81.   Damascus has expressed reservations about a document due to be approved at the meeting of European and other Mediterranean countries in Barcelona at the end of November.

82.   Egypt is to put forward two draft resolutions to fight international terrorism and proposing the creation of Cairo training center for crime prevention in Mediterranean countries.

83.   Earlier studies had suggested a lower prostate cancer rate in Mediterranean countries including Italy and Greece, where the diet is rich in tomato products.

84.   European grants will not be discussed by the EU and Egypt, but will be included in EU funds to be allocated to Mediterranean countries.

85.   The protocol was adopted by representatives of Mediterranean countries in the Turkish town of Izmir on Tuesday.

86.   The two Mediterranean countries are mulling a bilateral agreement on stemming a flood of illegal immigrants, many of whom come from the Middle East.

87.   They were protesting in particular cheap imports of produce from Italy, Spain and other Mediterranean countries where taxes and other charges on producers are lower.

88.   Twenty-seven European and Mediterranean countries on Tuesday adopted a plan of action aimed at speeding up their integration, Spanish Foreign Affairs Minster Josep Pique said.

89.   Van Mierlo was in Turkey as part of a tour covering several Mediterranean countries preparing for a governmental conference of EU and Mediterranean countries in Malta in mid-April.

90.   Two Mediterranean countries, Cyprus and Malta, would be extended EU membership, an option that would not be available to other states in the region.