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  • Official sources in the borders circle in the Yemeni Foreign Ministry stated that the joint Yemeni - Saudi committee for renewing the border signs will convene the meetings of its 17th session in Riyadh tomorrow under the relevant official and technicians. The sources stated that the committee will dedicate its meetings to discussing the technical aspects regarding the border signs stated in El-Taef treaty. Go
  • The Moroccan bar association will set up next month a human rights institute. The association said it will set up a commission to work on this project meant to consolidate human rights in Morocco. Go
  • Moroccan Transport minister Mustapha Mansouri met here British counterpart for discussions on the successful privatization of British Railways and road accident prevention campaign and the opportunity for more flights by the Moroccan carrier "RAM." Go
  • Palestinian president Yasser Arafat will start this November 29 a three-day working visit to Russia, the Itar-Tass News Agency reported. Go
  • Saudi sources denied yesterday the existence of severe disputes among the defense ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states that postponed the signing of an agreement for joint defense among the GCC states. Go
  • A team of Egyptian experts in metals and minerals will head at the end of the month to Tanzania and Zambia to present the required experience to the two countries in these two fields in bilateral cooperation between the Egyptian and Japanese governments to support the African countries. Go
  • The United Swiss Bank and international Merril Lynch Foundation said in their report that the year 2000 will witness an Egyptian economic boom following 10 years of the implementation of the economic reform program during which Egypt managed to lay a solid foundation for supporting its economic performance, the matter which ranked it among the emerging markets. Go
  • Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid stated that Israel's insistence on owning nuclear weapons exposes the peace process in the Middle East to serious risks and shakes the balance of power in the area. Abdul Meguid directed a call to Israel to quickly sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty to confirm that elements of power could not make peace and those who own and threaten with nuclear weapons will have contradictary intentions to the political settlement in the area. Go
  • Gomea El-Ghazani, secretary of the Egyptian - Libyan relations bureau, presented today his accreditation papers to Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid as a permanent representative at the Arab League, El-Ghazani said after his meeting with the AL secretary general and delivering his papers. Go
  • Morocco has become a member of the Board of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) currently convening its 21st general assembly in London. The election, said transport minister Mansouri, is recognition by the international maritime community of Morocco's maritime leading role at the African, Arab and Mediterranean levels. Go
  • UNHCR deputy commissioner Soren Jessen Petersen is due this Saturday in Algiers, the first leg of a five-day tour in the region to take him to Tindouf, Laayoun and Rabat. Go
  • On its way back from Laayoun and the Auto-Moto Friendship Rally, a French chopper crashed thursday near Taroudant causing no casualty. Pilot Alain Mark Sautan,62, left Agadir heading for Marrakesh when his cooling system failed. He got out unhurt from the wreck after an unsuccessful emergency landing. Go