Monday, 22 January, 2001: A delegation from the Arab Writers Union (AWU)
arrived in Baghdad Sunday on a Syrian plane to take part in an anti-Israeli
conference, the official Iraqi agency INA reported. The delegation includes
83 figures from various Arab countries, including the AWU's general
secretary Ali Arsan. Nearly 150 celebrities from Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon, Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, Libya, Bahrain and the Palestinian
territories are due to take part a conference starting Monday dubbed "No to
American-Zionist Aggression, No to the Embargo, No to Normalisation and
Surrender." [AFP]
Monday, 22 January, 2001: Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi received in
Tripoli Saturday the Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity
(OAU), Salim Ahmed Salim, who handed him a report on the preparations for
the OAU extraordinary summit in Sirte scheduled for March 2001 to officially
proclaim the African Union. According to an official source, Salim's report
also related measures to be adopted to ensure that the summit served as a
springboard for the realisation of African Unity. The audience took place in
the presence of the Libyan African Affairs Minister, Dr. Ali Triki, the
source added. Salim arrived in Tripoli Saturday. [PANA]
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