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Damascus: Ministerial reshuffle a must necessitated by march of development and modernization
Well-informed Syrian sources linked between the expected ministerial reshuffle and the march of modernization and development in the country led by President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria, Politics, 3/8/2001
King Mohammed impacted Morocco's economic development process, Egyptian daily
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has impacted Morocco's economic development process thanks to the adoption of a liberal policy and the setting up of a tax system, flexible and attractive to foreign investors, writes Egyptian daily Al Ahram.
Morocco, Politics, 3/8/2001
Coalition parties call for women quota system in political decision-making
The "Democratic Koutla," a coalition of four former opposition parties, called political parties to adopt the quota system in the parties' structures and in candidacies to increase women participation in political decision-making.
Morocco, Culture, 3/8/2001
Syria celebrates women's world day
Syria is taking part in the world's celebrations of the Women's world day which is convened this year under the slogan of " education for girls."
Syria, Culture, 3/8/2001
Sharon government wins the Knesset confidence
The program which was circulated by the Israeli Knesset office stated ending the Intifada through what it said proposing " Middle solutions" which are painful and are considered a means to resume the Israeli- Palestinian negotiations.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/8/2001
Arab women hold less than 4 percent of parliaments seats
A report by the IPU about the status of women in parliaments in world countries says that women represent about 4 % of available seats in Arab states' parliaments.
Regional, Culture, 3/8/2001
Some 11 Lebanese were executed in Congo
The Lebanese officials have avoided on Wednesday to comment on the massacre committed in Kinshasa against 11 Lebanese, awaiting a report from the Lebanese ambassador in Congo, Shehadeh al-Mu'alli, and from the special envoy Haitham Jumaa who left on Wednesday to Brussels and is expected to arrive today ( Thursday) in Kinshasa, AfricanNews.com reported.
Lebanon-Congo, Politics, 3/8/2001
Malaysian health minister to visit Jordan, Iraq
Malaysian health minister, Chua Jui Meng, will lead a 40-member delegation for a six-day visit to Jordan and Iraq starting March 13
Iraq-Malaysia, Politics, 3/8/2001
ARABCOM 2001 concludes with recommendations for telecom
Regional, Economics, 3/8/2001
Some 1.2 billion Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
Some 1.2 billion Muslim Pilgrims on Wednesday performed the last of al-Haj rituals and thereby to end this year's al-Haj season in which 35 pilgrims were at least killed in their rush to throw the fire at Mouna Valley last Monday which had marked the first day of Eid al-Adha, which was celebrated by all parts of the Islamic world.
Saudi Arabia-Regional, Religion, 3/8/2001
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The Kuwaiti first deputy premier and the foreign minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad on Wednesday in Kuwait announced that a consultation meeting will be held in al-Riyadh shortly between Kuwaiti and Saudi officials in order to co-ordinate stances towards the Arab summit due to be held in Jordan this month.
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The US secretary of state Colin Powell has stressed that the US President George Bush is still committed to what he vowed before the elections in the US concerning the transfer of the US embassy in israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem "a capital for Israel," but he did not fix a date for that.
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No date and no deadline were set for the conclusion of a new fisheries accord between Morocco and the European union, said Spanish minister of agriculture, fisheries and food, Miguel Arias Canete. The only deadline set by the latest meeting of European agriculture ministers concerns the study of measures to convert the European fishing fleet in case the accord with Morocco is not signed, Canete said.
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The Egyptian minister of water resources Mahmoud Abu Zeid said that the minister of water resources in the Nile Basin states will hold a meeting in Khartoum by the end of the current month, March, dedicated to review joint water projects AfricanNews.com reported.
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The Israeli warplanes on Wednesday continued its violations of the Lebanese airspace. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli warplanes flew on Wednesday morning over the areas of Tyre, al-Tuffah district and the border areas in South Lebanon.
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The National Progressive front in Syria has today announced the death of Ahmad al-Asa'ad, the secretary general of the Democratic Socialist Unionist Party, and member of the front's central command who died on Wednesday morning.
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Speaker of the house of representatives (lower house of the Moroccan parliament) Abdelouahed Radi will pay an official visit to the republic of Korea March 13 through 17, at the invitation of speaker of the Korean national assembly.
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The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday evening introduced members of his new government to the Israeli Knesset.
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