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On the Amnesty law in Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday signed an Amnesty which covered thousands of political prisoners just two weeks following an Amnesty for 600 political prisoners.
Syria, Politics, 11/27/2000
Colloquium notes positive evolution of freedom in Morocco
Participants also noted the serious challenges facing democratic evolution in Morocco, resulting from difficulties to cope with "a heavy legacy of human rights breaches and the crumbling of the electoral process, in addition to the justice and administration poor performances."
Morocco, Politics, 11/27/2000
Morocco, best democratic experiment in mideast, US ambassador
Morocco is the best democratic experiment in the Middle-East, US ambassador to Morocco, Edward Gabriel, said. "We in the U.S. State Department believe that Morocco probably is the best democratic experiment that is currently going on in the Middle East," Gabriel told the State Department, adding "Morocco's number one strength is its civil society."
Morocco-USA, Politics, 11/27/2000
Syrian forces to be re deployed in Lebanon
Following his meeting with the Maronite patriarch Nasrullah Butrous Sfeir, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih berri in Beirut on Friday said "our Syrian brothers have started their re-deployment in April this year. And re-deployment process will be completed very soon and the Syrian and Lebanese leaderships will meet to specify the positions where the Syrian troops to be stationed as a result of the new re-deployment plan".
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/27/2000
Barak escalates his war against the Palestinians, six Palestinians killed
Palestinian youth Asaad Khalil al-Shaghnouni ( 20 year old) from Gaza was killed on Sunday following clashes with the Israeli forces at al-Mintar crossing after a bullet went into his head. Another youth Taysir Abu Alwaj ( 12 years old) was killed after he was hit by an Israeli bullet in Khan Younis.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/27/2000
Israeli intelligence expect a war in the region
Regional-Israel, Politics, 11/27/2000
Bin Ami, Albright discuss resuming dialogue between Israel, the PA
The Israeli foreign minister Shloumo Bin Ami on Saturday evening made a telephone call with the US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/27/2000
Tareq Aziz violates the air embargo to Damascus
The Iraqi vice- President Tareq Aziz arrived on Sunday in India in a sudden visit after a short visit he had made to China to which he arrived following a visit to Damascus where he had arrived earlier on Sunday, to be the first Iraqi official who travels from his country by air since the embargo was imposed on Iraq in August 1990. This was, however, a clear indication on the collapse of the air embargo against Iraq and the vast détente in the Syrian- Iraqi relations.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/27/2000
Mubarak confers with Yatoum after Egypt withdraw ambassador from Israel
Ealrier this week, President Mubarak has stressed that Egypt 's ambassador in Tel Aviv will not return back to his work unless the Israelis work for calming down conditions and the Palestinians are assured on their lives and properties.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/27/2000
Calls to boost Casablanca stock market
However, they noted that foreign investors blame the lack of transparency, over-liquidity as the major brakes to the flourishing of the Casablanca financial place.
Morocco, Economics, 11/27/2000
Morocco determined to extend information technologies use
Morocco said it is determined to extend the use of new information technologies in economic, social and cultural sectors.
Morocco, Politics, 11/27/2000
Al-Assad accepts credentials of new ambassadors to Syria, confers with Lebanese official
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday accepted the credentials of seven new ambassadors at al-Shaab palace in Damascus. They are respectively the ambassadors of Romania, Hungary, the people's democratic republic of Korea, Slovakia, Belgium, Austria and Canada.
Syria, Politics, 11/27/2000
Mediterranean studies chair opens program
The intellectuals participating in the discussion of this topic are called to meditate over the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and to discuss various works dealing with life in society. "Al madina Al Fadela" (The Ideal City) by Muslim philosopher Al Farabi is among these works.
Regional, Culture, 11/27/2000
Muslims starts fasting today
The teaching of fasting is a physical act of devotion and a spiritual exercise that has existed for thousands and thousands of years. Mainly it has been prescribed by Allah the Merciful to help believers foster the spirit of worship, piety, tolerance, self restraint, habit breaking and physical and psychological renewal. However, fasting was observed by the ancient Egyptians, Chinese and Greeks. And before Islam, fasting had been already known to the people of the Scriptures, Jews and Christians.
Regional, Religion, 11/27/2000
Southern local elects undertake study trip to US
A delegation of local elects from Morocco's southern regions undertook a study trip to a number of US cities and counties to learn about US local management.
Morocco-USA, Politics, 11/27/2000
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had Sunday a telephone conversation. The king and President Bouteflika traded on the occasion congratulations at the advent of the holy month of Ramadan and best wishes of progress and prosperity for the Moroccan and Algerian peoples and the entire Arab-Islamic Nation.
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Saudi minister of finance and the national economy Ibrahim al-Assaf on Saturday in al-Riyadh met with the minister of state for financial affairs in Sudan al-Zubeir Ahmad al-Hassan, currently visiting Saudi Arabia. The two sides discussed aspects of economic cooperation relations between the two states and projects of the Saudi Fund for development in Sudan and means of developing them.
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The ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Sunday in Kuwait received a message from the President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh. No information were disclosed on the content of the message.
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A Jordanian official source said on Sunday that a Jordanian young man has sneaked on Friday evening into the borders with Palestine near Deir Ala area and exchanged fire with the Israeli occupation soldiers.
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