ASWAN - President Hosni Mubarak Thursday opened new service and development projects during a tour in the Upper Egyptian Governorate of Aswan. The projects will help provide new jobs and improve living standards there, according to senior officials. Among the projects Mubarak opened yesterday was a natural gas line west of the Nile in Aswan city, costing LE5.7 billion ($1 billion), reported the official Middle East News Agency. This line extends from Dahshour, near Cairo to Aswan. Later in the day, Mubarak received French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, who is on a private visit to Aswan on the occasion of the New Year.