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Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia hail Rabat summit results for sustainable peace in Mano river sub-region
The Presidents of Liberia, Charles Taylor, of Guinea, Lansana Conte, and of Sierra-Leone, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah welcomed their meeting in Rabat, at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, and the progress achieved with a view to reestablishing a climate of trust and restoring sustainable peace in the sub-region of the Mano River.
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 2/28/2002
ESCWA officials visits Doha on Friday
She will hold several important meetings with high ranking Qatari officials concentrating on evaluating cooperation between Qatar and ESCWA in the area of development, the future cooperation plan and maximizing utmost benefits from expertise owned by the committee, especially in high- tech projects, revitalizing the role played by the woman
Qatar, Politics, 2/28/2002
Jordanian ambassador in Tel Aviv, Badran's daughter suspects in bank fraud case
The Jordanian state security court has frozen transferred and non- transferred assets of 73 persons suspected to be involved in the recent case of banking fraud.
Jordan, Local, 2/28/2002
Egypt's ambassador to Spain denies al-Feilali testimony
The higher state security court ( emergency) in Cairo on Tuesday listened to the testimony of the Egyptian ambassador to Spain Hussein al-Hareidi in which he denied what was stated by Sharif al-Feilali, whose trial has been repeated after he was found not guilty on the charge of spying for Israel.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 2/28/2002
Israeli court postpones considering Azmi Beshara case
The Israeli court in al-Nasera city postponed until April 7th considering the case of the Palestinian intellectual Azmi Beshara who has been tried by the Israeli occupation authority over his national and Arab commitment stands.
Israel-Palestine, Politics, 2/28/2002
Mubarak discusses with Solana deteriorating conditions in ME
The European official talks in Egypt are expected to deal with the peace initiative proposed by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz for settling the Middle East crisis.
Egypt-European Union, Politics, 2/28/2002
Gulf- European meeting discusses the Saudi initiative, fighting terrorism
The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and their European counterparts will discuss the deteriorating conditions in the Middle East and means of fighting terrorism.
Gulf-European Union, Politics, 2/28/2002
Mubarak: Egyptian-US relations are excellent
The President indicated that the current problem is that Sharon lacks the vision for achieving peace.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 2/28/2002
Four Palestinians killed, Israeli- Palestinian security meeting a failure
The Israeli- Palestinian security meeting which was held on Wednesday evening at the house of the American ambassador in Hertzelia in Tel Aviv failed to reach tangible results as Israel refused to alleviate the siege imposed on the Palestinians and stressed to continue the military campaigns and incursion operations into the Palestinian areas.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/28/2002
Egypt at UNSC: No peace without application of UNSC resolutions
"The demolition of Palestinian institutions, infrastructure and economy and the killing of its leaderships, will neither end the cycle of violence in the Middle East nor intimidate Palestinians from maintaining their struggle," Abul Gheit said.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/28/2002
Moroccan NGOs present series of publications on human rights violation in Tindouf camps
The booklet sheds light on how these prisoners are interrogated hand-cuffed, blind-folded, subjected to moral and physical violence. Some prisoners have lost their life, others lost their sanity and most of them still suffer from traumas, mutilations and handicaps as a result of the inhumane, unbearable and unimaginable brutalities.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 2/28/2002
Austrian FM received by king, confers with moroccan officials
The meeting between the Austrian official and Jettou surveyed economic and commercial cooperation and the sectors likely to attract Austrian businessmen, such as infrastructure, tourism and environment.
Morocco-Austria, Politics, 2/28/2002
Sanaa hands over to Riyadh a Saudi belongs to al-Qaida
The Saudi minister of the Interior prince Nayef said that Yemen has handed over one Saudi who has links to al-Qaida organization led by Osama Bin Laden. He stressed that Saudi Arabia is still making investigations with persons suspected to have links to this organization.
Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 2/28/2002
UN extends mission in the Sahara for two more months
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday decided to extend the mandate of MINURSO ( UN mission in the Sahara) for an additional two months until next April 30 and to consider proposals for the territory outlined by the secretary general in his latest report.
Morocco, Politics, 2/28/2002
US's Zinni visits Sanaa on Saturday
League party has called on the Yemeni political leadership to pursue the principle of clarity and transparency concerning the level of security cooperation, depending on American forces to fight terrorism and eliminate extremist members who are suspected to be involved in terrorist acts and are in Yemen.
Yemen-USA, Politics, 2/28/2002
One Lebanese killed by Israeli landmines, 35 Israeli violations of the Lebanese sovereignty in one week
Lebanese security sources said that an anti- vehicle mine went off on Wednesday in a small truck in Ein al-Meir area to the east of Sidon and it resulted in killing the driver of the truck and wounding of his companion, while the truck was destroyed.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/28/2002
King Mohammed receives speaker of French senate
During the work session that was attended by the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan parliament and the minister in charge of relations with the parliament, the two men underlined the increasingly important role played by parliamentary diplomacy in rooting a culture of dialogue, cooperation and openness.
Morocco-France, Politics, 2/28/2002
Thousands demonstrate in Brussels in solidarity with Palestinian people
The protesters, who flocked to Brussels from different regions in Belgium, as well as from France and Italy, chanted slogans against the Israeli occupation, the EU-Israel association agreement, and the weapon deals between the Union and the Israeli government.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 2/28/2002
Al-Jalabi: toppling Saddam will be possible within weeks
The chairman of the Iraqi National Congress, which takes London as headquarters and introduces itself as the main alliance for the Iraqi opposition, Ahmad al-Jalabi said that toppling the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein will be very easy because no body will fight for him in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 2/28/2002
UN Human Rights Commissioner Robinson to address Cairo University scholars
Robinson will give a lecture titled "Human Rights and the Arab Nation," said Mustafa Kamel El-Sayed, the director of the institute of developing countries.
Regional, Politics, 2/28/2002
Ismael: American- Sudanese contacts have not been suspended
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael has expressed his conviction that the US will give up its decision to halt contacts with Sudan, stressing that contacts have not been suspended.
Sudan-USA, Politics, 2/28/2002
Emirates to start Casablanca-Dubai round trip next march 31
The United Arab Emirates air company "Emirates" will start operating as of next March 31 a Dubai-Casablanca-Dubai flights three times a week.
United Arab Emirates-Morocco, Business, 2/28/2002
UN criticizes the Emirates for evacuating 750 Afghanis
The UNHCR suddenly on Tuesday evacuated 750 Afghanis to their country which lacks stability. The UNHCR commissioner Cress Banoveski said in a press statement that this is not the proper time for any state to evacuate Afghans from its territories.
United Arab Emirates-Afghanistan, Politics, 2/28/2002
All Arab states join drug- fighting agreements
Mansour added that Israel and Turkey witnessed wide spread use of "Ecstasy" drug which appeared in Europe four years ago and reached the Middle East in 2000.
Regional, Politics, 2/28/2002
Mrs. Mubarak praised for war on drugs
Mrs Mubarak adopted the national campaign for combating drug abuse three years ago and has played a played a major role in highlighting the concept of rehabilitation.
Egypt, Local, 2/28/2002
Commission backs creation of Euro-Mediterranean bank as an EIB subsidiary
The European Commission has expressed backing to the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Bank (EMB) as a subsidiary to the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Regional-European Union, Economics, 2/28/2002
New farmlands offer bright green future
Environmental, or "green", concerns are one of the main obstacles faced by developing nations in their efforts to export both agricultural and industrial products.
Regional, Environment, 2/28/2002
One American soldier killed during training in Kuwait
The American embassy in Kuwait said that one American soldier was killed on Wednesday in a routine training in Kuwait's desert.
Kuwait-USA, Politics, 2/28/2002
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The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Wednesday received a telephone call from the Yemeni Foreign minister Muhammad Abu Baker al-Qurabi during which the two ministers discussed latest developments on Arab conditions in general and the occupied Palestinian territories in particular.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ratified law no. 17 for 2002 provided for the ratification of amending article 69 of al-Riyadh agreement on judicial cooperation among the member states of the Arab league, ratified in Syria, so as it will be stated as approved by the council of the Arab ministers of justice.
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Sadeq Kharazzi, the secretary of the Iranian foreign ministry will start on Saturday a visit to Doha at the official invitation of the of Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al- Thani, the chairman of the general commission of the Qatari TV and radio. Kharazzi, who is responsible for the sector of training and researches at the Iranian foreign ministry will hold a series of meetings in Doha.
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The US defense department on Tuesday denied rumors stated in the financial markets saying that the US had dispatched forces into inside Iraq.
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The first phase of the of fighting and destroying banned plants at the Bekaa plain started on Tuesday with the participation of member of the Lebanese internal security forces backed by a force from the Lebanese army and another force from the Syrian army. No security incidents were reported. This operation is expected to last for one week and will cover the destruction of almost 1.5 million square meters of areas planted with Opium.
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