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Difference between human rights commissions in Syria
Chairman of the the committee in charge of human rights in Syria lawyer Aktham Nuueisah opposed the Arab Human Rights program offering a prize to the human rights society in Syria which is led by lawyer Haitham al-Maleh, ignoring thereby, as he said, the role played by his organization.
Syria, Politics, 3/19/2002
Tunisia: a great response to reforming the constitution
Tunisia is involving its citizens in an information campaign and political debate to be followed by a referendum, a process by which citizens directly approve or reject new laws or proposals, in order to amend Tunisia's constitution.
Tunisia, Politics, 3/19/2002
Syria- Egypt summit in Cairo on Wednesday
The Orient radio correspondent quoted Arab diplomatic sources in Cairo as saying that the Egyptian, Jordanian and Egyptian- Saudi talks will center on crystallizing the Saudi initiative so as to have it win an Arab unanimity during the Beirut Arab summit.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/19/2002
Islamic world league to clarify position of Islam on human rights and freedoms
A statement issued in Mecca on Monday said that the conference will work to clarify the position of Islam regarding debated issues on the international arena and most of important of it is terrorism, peace and war, human rights and its freedoms, the dialogue of civilizations and coexistence among culture.
Regional, Politics, 3/19/2002
Arab summit to formulate Saudi ideas into initiative
Events in Palestine augur ill for occupation, said Maher, adding that when the occupation feels endangered, it becomes more aggressive but cannot survive.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 3/19/2002
Abu al-Ragheb arrived in al-Riyadh
The Jordanian prime minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb on Monday arrived in Jeddah leading an official delegation including the Jordanian foreign minister Marwan al-Mashaar.
Saudi Arabia-Jordan, Politics, 3/19/2002
Moussa: Arab summit comes in critical stage
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa has stressed that Beirut's Arab summit is being held in a grave and critical condition that requires taking decisions that will be up to national challenges to support the Arab rights.
Regional, Politics, 3/19/2002
Slight progress in talks between Palestinians, Israelis
A Palestinian official said that a slight progress was attained during security meetings on redeploying the Israeli army in Beit Hanoun and opening the main roads in Gaza, noting that the Israeli side did not commit to that, despite the fact the actual implementation of the pullout should have started on Monday evening.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/19/2002
Egypt, Jordan discuss Saudi initiative, supporting Palestinians
Egyptian President Mubarak discussed yesterday with Jordanian Premier Ali Abu Ragheb the efforts exerted at various levels to put an end to the Palestinian people's tragedy and the carnage inflicted on them due to the Israeli aggressive policies.
Egypt-Jordan, Politics, 3/19/2002
Exporting natural gas to Jordan, first stage of a pan-Arab venture
Egyptian-Jordanian talks started Monday over technical and economic cooperation in the fields of petroleum and natural gas cochaired by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid and his Jordanian opposite number Ali Abul -Ragheb.
Egypt-Regional, Economics, 3/19/2002
Egypt talks part in rehabilitation of Iraqi factories
Egyptian Industry and Technological Development Minister Ali El-Saeedi said yesterday that Egypt would take part in the rehabilitation of Iraqi factories and setting up new projects to upgrade competitiveness of Iraqi industries.
Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 3/19/2002
Ruler of Kuwait confers with Cheney
The Ruler of Kuwaiti Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Monday in Kuwait received the US Vice President Dick Cheney and members of the accompanying delegation, currently visiting Kuwait.
Kuwait-USA, Politics, 3/19/2002
Continued dialogue between Sudan, the USA
the Sudanese minister expected Washington's direct interference to attain a political solution and establishing peace in the country
Sudan-USA, Politics, 3/19/2002
Sudan denies arresting an al-Qaida member on its territories
The Sudanese minister of the interior Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hussein has denied news stated by the British daily Sunday Times on Sunday that the Sudanese authorities arrested one important member in al-Qaida organization called Abu Anas (the Libyan).
Sudan, Politics, 3/19/2002
Results of presidential elections in Comoros
The electoral committee in the Greater Comoros islands on Monday announced the final results of the first presidential elections which indicate that colonel Othman Ghazali ranks in the first place.
Comoros, Politics, 3/19/2002
The marriage of King Mohammed VI to Lalla Salma announced
The Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery announced the news of the marriage of King Mohammed VI with Lalla Salma.
Morocco, Local, 3/19/2002
Israeli- Palestinian security meeting held in Jerusalem
An Israeli source in Jerusalem said that an Israeli- Palestinian security meeting was held in Jerusalem with the participation of the US.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/19/2002
Fahmi: Egypt's huge oil reserves attract in'l companies
Egypt is currently witnessing intensive activities by major world companies to prospect for oil and natural gas and develop discovered offshore fields in the Mediterranean Sea, said Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi.
Egypt, Economics, 3/19/2002
World companies compete to prospect for oil in 32 new regions
"World companies' bids will be selected this month to grant oil and natural gas prospection concessions in 32 new regions of 292,000 kilometers, covering 29 percent of the country's area," said Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi.
Egypt, Economics, 3/19/2002
International institutions help in restructuring faltering companies
Egyptian Minister of Public Business Sector Mokhtar khattab said that various international financial institutions would offer easy-term loans for the first time to restructure the faltering companies that have exporting capabilities.
Egypt, Economics, 3/19/2002
Jews of Argentina, France gave up migration to Israel, Prague squares crowded with fleeing settlers
Large number of the Jews in Argentina and France canceled requests they filed to be brought to Israel to settle in it.
Israel-Palestine, Local, 3/19/2002
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Meetings will be held of the Russian- Iraqi government committee on economic, trade, scientific and technical cooperation under the chairmanship of the Russian minister of energy Igor Yousinove and the Iraqi oil minister Amer Rasheed.
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Iraq's vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan has announced Baghdad's readiness to permit UN inspectors to get into Iraq but under the condition that they beforehand set the areas they will visit and to draw a timetable for this mission.
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President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on Monday in Cairo received a message from the Jordanian King Abdullah on the developments of the deteriorated conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories under the continued Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people and topics listed on the agenda of the forthcoming Arab summit to be held in Beirut as well as the Iraqi issue.
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The Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal on Monday received a message from his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov. No information were disclosed on the content of the message. The message was handed over by the Russian envoy Andre Vadovin during his meeting with prince al-Faisal in Jeddah on Monday.
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The chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat on Monday in Ramullah met with the European ME special envoy Angel Moratinos.
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The Israeli radio said on Monday that the Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres said that Israel has welcomed the Saudi initiative and that negotiations should be made on the content of this initiative.
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The assistant director for the Israeli tourism bureau Dani Newman has admitted the recession in the activity of the tourism sector in Israel in 2001 in comparison with the year 2000 because of the Palestinian Intifada. The Orient ( al-Sharq) radio quoted Newman as saying that tourism decline reached 50%. A matter which constituted a crisis in the tourism sector and the loss of 40,000 jobs as well as closing several Israeli hotels because of the Palestinian Intifada.
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An Israeli source in Jerusalem said on Monday that there are contacts held recently by German sides with the Lebanese Hizbullah Party in an attempt to give a push forward to the issue of releasing the Israeli detainees held by the Hizbullah party. The Israeli radio reported on Monday.
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Egyptian Minister of Tourism Dr. Mamdouh El-Beltagui Monday said that efforts exerted to promote tourism to Egypt have begun to bear fruit. In an interview with Sawt A1 Arab radio by telephone from Berlin where he is leading Egypt's delegation to Berlin International Tourism Bourse, Beltagui referred to a number of programs and plans on promoting tourism in Egypt.
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The Two Japanese companies for heavy industries Tomin and Mitsubishi have won a contract of 109 million EURO to export Gas- working Turbines for a huge electricity generation station in Cairo.
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13 people have been injured in the explosion Tuesday afternoon of a handmade bomb near Algiers Main Post-Office, APS reported today.
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