morocco, Politics, 5/28/99

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