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AL condemns Israeli aggressions against Syrian forces in Lebanon
The Arab League AL on Monday strongly condemned the brutal Israeli aggression against a position for the Syrian forces working in Lebanon.
Regional-Lebanon, Politics, 4/17/2001
Al-Shara: Israel made a great mistake by its aggression and will pay the price
the Syrian FM said "Israel is not satisfied with killing and displacing children, and destroying their homes, but it works to expand the range of the military confrontation, and disturb the stability and security of the region, and Israel will be held responsible for all the dangerous consequences."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
Israel reoccupied a portion of the Gaza strip
During the 24 hours, the Israeli forces continued its attacks against the Palestinian territories. The attacks resulted on Tuesday in killing 4 Palestinians and wounding 35.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
A Lebanese presidential statement on Israeli strikes against Syrian positions
News reports said on Monday that the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud warned against a comprehensive confrontation in the region. This was expressed following a telephone call, the Lebanese President made on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after the Israeli raid at a Syrian position in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
Syrian president issues law on founding private, joint share-holding, banking secrecy
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued Law no, 28 for the year 2001 lately approved by the People's Assembly ( PA) in its session held on March 29.
Syria, Economics, 4/17/2001
Morocco, Pakistan sign five agreements
Morocco and Pakistan have signed in Islamabad five cooperation agreements meant to enhance relations between the two countries in various areas.
Morocco-Pakistan, Politics, 4/17/2001
No democracy in Morocco, without sound justice, official
A Moroccan official stressed that Morocco cannot aspire to a genuine democracy without a sound judicial system.
Morocco, Politics, 4/17/2001
Gulf chambers call for establishing the common market
The federation of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) chambers has called in its 26th meeting held in Manama on the Gulf member states to double their efforts to move from the phase of joint economic cooperation to the phase of the joint GCC market and integration.
Gulf, Economics, 4/17/2001
Sharon's statehood proposal as card- stacking ploy
Egypt's Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said Israel's proposal for a Palestinian state on 42 per cent of the West Bank had no foundation.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
Egypt slams the Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Egypt has denounced the Israeli aggression against the Syrian unit stationed in the Lebanese Bekaa, expressing its solidarity with the brotherly Syrian and Lebanese peoples in the face of these events.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
UAE, Egypt call on the international community to protect the Palestinians
The United Arab Emirates UAE deputy prime minister Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan has stressed that the acts of repression conducted by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinians close all doors before the Middle East peace process.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 4/17/2001
Israeli warplane broke the sound- barrier in the Lebanese airspace
The Israeli warplanes on Monday continued their violation of the Lebanese airspace.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
On the Israeli strikes against the Syrian position
In an analysis made on Monday, the Gulf News Agency said that the Israeli prime Minister Ariel Sharon has responded to the message sent to him to test the project of the military act he proposed before he assumed power to settle the situation, noting that Sharon has once again returned the region to the cycle of "breaking the will" and this was made in the military aggression carried out by Israel against the Syrian forces in Lebanon.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
Peres and the Israeli raid on the Syrian position
The Monte Carlo radio correspondent in occupied Jerusalem said that the Israeli foreign minister Shemon Peres, who opposed the raids against the Syrian positions in Lebanon contacted the US administration and explained the details of the operation and justified reasons behind launching it.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
King Mohammed renews solidarity with Syria to end barbarous aggression
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has renewed "firm solidarity" with Syria to put an end to "barbarous" aggression against the region.
Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/17/2001
Morocco, Pakistan denounce Israeli attacks against unarmed Palestinians
"Morocco denounces the savage attacks perpetrated by Israel against the unarmed Palestinian people, who have no defense means other than their legitimate intifadah," said Youssoufi renewing backing to the Palestinian uprising.
Morocco-Pakistan, Politics, 4/17/2001
Hamas and al-Khatib's visit to Israel
The Palestinian national resistance movement ( Hamas) on Monday considered the visit of the Jordanian foreign minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib to Israel as "a violation to the position of the Arab nation and peoples which stress the need of boycotting the Zionist enemy."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/17/2001
A Syrian - Moroccan initiative on Iraq
Well-informed Moroccan sources told the London- based al-Wasat magazine issued on Monday that the main results of the visit held by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Morocco at the Arab Level, represented in an approaching, jointly launched, Syrian- Moroccan initiative aiming at restoring back Iraqi- Arab relations to what they had been before the second Gulf war and based on debates that took place at the recent Amman's summit.
Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/17/2001
Pakistan renews backing to any initiative meant to settle the Sahara issue
Pakistan will continue to back any initiative meant to settle the Sahara issue and will spare no effort to establish peace and stability in the region.
Morocco-Pakistan, Politics, 4/17/2001
Speaker of Mauritanian national assembly holds talks in Rabat
Speaker of the Mauritanian National Assembly (parliament), Sheikh Ahmed Ould Baba, who started Sunday a five-day official visit to Morocco, held talks in Rabat Monday with several officials and members of parliament on bilateral relations.
Morocco-Mauritania, Politics, 4/17/2001
Secretary Generals of Maghreban, Gulf groupings meet
Secretary general of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), Mohamed Amamou, and Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Sheikh Jamil Ibrahim Alhojilan, held a work session on Monday in Riyadh.
Regional, Politics, 4/17/2001
Only 0.3 percent of Morocco's GDP go to scientific research, deplores an official
A Moroccan official has deplored that only 0.3 to 0.4 percent of Morocco's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are allotted to scientific research.
Morocco, Economics, 4/17/2001
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Lebanese President Emil Lahoud on Monday in Beirut received the US ambassador to Lebanon David Satter- Field who conveyed to Lahoud the position of the US administration concerning recent developments.
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The al-Quds al-Arabi paper issued on Monday in occupied Jerusalem said that the Parliamentary office of the national democratic coalition movement chaired by Azmi Beshara resumed the operations of the travel of Palestinian delegations from Israel to Syria, after such visits were frozen due to investigations carried out by the Israeli police on this matter.
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The Iranian minister of the Interior Abdul Wahid Mousawi Lari on Monday in Tehran discussed with the Saudi minister of the Interior Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz means of strengthening and developing cooperation relations between the two countries and opening new prospects for the aim of maintaining cooperation in all fields.
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Libyan President Mu?ammar al-Qaddafi on Sunday evening received a telephone call from the President of the republic of Niger Muhammad Tanja in the course of continued consultations between the two countries.
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It was announced in Tehran on Monday that the Tunisian prime minister Muhammad al-Ghanoushe will visit Tehran on April 19 in an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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The Jordanian foreign minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib on Monday met separately with the Israeli foreign minister Shemon Peres and the prime minister Ariel Sharon.
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Moroccan Prime Minister, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, who is currently on an official visit to Pakistan, held a meeting in Islamabad Tuesday with Arab ambassadors accredited to Islamabad. Talks covered the situation in the Arab states and other international outstanding issues.
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Oman's minister of telecommunication, Sheikh Souhail ben Moustahil Ben SalemBait Chammache, is expected in Rabat this Tuesday on a five-day visit to Morocco. The Omani official will confer with several members of the Moroccan cabinet including minister of economy, finance, tourism and privatization, Fathallah Oualalou, and secretary of state in charge of post and telecommunication and information technologies, Nasr Hajji, on cooperation in the sectors of postal services and telecommunication and information technologies.
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