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- Abu Ali Mustafa ends life of exile
The assistant secretary general of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Abu Ali Mustafa, returned on Thursday to the West Bank following some 32 years in exile. Palestine, Politics, 10/1/99 - Moroccan opponent serfaty returns home
Abraham Serfaty, a Moroccan opposition figure returned home on Thursday night after King Mohammed VI responded positively to his request to come back to Morocco. Morocco, Politics, 10/1/99 - Al-Sharaa delivers Syria's speech before the UN General Assembly
In a speech he delivered on Friday before the UN General Assembly, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa said the international community has considered the peace process on the grounds of which the Madrid conference of 1991 was launched as a serious initiative to put an end to a struggle which lasted for several decades and plundered huge material and human potentials from the people of the region. Syria, Politics, 10/1/99 - Korean - Egyptian Company for medicine production equipment to be established
The establishment of a joint Korean - Egyptian company was decided to manufacture equipment to producing medicine with a capital of 10 million pounds, in which the Egyptian holding company for medicine and two Korean companies are participating. Egypt, Business, 10/1/99 - Lebanese economic delegation to visit Egypt in mid-October
A Lebanese economic delegation will discussed during its visit to Cairo on October 15 with Egyptian businessmen the establishment of joint projects and the participation of Egyptian contracting companies in reconstructing Lebanon. Egypt, Economics, 10/1/99 - Moussa accuses US State Department report of partiality
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa accused the US State Department Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999 of being partial and including false information, saying that Egypt will discuss this seriously and strongly saying "we must be ready to reply to it." Egypt, Politics, 10/1/99 - Tensions in Ein al-Helweh between Fatah and the Islamists
The conditions were intensified in Ein al-Helweh camp on Thursday afternoon amid escalated acts between the fighters of the Islamist extremist organizations and forces and the Fatah movement's militias. Lebanon, Politics, 10/1/99 - Qatari foreign minister confers with Israeli counterpart
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jaber al-Thani discussed with his Israeli counterpart, David Levy, "Middle East peace process developments," during their meeting in New York on Wednesday night on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. Qatar, Politics, 10/1/99 - Saudi Arabia sends relief to flood-stricken sudanese
A Saudi relief aircraft, loaded with humanitarian relief supplies, flew on wednesday for Sudan to assist in alleviating damage inflicted by the floods in the North of the country. Saudi Arabia, Economics, 10/1/99 - Baghdad opposes UN Security Council's way of thinking
Iraqi Foreign Minister Muhammad Said al-Sahaf has refused the proposed way of suspending sanctions on Iraq, saying that "Baghdad refuses the way the UN Security Council members think of." Iraq, Politics, 10/1/99 - Theater festival in Shareka in coming March
Shareka Emirate decided to organize its second theater festival between 20th- 27th of coming March with participation of 8 countries which are Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunis, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria, and (UAE) which is the state which organizes the festival. United Arab Emirates, Culture, 10/1/99 - Bahrain, US sign treaty
Bahrain and the United States on Wednesday signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). Bahraini Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdallah Hasan al-Saif and United States Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky each signed for their states. Bahrain, Economics, 10/1/99 - Israel strikes civilian houses in south Lebanon
Israeli raids and artillery bombardment in south Lebanon on Thursday resulted in damaging several houses of civilians, especially in Zouter East. Lebanon, Military, 10/1/99 - Islamic Sharia prescribed in Somalia
"Sheikhs" from the Islamic sects in Mogadishu announced on Thursday that they had prescribed Islamic Sharia in certain Somali districts in order to withstand the increasing wave of crimes and tribal conflicts. Somalia, Politics, 10/1/99 - International telecom group to invest $ 2.2 bln in morocco GSM
The International telecom Group MEDITELECOM will invest $ 45 million in 1999 and will increase this investment to nearly $ 1.6 billion in 2000, $ 2.1 billion in 2001 and $ 2.2 in 2002. Morocco, Business, 10/1/99
Short Takes
- In the presence of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad the governors of the Syrian provinces of Damascus, Damascus Countryside and Daraa took their legal oath on Thursday on the occasion of assuming their new posts as governors, according to the Presidential decree no. 62 for 1999. Al-Assad met with the three new governors, Muhammad Safi Abu Wdan of Daraa, Subhi Hameeda of Damascus Countryside and the governor of Damascus Nabeel Nasri, and provided "them with his directives." Go
- Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam on Thursday received a member of Chile's Senate, Sergio Bitar, who is also the chairman of the Party for Democracy in Chile. Talks dealt with conditions in the region and the conditions of Syrian expatriates and Chileans of Syrian descent in Chile. Go
- Prince Abdellah Ibn Abdelaziz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and vice-president of the ministers' council and chief of the National guard is expected in Morocco this Friday on a private visit, it was officially announced in Jeddah on Thursday. Go
- The second meeting of the US - Maghreb commercial chambers - started yesterday evening in Tunis on the six-month anniversary of the first meeting, which was held in Casablanca in the framework of the US - Maghreb partnership which aims at boosting bilateral relations between the USA and Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco and developing the private sector in these countries. Go
- The Moroccan carrier ROYAL AIR MAROC (RAM) will purchase three boeing 737 of the new generation in year 2000 and two other planes of the same type in year 2001, the carrier announced here on Thursday. Go