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Iraq stops oil exports, decision against Israel and the USA
President Saddam Hussein said Iraq deciced completely stopping oil exports for 30 days. Addressing the Arab citizens, he said "Our Arab nation's capabilities and stand to the point of mocking at these capabilities. They are even using part of them against the best of the Arab nation, after having tamed those whom they have made accept the weakness and humility of themselves," INA reported.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 4/8/2002
King Fahd: The Zionist challenge is the first defiance Arabs and Muslims face
Saud Arabia's King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz has stressed that the "Zionist challenge is the first and main defiance Muslims and Arabs are facing."
Saudi Arabia-Regional, Politics, 4/8/2002
Al-Assad meets with Sheikh Hamad Bin Salman, Taha Yassin Ramadan
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday received the prime minister of Bahrain Sheikh Khaleifa Bin salman al-Khaleifa and members of the accompanying delegation.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 4/8/2002
Ramadan commends new rapprochement with Kuwait
The Iraqi vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan has stressed that what was achieved between Kuwait and Iraq during the recent Arab summit conference in Beirut as the first step on the right path, that relations between the two states should be, because they are "two sisterly and neighbor states."
Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 4/8/2002
Peres, Bin Aliazer and Syria
The Israeli radio said on Sunday that the Israeli defense minister Benjamin Bin Aliazer and the foreign minister Shimon Peres are making efforts to urge the US and European states to pressure Syria to press the Hizbullah Party.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/8/2002
King Mohammed receives foreign ministers of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
The three officials of the Mano River Union member countries informed the sovereign on the implementation of the decisions made by their countries' heads of state during the summit they held in Rabat last February 27 at the initiative of King Mohammed VI.
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 4/8/2002
US seeks a cease-fire, advices Arab leaders to crack down on media
Powell said "there is a level of anger that is rising in the Arab land that is of concern to us, and should be of concern to Israel."
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/8/2002
King Mohammed meets Powell in Agadir
During the audience, King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee, renewed Morocco's total condemnation of the deliberate Israeli military invasion in the Palestinian territories and adamantly decried the siege imposed on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and his close aides.
Morocco-USA, Politics, 4/8/2002
Al-Baz: Israeli operations went beyond all limits
"It is unreasonable to say that what Israel is doing is self-defense since self-defense, by logic, means that reaction must be equivalent to the action. On the contrary, Israeli operations went beyond all limits and can't be considered self-defense," he remarked.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/8/2002
Maher: Israel is not allowed to protest our sovereign decision
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher met late Sunday with visiting Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Korabi.
Egypt-Yemen, Politics, 4/8/2002
Tens of killed Palestinians, hundreds wounded and missing under ruins of demolished houses by the Israelis
The Israeli occupation army on Sunday continued its brutal bombardment of the city of Nablus. This resulted in killing 13 Palestinians and the destruction of several houses while corpses of the killed Palestinians and the wounded scattered in the streets because the Israeli forces prevented ambulances from reaching them, besides the fate of other 70 Palestinians is still unknown after the Israeli forces blew off a house they resorted to.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 4/8/2002
Israel and the Lebanese bank of targets
The Israeli Hebrew language radio said on Sunday that the Israeli government which recently met and discussed the tense situation in the northern area set what it called "The bank of Targets " inside the Lebanese territories.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 4/8/2002
Bush administration: replacing Arafat by Oreikat
The Saudi daily al-Watan issued on Sunday said that the US administration wants the official in charge of the local rule in the Palestinian Authority Saeb Oreikat to replace the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/8/2002
France concerned over French in a sit-in in solidarity with Palestinians in West Bank
The French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine expressed his concern over the fate of the French people who observe a sit-in in Ramullah in the West Bank in Solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Palestine-France, Politics, 4/8/2002
Europe might reconsider trade relations with Israel
The Belgian foreign minister Louis Michael has stated that the European Union might reconsider its trade relations with Israel after the latter had prevented a high ranking European Union delegation from meeting with the chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat.
Israel-European Union, Politics, 4/8/2002
Lahoud gets a message from Powell on conditions in south Lebanon
The Lebanese President Emil Lahoud on Sunday evening received a message from the US secretary of state Colin Powell dealt with the situation in the region and south Lebanon.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 4/8/2002
Mauritanian president meets U.N Sahara representative
President Mouaouyia Ould Sid Ahmed Taya of Mauritania met Monday with William Lacy Swing, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Sahara.
Mauritania-Morocco, Politics, 4/8/2002
In retaliation to Israeli air and land aggressions, Lebanese resistance attacks Israeli positions wounding three soldiers
The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday renewed their aggressions against Kafer Shouba and the surrounding area and carried out three raids at several areas in south Lebanon, while the Lebanese national resistance retaliated by intensive attacks at the occupation positions one at the heavy artillery position resulted in wounding three Israeli soldiers.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/8/2002
Qaddafi and the Palestinian question
The Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi has stated that the heart of the matter that what is taking place in the Palestinian territories attributed to that (Jewish) groups came from overseas, occupied the lands and expelled the people and when the Palestinians fight to restore back their rights and return back their homes they were challenged by massacres and war of extermination as Israel is doing now.
Libya-Zimbabwe, Politics, 4/8/2002
Demonstrations in Bahrain calling for close of US embassy
Hundreds of Bahraini people demonstrated on Sunday over the US bias to Israel.
Bahrain-USA, Politics, 4/8/2002
The Third Syrian International oil and gas conference, exhibition
The Third Syrian International Oil AND Gas Exhibition " SYROIL 2002" was opened on April 1st in Damascus's International Fair ground, through April 4th, featuring outstanding and extensive exhibition of Oil And Gas equipment and services.
Syria, Economics, 4/8/2002
Moroccan people calls international community to ensure protection to Palestinian people
The march of solidarity with the Palestinian people held Sunday in Rabat ended up with the release of a communique calling the international community to secure protection to the Palestinian people.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 4/8/2002
Arab workers called to grant a day's salary to Palestinian people
The International Federation of Arab Labor Unions (FISTA) called on Arab workers to grant a day's salary to the Palestinian people, in support for the Intifada.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 4/8/2002
Export deals to Iraq hit $ 3.8 billion
The volume of Egyptian trade exchange with Iraq till the 11th stage of understanding memo rose to more than $ 3.800 billion.
Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 4/8/2002
Australia willing to deploy troops on Palestinian territories
Australia announced on Sunday it will be ready to send its soldiers to the Middle East region in the framework of the peace keeping mission in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Australia, Politics, 4/8/2002
Netherlands to set up investment desks in Morocco
The Netherlands decided to create three investment desks to promote commercial relations with Morocco, Dutch minister of foreign trade, Gerrip Ybema, announced on Sunday.
Morocco-Netherlands, Economics, 4/8/2002
Calls for Arab satellite channel for children
A conference on "Radio, TV, and Children," held in Tunis April 3-6, called on Arab states to create an Arab Satellite Channel for Children, the aim being to inform, educate and entertain the Arab child, while preserving his cultural identity.
Regional, Culture, 4/8/2002
UNDP provides emergency assistance to Palestinian territories
UNDP/PAPP will immediately begin to repair essential access roads that have been demolished, damaged and destroyed buildings, downed electricity and telephone lines and uprooted water supply systems. Additionally, urgently needed medical supplies will be purchased and distributed to hospitals and other health care providers.
Palestine, Economics, 4/8/2002
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A group of Saudi Arabian intellectuals on Sunday called on the Saudi authorities to reconsider its relations with the USA because of its stances which are considered as supporting the Israeli invasion of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank.
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Iraq and Lebanon on Sunday signed an agreement for establishing the free trade zone between the two states. Iraq had signed free trade zones agreements with Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, INA reported.
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The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday evening arrested the correspondent of Abu Dhabi TV in occupied Jerusalem Jasem al-Azawi and took him to the airport for expulsion.
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The Israeli radio said on Sunday that the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan informed the Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres on Saturday that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud vowed to work for preventing the deterioration of conditions on the Israeli- Lebanese borders.
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI had Sunday evening phone talks with President of Palestine Yasser Arafat. The king renewed the total and unconditional backing of Morocco, its king, government and people to the Palestinian people and to their combatant leadership in the ordeal they are enduring following the Israeli invasion of the Palestinian territories.
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Well-informed press sources in the occupied Palestinian territories said on Sunday that the American administration seeks to convene a secret meeting between the US Secretary of State Collin Powell and several Palestinian officials including Ahmad Qrei, the chairman of the Palestinian legislative council, who has been off light for some time.
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Syrian Irrigation Minister Mohammed Radhwan arrived in Baghdad on Saturday and told reporters that this visit aimed at strengthening fraternal ties and cooperation in the field of irrigation, water resources, ways of establishing joint projects and exchange expertise., INA reported.
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Moroccan daily papers decided to donate the receipts of their Sunday issue to the Palestinian Intifada.The decision was made on the occasion of the march staged in Rabat on April 7, in solidarity with the Palestinian people. "We Are All Palestinians" headlined these dailies in their front pages, illustrated with portraits of President Yasser Arafat, besieged in Ramallah by the Israeli occupation forces.
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI has decided to cancel the popular festivities that were to mark his wedding, scheduled for this week, and to celebrate the event in a family ceremony, Official spokesman for the Royal Palace, Hassan Aourid, announced on Monday.
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One of the leaders of the of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas Abdul Aziz al-Ranteisi has called for continued and escalation of the Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation.
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The secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa has stressed the need of convening an immediate meeting for the UN Security Council in order to discuss the deteriorated conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories and for Israel's non- abidance to the recent UN Security Council resolution no. 1403.
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The Egyptian pilots on Sunday called for halting the air flights to Israel in protest of the open Israeli aggression launched against the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people.
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