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Originally published October 8, 1999

Southern provinces inhabitants expound grievances to ministerial delegation
Representatives of unemployed graduates, local inhabitants and disabled persons from the Moroccan southern city of Laayoune have expounded their problems and grievances to a ministerial delegation that visited the city following instruction by King Mohammed VI. Morocco, Politics, 10/8/99
Members of the Sudanese parliament demand national rapport
Members of the Sudanese National Council urged the government to go on in achieving rapport among the Sudanese people and asked a large number of members in the session held by the council today to form a parliamentary committee under the chairmanship of the head of the parliament to push the current endeavors in this matter. Sudan, Politics, 10/8/99
Moroccan customs to donate all seized and unclaimed goods to needy persons
The Moroccan administration of customs and indirect taxes has agreed to donate to needy persons all the goods and products that have become its property, under an agreement signed with the state secretariat of solidarity and humanitarian action. Morocco, Culture, 10/8/99
Morocco-Spain agriculture forum ends Morocco, Agriculture, 10/8/99
Saudi - Romanian talks held in Bucharest Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/8/99
UN approves Iraqi request for medicines
The UN has approved an Iraqi delivery of 57 French trucks to transport vaccines and medicines, according to the oil-for-food program. Iraq, Politics, 10/8/99
Prince Moulay Rachid opens session on bio-ethics
Prince Moulay Rachid opened in Rabat on Thursday the 6th session of the UNESCO Bio-ethics International Committee held in collaboration with the Moroccan commission for education, culture and science under royal patronage. Regional, Culture, 10/8/99
Maariv: Jordan is ready to settle the Palestinians for US $7 billion
The Israeli daily Maariv has reported on Wednesday that Jordan has, for the first time, expressed its readiness to settle the Palestinian refuges who are residents in Jordan against the sum of US $7 billion. Jordan, Politics, 10/8/99
Turkish - Jordanian military talks
General Attalah Attees, the leader of the Turkish land forces, met with his Jordanian counterpart, General Shaher Degarm El-Noami, during his visit to Turkey where they discussed a number of causes of joint concern. Jordan, Politics, 10/8/99
Tolerance colloquium winds up Regional, Culture, 10/8/99
Some 27,000 sorties by US planes in Iraqi airspace since 1998
A US paper said on Thursday that US jets are using "cement" bombs instead of the traditional explosive bombs. Iraq, Military, 10/8/99
International fund to invest $ 150 mln in Morocco
The "Western Mediterranean Growth Fund" is projecting to invest $ 150 million in various sustained development projects in Morocco, reports Moroccan "L'economiste" daily. Morocco, Economics, 10/8/99
Moroccan tobacco company's net profit decrease by 12.3%
The net profit posted by the Moroccan state-owned tobacco company declined by 16.34% in 1998, despite an increase in sales. Morocco, Business, 10/8/99

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