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King Mohammed renews attachment to international legality to settle (sahara) artificial conflict
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has renewed Morocco's adherence to the principles of dialogue, moderation, peace and neighborliness and to the arbitration of international legality to definitively put an end to the artificial conflict fabricated around the legitimate recovery of its southern provinces.
Morocco, Politics, 11/7/2001
King Mohammed pledges to consolidate regionalization
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Tuesday renewed the pledge to consolidate regionalization and adopt an integrated development approach to promote the region.
Morocco, Politics, 11/7/2001
Al- Shara holds a series of meetings in Brussels
The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Tuesday in Brussels met with the European Troika delegation including the Belgian foreign minister Louis Michael, the higher representative of the foreign policy for the European Union Javier Solana and the EU foreign relations commissioner Cress Patten.
Syria-European Union, Politics, 11/7/2001
Jordanian King in Britain
Jordanian King Abdullah II has started a visit to Britain which is his first since he assumed power in February 1999. The visit will last for three days and comes at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth of Britain.
Jordan-UK, Politics, 11/7/2001
Butaflika calls for dealing with the Palestinian issue seriously
Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika on Monday in Washington called on the US and the European states to deal with the Palestinian issue seriously.
Algeria-Palestine, Politics, 11/7/2001
Palestinians killed in ' cold blood'
One Israeli army officer was killed in the attack launched by three Arab youths at an Israeli position in Salaf al-Daher village to the north of Nablus.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/7/2001
New income tax bill aims at striking justice, finance minister says
Egyptian Minister of Finance Medhat Hassanien said the new income tax bill aims at achieving justice, increasing local savings and supporting confidence between the tax department and taxpayers.
Egypt, Economics, 11/7/2001
Mubarak receives British secretary of State for defense
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday received British Secretary of State for defense Geoggrey Hoon, who arrived yesterday on a two-day visit to Egypt.
Egypt-UK, Politics, 11/7/2001
American warships to head towards Lebanese, Syrian coasts
News reports disclosed to the Lebanese daily al-Sharq in its Tuesday's issue that American warships and military vehicles will head within the few coming hours towards the Syrian and Lebanese coasts.
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/7/2001
Syria to continue hosting Palestinian Organizations
The London- based al-Hatat daily said in its Tuesday's issue, according to diplomatic sources in Damascus that Syria will continue to host several Palestinian organizations whose names were stated in the new American list demanded to freeze their assets.
Syria, Politics, 11/7/2001
Washington denies plans for attacking countries other than Afghanistan
USA Secretary of State Colin Powell said there are no plans for expanding military campaign against Afghanistan to include other countries.
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/7/2001
Powell criticizes Israel
The US secretary of State Colin Powell has criticized Israel's access use of power against the Palestinians and considered that a main reason for not reaching what he called cease- fire and consequently resumption of negotiations between the two sides.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 11/7/2001
Al-Faisal in Washington today
Well-informed sources in Riyadh said that the Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal will start today a visit to Washington that will last for three days before he will head to New York to take part in the works of the new session of the UN General Assembly.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 11/7/2001
Mubarak highly concerned with promoting relations with EU
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said President Hosni Mubarak is highly concerned with promoting relations with the European Union in general and Euro-Mediterranean countries in particular.
Egypt-European Union, Politics, 11/7/2001
Unemployment conditions in the Arab world
The director general of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) Ibrahim Qeider has called for the implementation of the common Arab market and to open, with more seriousness the file of Arab economic integration in order to challenge the negative impacts of September 11 attacks on the Arab economy.
Regional, Economics, 11/7/2001
First American participation at the Damascus film festival
" For the first time in the history of the Damascus Film festival that the US is participating in the current 12th Damascus Film festival. And this is largely because of the cooperation between the US embassy in Damascus and the Syrian ministry of Culture," said Mark Andrew Schapiro cultural affairs officer at the American Cultural Center in Damascus in a statement to Arabic News.
Syria-USA, Culture, 11/7/2001
Round table negotiations at the American center
" I am not very encouraged about the current situation. It is very hard for the parties, Israelis and the Palestinians to back away from the current position. And it seems to me that without a true position from the United States it will be very hard for the parties to work on their own," said ambassador Edward Walker
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/7/2001
Euro-Mediterranean conference reaches consensus on fight against terrorism
The Euro-Mediterranean conference which wound up in Brussels on Tuesday its two-day session in the presence of foreign ministers from 27 countries was dominated by worldwide effects of last September 11 attacks against the USA and the dangerous situation in the Middle East.
Regional-European Union, Politics, 11/7/2001
Egypt-US relations are strong
US secretary of state Colin Powell, in an interview with the Egyptian Nile news channel, said that the US administration is fully satisfied with the support it gets from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other countries in the Mideast and the Gulf region regarding the Afghan issue.
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/7/2001
Hoon lauds Egypt's role in combating terrorism
British Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon said he discussed with President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday the international campaign against terrorism and the Middle East peace process.
Egypt-UK, Politics, 11/7/2001
Peres confers with Arafat
The chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat on Monday evening in Brussels met with the Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres. The meeting was attended by the Belgian premier and with the Foreign minister.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/7/2001
The parliament to begin its new session
The Egyptian parliament is to begin its new session, with activities in both the upper and lower houses, a state source said.
Egypt, Politics, 11/7/2001
Moussa calls on EU foreign ministers to materialize statements to reality on founding the Palestinian state
The Secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa has called on the foreign ministers of the European Union, met in Brussels to convert the rhetoric statements into reality.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 11/7/2001
Partnership agreement with Europe bolsters Egypt's economic polices
The Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister Gamal Bayoumi stressed that the Egypt-EU partnership agreement aims at boosting Egypt's policies to liberalize trade, upgrade its competitive capabilities and open new markets in European and Mediterranean countries.
Egypt-European Union, Economics, 11/7/2001
UN envoy meets with leaders of Palestinian factions
UN representatives to the Palestinian territories Terry Rod Larsen on Monday evening in Jenin met with the representatives of several Palestinian groups including the Fatah movement and the Palestinian national resistance movement Hamas and the people's Front for the liberation of Palestine.
Palestine, Politics, 11/7/2001
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The Algerian daily "al-Youm" issued on Tuesday said in its last page that Syria " closes Polesario's offices as follows: " An informed source in Syria announced the closure of the Sahara Arab republic in Damascus and the closure was made on Monday morning, after the visit held by the Moroccan prime minister Abdul Rahman al-Tousefi to Damascus last week. This measure to indicate that the authority in Damascus is not concerned with the question of the western Sahara."
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President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan stressed in a telephone call he received on Monday evening from the US vice Ð President Dick Cheney the need of working seriously to establish peace in the Middle East.
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The secretary general of the Libyan people's committee for African unity in Libya Ali Abdul salaam al-Tureiki on Tuesday in Tripoli discussed with the Moroccan minister of commerce, industry, energy and minerals means of supporting and developing Libyan- Moroccan relations in all fields.
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Egyptian Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ahmed Darsh and Uruguayan Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Gonzalo Gonzalez Tuesday underlined the importance of signing an agreement to encourage and protect investments between countries soon.
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The British foreign secretary Jacque Straw has stated that killing or arresting Osama Bin Laden will not necessarily halt possible attacks that might be carried out in the future by the al-Qaeyda network he presides over.
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The Turkish army Presidium has postponed sending the special forces composed of 90 army officers to Afghanistan, at least for 15 days because of the vagueness prevailing the region, according to the Turkish dailies issued on Tuesday. The dailies added that the reason behind this postponement is because there are differences between the Afghani northern alliance forces and the inability of the alliance forces from controlling so far Mazaar al-Sharif.
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Marathon's race of the " International desert cup" started on Tuesday from Wadi Roum district until al-Petra city to the south of Jordan where the competitors during three days have to run a distance of 168 kilometers.
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The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has denied any pressures, internal or external on Israel towards the Palestinian question, noting that Israel will not accept such pressures.
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