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Originally published August 11, 1999

Government sells entire share in Jordanian electric company
Jordanian officials said that the government sold yesterday its share of 8% in the Jordanian electric company to local investors. Jordan, Business, 8/11/99
Mossad agent may testify in Lockerbie case
Former Mossad agent Victor Ostroviski has proposed to be a witness in the defense of the two Libyans suspected of being involved in the Lockerbie incident of 1988. Libya, Politics, 8/11/99
Ruler of Qatar meets with Jumblatt Lebanon, Politics, 8/11/99
West African gas pipeline project gets a boost
The four-nation West African gas pipeline project is to receive a major boost with the signing of two agreements between Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana and another agreement by the six companies forming the consortium for the gas project Regional, Economics, 8/11/99
Ethiopia to get 46,000 tons in EU relief food
The European Commission is to provide Ethiopia over 46,000 metric tonnes of relief food for drought-affected people in the northern, north-western, central and southern parts of the country Ethiopia, Economics, 8/11/99