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Iraqi FM: Sanctions are inhuman, merciless and illegitimate
The Iraqi top diplomat said US secretary of state Colin Powell's statements on the new sanctions on Iraq are meant to deceive the public opinion and ease the growing pressure to lift the ten-year economic sanctions.
Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 3/12/2001
Saudi - Kuwaiti attitude toward Iraq attending the Arab summit
Jordanian political sources told the Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa issued on Saturday in Kuwait that the Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal has informed his Jordanian counterpart Abdul Illah al-Khatib that the Gulf Cooperation Council states (GCC) had set a precondition to discuss the issue of Iraq at the forthcoming Arab summit
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/12/2001
Tunisia hails the upcoming periodical Arab summit
Emerging from the meeting, Ben Yahia said that he handed over a message to Mubarak from Tunisian President Zine El-Abiddine Ben Ali-on bilateral relations, especially after the successful visit of Mubarak to Tunisia in February.
Egypt-Tunisia, Politics, 3/12/2001
Call to end ordeal of Moroccans sequestered in Tindouf
Moroccan Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, President of the National Union of Moroccan women (UNFM), called on humanitarian organizations to endeavor for ending the ordeal of Moroccans sequestered in the Tindouf camps, stronghold of the Polisario in south-western Algeria.
Morocco, Politics, 3/12/2001
People's Assembly backs Mubarak's foreign policy
A report by the People's Assembly supported President Hosni Mubarak's foreign policy and freedom atmosphere prevailing in Egypt.
Egypt, Politics, 3/12/2001
The Iraqi oil pipe- line and Syria
The London- based Arabic language al-Zamaan issued on Saturday said that a UN team will start a visit to Syria, but no date was fixed for this visit in order to check the Iraqi oil pipe line which crosses the Syrian territories and to check the amounts of oil Iraq pumps into this pipe.
Syria-Iraq, Economics, 3/12/2001
Forced marriage and international human rights norms
Further, the practice of child marriage and early marriage has been widely seen as a form of discrimination against the girl- child by international human rights bodies, which have stated that a child marriage has no legal effect and called for a minimum age of marriage to be established by Law.
Regional, Culture, 3/12/2001
Al-Assad to visit the Arab Maghreb states
The United Arab Emirates UAE daily al-Bayan issued in Dubai on Sunday said that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad will visit the Arab Maghreb states and France following the Arab summit in Amman.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/12/2001
UAE business delegation in Morocco
A delegation of economic operators from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is paying a visit to Morocco this week to explore means of enhancing economic and trade relations between the two states.
United Arab Emirates-morocco, Economics, 3/12/2001
Prince Albert of Monaco pays official visit to Morocco
Prince Albert of Monaco who arrived in Rabat Sunday afternoon on a three-day official visit to Morocco, was received this Monday noon by King Mohammed VI.
Morocco-Monaco, Politics, 3/12/2001
Aziz confers with the speaker of the Cuban parliament
Iraq's deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz on Sunday in Baghdad announced that the policy of imposing no free zones in the northern and southern parts of Iraq by the USA has failed militarily, politically and diplomatically.
Iraq-Cuba, Politics, 3/12/2001
Egypt refutes Israel's claims regarding the Intifada
Moussa told a press conference at the foreign ministry that all the gatherings had concentrated on the agenda of the Arab summit slated for march 27-28, the Middle East peace process and the situation in Iraq.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 3/12/2001
Morocco to conduct nationwide survey on drug addiction
The Moroccan health department will conduct next September a nationwide survey on drug addition and care offered to drug addicts.
Morocco, Local, 3/12/2001
Embargo killed 1.5 million people in Iraq
Iraq, Politics, 3/12/2001
Sudanese minister denies mediation for meeting between al-Bashir and Garang
Sudan, Politics, 3/12/2001
Egypt will never provide Israel with water
Egypt's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Mahmoud Abu Zaid, firmly stressed that there is no current or future idea to transport the Nile water to Israel. He added that this file is not at all a subject for discussion at any regional or international level.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 3/12/2001
On the meeting of Syrian Baath party central committee
Syria, Politics, 3/12/2001
Occupied Territitories human rights record
Palestine, Culture, 3/12/2001
Oman human rights record
Oman, Culture, 3/12/2001
Arab League chief praises Egypt's support to the pan-Arab Organization
Regional-Egypt, Politics, 3/12/2001
New expansion works for Cairo Airport
Minister of Information Safwat AL Sherif said that the two-hour ministerial meeting chaired by President Hosni Mubarak Sunday was devoted to discussing of a plan and map of important airports in Egypt, priorities and urgent stages of development and the situation as regards the process of development and modernization .
Egypt, Economics, 3/12/2001
No mouth and foot diseases in Jordan
Jordan has officially announced that it is free from any traces for the " foot and mouth diseases" and that the general health condition of the Jordanian livestock is not affected by this disease.
Jordan, Agriculture, 3/12/2001
German household appliances company opens branch in Morocco
German "Vorwerk" multinational, which produces household appliances has opened a branch in Casablanca to conquer both national and Maghreban-African Markets.
Morocco-Germany, Business, 3/12/2001
Belgian investors explore Moroccan market
A delegation of Belgian investors is expected in Morocco this Monday on a four-day visit to explore the possibility to set up in the kingdom a major poultry project.
Morocco-Belgium, Business, 3/12/2001
Sharon plans to bring in one million Jews, Israeli forces broke into several Palestinian towns
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/12/2001
Arab League voices support to Syria for UN seat
The Arab League has expressed its support to backing Syria to occupy the Arab post at the UN Security Council for a non- permanent seat for two years between 2002-2004.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/12/2001
Arab states claim international force to protect Palestinians
Arab foreign ministers called this Monday for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to "set up an international force" to protect Palestinians against the atrocities committed by Israel.
Palestine-Regional, Politics, 3/12/2001
Maghreban sea research institutes meet in Rabat
The meeting, part of the FAO regional project on fisheries cooperation in the Mediterranean, is meant to promote south-south cooperation and identify topics of bilateral and multilateral research projects.
Maghreb, Economics, 3/12/2001
Oman, Britain joint military exercises; 38 percent increase in military expenditures
Oman is intending to make joint military exercises with the British forces in October this year.
Oman-UK, Military, 3/12/2001
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Lebanon has decided to resume its diplomatic relations with Iraq following seven years of cessation.
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Mauritanian president, Mouaouiya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya, received on Saturday Mohamed Rochdi Charibi, head of King Mohammed VI's office, who handed the Mauritanian president a message from the Moroccan sovereign. Chraibi told the press the royal message and the audience with the Mauritanian president are part of permanent and continuous encounters and consultations between the two states and their leaders on bilateral, regional and international issues.
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The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Saturday in Damascus received member of the political bureau of the Cuban communist party and member of the accompanying delegation. Talks dealt with developments of conditions in the Middle East and Latin America and bilateral relations between the two countries, Syria and Cuba
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The Lebanese daily al-Safir said in its Saturday issue that there will be no joint Islamic prayer at the Umayyad mosque during the visit of Pope John Paul II to Syria in May, rather the Pope will perform a special prayer inside the mosque at the part reserved for " John the Baptist."
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Oman's minister in charge of foreign affairs Youssef Bin Ali Bin Abdullah on Sunday in Muscat met with the Kuwaiti minister of state for foreign affairs, Muhammad Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah currently visiting Oman. The Gulf News Agency quoted Sheikh Muhammad as saying following the meeting that discussions dealt with several Arab Gulf and regional and international issues of mutual concern.
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Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat on Saturday in Gaza visited the chairman of the Hamas Movement Sheikh Ahmad Yassin at al-Shefaa hospital in Gaza where Sheikh Yassin is under medical treatment. The meeting is considered the first since a very long time between Arafat and Yassin who was admitted to hospital last Thursday after he had a strong cold that had repeatedly obliged him several times to hospital.
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Libya is hosting starting this Monday the economic and financial ministerial commission of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA).
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UNESCO chose the Egyptian woman to be the topic of a symposium held on the occasion of women world day under the title "Egyptian woman and civilization heritage". The symposium was inaugurated by UNESCO Deputy Director General Mounir Boshnak and included three round tables supervised by Egyptian ambassador to UNESCO Tahani Omar.
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Chief Executive Officer of Moroccan holding "Omnium Nord Africain," Mourad Cherif, is presently undertaking a promotion mission in the USA for shares of the holding companies listed on the stock exchange. Cherif will be meeting executives from various US Investment Funds.
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In a new Census the Kuwaiti ministry of planning said that population of Kuwait totaled 2.228.363 in the year 2000 with 826,000 that carry the Kuwaiti nationality.
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Israel's permanent representative at the UN Ehuda Lansouri said on Sunday that Israel is currently studying how to prevent the possibility of Syria's joining the UN Security Council.
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The 17th edition of the Hassan II Tennis Grand Prix will be held next April 7-15 at the Al-Amal Complex of Casablanca. Several world players, including Spanish Felix Mantilla and Vicente Fernando, argentine Gumy Hernan and German Olivier Gross will participate in the tournament, listed on ATP fixtures.
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The latest 1999/2000 report on the evaluation of the Egyptian economic performance, issued by the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) highlighted the remarkable growth of foreign trade over the first ten months of the year 2000.
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