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  • Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will make an official visit to Tunis in the coming month, which will be the first visit of a Yemeni president to Tunis in many years. Yemeni diplomatic sources in Tunis said the visit's date will be specified after the end of the Tunisian presidential elections that will take place on October 24. Go
  • Well-informed diplomatic sources in Algeria said that Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz will on Sunday pay a visit to Algeria, during which he will meet with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Go
  • Syrian sources in Cairo said that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa, who underwent an operation at the American University in Beirut Hospital, will return to Damascus on Tuesday. The sources told ArabicNews.com that al-Sharaa's condition is improving and depicted his case as becoming more than excellent, adding that he moves normally. Go
  • The Palestinian official in charge of the file of occupied Palestine at the Palestinian Authority, Faisal al-Husseini, discussed with French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on the final status and the status of Jerusalem. Go
  • Ruler of Qatar Shiekh Hamadn Bin Khaleifa al-Thani today received a message from the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir dealing with bilateral relations between the two countries. Go
  • French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine asked Israel and the Palestinian government not to take unilateral measures and to begin the final status negotiations, but he didn't mention more details in his statements yesterday in Ramallah, following his meeting with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at the conclusion of his five-day visit to the region. Go
  • Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh today in Sanaa received a message from the British Prime Minister Tony Blair pertaining to bilateral relations between the two countries and means of strengthening them. Go
  • King Mohammed VI met on Friday at the parliament's headquarters in Rabat the speaker of the Spanish senate, Mrs Esperanza Aguirre. The meeting, attended by the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan parliament and by Mrs Aguirre's party, took place after the sovereign opened the fall session of the Moroccan parliament. Go
  • Performances of the opera Aida before the Giza pyramids will start on Tuesday and run for six days under the auspices of Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of the Egyptian president. These shows will be directed by Egyptian director Abdel Moneim Kamal, and 116 performers from the Cairo Opera and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by France's Partrick Fournillier and Italy's Giorgio Croci. 700 soldiers from the Egyptian police will also participate in scenes of this classic Opera. Go
  • The French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine said today that France has no objections on the visit to be held by Pope John Paul II to Iraq, in contradiction to the stances of the US and Britain. In a statement to pressmen today in the Vatican, following his meeting with the Pope, Vedrine said he had discussed with the Pope current international issues as well as the desire of the Pope to visit the Iraqi city of Or. Go
  • The chairman of the Iranian Shoura council Nateq Nouri has described the struggle mounted by the Lebanese national resistance in confronting the repeated Israeli aggressions as a legitimate right for the Lebanese people against the Israeli occupation and for liberating the occupied territories. Go
  • The US has lifted the name of the Palestinian group "Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine," led by Nayef Hawatmeh, from its list of terrorism. The US measure comes in appreciation from Washington for the role the front can play in the Middle East peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Go
  • The Italian embassy in Algiers said on Friday that the Italian airline Alitalia will resume its flights to the Algerian capital as of November 1. In a statement the embassy added that the company will start its flights with two trips per week. The Italian airline suspended its flights to Algeria in 1994. It is the first airline company in the European Union to re-start its flights to Algeria. Go
  • Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy decided not to participate in the meeting of the Palestinian refugees affairs committee that was to be held in Cairo according to the Sharm El-Sheikh accord in days with the participation of Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian government. Go
  • A Moroccan Parliamentary delegation takes part in the 102nd session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) that will open proceedings on Sunday in Berlin. The opening session will be chaired by German President Johannes Rau. Go
  • Jordanian sources said yesterday that, "600 representatives of the major religions in the world will convene during the coming November in Amman to call for ratifying peace in the coming millennium." The assembly will be convened on November 25 - 29 at an initiative from the international conference of religions and peace, located in New York. This organization, established in 1970, meets every five years for religious cooperation for peace. Go

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