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Arab states spent $53 billion on arms in year 2000 alone
The Arab states in 2000 spent 27.4 per cent of their total spending to defence and security, while only 9.1 per cent was allocated for economic affairs, showed figures in the annual Arab economic report for 2000, a report said.
Regional, Military, 4/4/2002
Damascus and Beirut agreement for redeployment of Syrian forces under Taif Accord
The military committee of the Syrian- Lebanese higher council which is composed of the leaderships of the two armies in Syria and Lebanon met at the headquarters of the Lebanese army in al-Yarzeh.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 4/4/2002
Yemen: One million citizens call for trying the Arab leaders
The Yemeni capital sanaa on Wednesday witnessed marches in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The Participants in the demonstrations expressed their protest against the stances of the US in supporting Israel and called on the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to end his isolation and resume his Arab role in support of the Palestinians.
Yemen-Regional, Politics, 4/4/2002
More Palestinians killed, Israeli forces besiege Nativity church, burns Omar mosque
Hundreds of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles completed their occupation of Jenin, Bethlehem and Beit jala, Qalqilya and Selfeit in the West Bank and that other Israeli military amassing are stationed at the entrances of Nablus in preparation to break into it.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/4/2002
Arab ministerial meeting postponed until Saturday
The secretary general of the Arab league Amre Mousa announced on Wednesday that the Arab foreign ministers will on Saturday hold an emergency meeting in Cairo in order to "hold talks" on conditions in the Palestinian territories.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 4/4/2002
Hizbullah strikes Israeli positions in Shebaa
Eye witnesses said that the Hizbullah party bombarded Israeli positions in Shebaa farms. The witnesses added that the Lebanese Hizbullah party launched an attack at the positions of the Israeli army in Rweisat al-Alam, al-Sammaqa and Ramtha in Shebaa area, using missiles and mortars. No casualties were reported in the lines of the Israelis.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/4/2002
Abbas denies any contacts with the Israeli side
The secretary of the executive committee of the PLO Mahmoud Abbas has denied any contacts at the meantime with the Israeli side concerning conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/4/2002
The Vatican summons the ambassadors of the US, Israel
The spokesman for Pope John Paul II, Jawakim Navaro announced on Wednesday that the Vatican summoned the ambassadors of Israel and the US to it to discuss with them the " catastrophic " situation in Bethlehem.
Palestine-Vatican, Politics, 4/4/2002
Middle East Church Council condemns Israeli aggression
The Middle East Church Council Wednesday lashed out latest Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territories as well as the killing and humiliation of Palestinians.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 4/4/2002
Israel prevents Aznar from talking to Arafat
The Israeli forces prevented the Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose country presides over the current rotating presidency of the European Union from talking by telephone with the chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat.
Israel-European Union, Politics, 4/4/2002
Mousa holds press conference with Papandreau
The Secretary general of the Arab League Amre Mousa has called on the European states to take a firm and decisive stand concerning the brutal aggressions carried out against the Palestinian people.
Regional-Greece, Politics, 4/4/2002
Arab ambassadors in Amman voice solidarity with Palestinians
The Ambassadors of the Arab states in Amman on Wednesday visited the headquarters of the Palestinian consulate in Amman "in solidarity with the Palestinian people against which Israel is launching a war of extermination."
Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/4/2002
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday night received a call from President Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. The two leaders discussed the volatile situation, the developments in the Palestinian territories and the Arab vision of the future.
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President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt discussed in a telephone call he received on Wednesday from the French President Jacques Chirac the developments of the very grave conditions in the Palestinian territories amid the continued war launched by Israel against the Palestinian people and the deterioration the Middle East region is currently suffering because of this war.
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A police source said that some 15,000 students at Banha university held the prayers of the absent on the souls of the killed Palestinians. 5,000 students who gathered at al-Azhar university chanted "where is the Arab army" and called for expelling the Israeli ambassador, Some 5,000 students at Ein Shams university gathered while schools students took spontaneously the streets.
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Bahrain announced on Wednesday that it will shortly appoint a new ambassador in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Sudan announced on Wednesday its support to all means which bring together the Islamic countries, because these will force Israel to pull out from the occupied Palestinian territories. News reports quoted Muhammad Saeed the official at the Sudanese foreign ministry as saying on the sideline of the meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on the issue of terrorism. He said that "if all OIC member states support the use of the oil weapons to pressure Israel, we will support it."
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Two days ago, the official Iraqi News Agency reported saying "Commenting on the statement of the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mr. Kamal Kharazi that Iraq is ready to use oil as a weapon against America in support of the Palestinian people in their struggle against the Zionist aggression.. Iraq's acting Foreign Minister, Dr. Humam Abdul Khaliq, said that at a time Iraq affirms its stand calling to use oil as weapon against the Zionists and their American mentors, Iraq declares its readiness to stop delivering oil to America jointly with Iran."
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The Chinese ambassador in Cairo has renewed his country's backing to the legitimate and just Arab rights to the restoration of all occupied Arab territories until June 4, 1967 border line and the establishment of the independent Palestinian state. In statements issued in Cairo on Wednesday, the Chinese ambassador warned against the continued escalation of the Israeli military barbarism against the Palestinians.
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The Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Sultanov has stressed that the situation in the Middle East requires carrying out coordinated acts by the ME peace process cosponsors, Russia and the USA and also the EU and the UN.
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Families of the American diplomats who are working in Israel started on Wednesday to leave Jerusalem following the decision taken by the US administration to permit families of the diplomats accredited in its consulate in occupied Jerusalem to leave because of the conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC Abdul Rahman al-Ateyah has discussed with member of the state's council and deputy chairperson of the Chinese Cabinet on Wednesday in Riyadh means of increasing trade exchange between the GCC member states and China.
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The first military investigation judge in Lebanon Riyadh Tlei' brought members of a spy network for Israel that includes 8 persons to the permanent military court under the charge of dealing with the Israeli Mossad and called for sentencing them the "death penalty."
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