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Originally published July 1, 1999

Kurdish Workers' Party urges its members to avoid escalation in Europe
The political wing of the Kurdish Workers' Party urged the Kurds in Europe not to attack Western and Turkish targets after the issuance of a death sentence against the party's chief, Abdullah Ocalan. Turkey, Politics, 7/1/99
Arab economic development bank meets in Casablanca
A bank official told the media the three-day meeting will examine some administrative and financial issues and the advancement of some projects. Regional, Economics, 7/1/99
Early vegetable exports up, citrus fruit exports down
Morocco's exports of early vegetables during the current agricultural campaign have recorded up to May 31, 1999 a 33% increase, with exports totalling 387,000 tons, compared to 292,000 tons the previous campaign. Morocco, Agriculture, 7/1/99
UNSCOM: Butler's term ends
Richard Butler, the head of UNSCOM, the committee that was formed after the Gulf War in 1991 to inspect Iraqi weapons, ended his two year term, marked by a series of hot confrontations with Iraq that reached a climax with the launch of U.S - U.K air raids in December 1998. Iraq, Politics, 7/1/99
OIC foreign ministers meeting condemns Israel
The secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Azeddine Laraki, has stressed a need to unite Islamic efforts to counter the challenges currently taking place in the Islamic world, indicating that the OIC is working to achieve this very objective. Regional, Politics, 7/1/99
Egyptian Opera House overview
* The old Cairo Opera House was inaugurated on 1/11/1869. The inauguration was attended by Khedive Ismail, Empress Eugenie whose husband was Napoleon the third, king of Austria, and the crown prince of Prussia. Egypt, Culture, 7/1/99

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