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Riyadh permits Saudi workers to form trade unions
The Saudi authorities have given permission to the Saudi workers to form a trade union that permits the initiating of a dialogue between the employees and employers, according to the Saudi dailies issued on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 4/18/2002
Mubarak to MENA: Injustice is source of problems, not the other way around
"Injustice, in turn, leads to despair and frustration and when people reach this state, they do unreasonable and unbelievable things," Mubarak noted.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 4/18/2002
King Mohammed renews will to work with Arab leaders to back Palestinian resistance
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has renewed determination to work with Arab leaders with a view to backing the resistance of the Palestinian people against the escalating Israeli aggression.
Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/18/2002
Saudi - USA summit to discuss Israeli aggression, Iraq and terrorism
The differences between Saudi Arabia and the US concerning the Middle East, Iraq and the so-called "war against terrorism" will be discussed during the summit which will be held between the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and the US President George Bush
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 4/18/2002
Mubarak denies any differences with Syria, contacts continue with al-Assad
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has stressed that he is continuously contacting President Bashar al-Assad in matters which are of concern to the two states especially the explosive conditions in the occupied territories.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 4/18/2002
Saudi crown prince congratulates Shavez on restoring back power
The Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on Tuesday evening made a telephone call with Venezuela President Hugo Chavez.
Saudi Arabia-Venezuela, Politics, 4/18/2002
Two survivors of Tindouf make moving testimony before ngos in Geneva
Two Sahrawi women who succeeded to flee the Tindouf sequestration camps in south Western Algeria made this Wednesday in Geneva a moving testimony of their ordeal before representatives of several women's ngos.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 4/18/2002
Catalonia supreme court annuls an act recognizing puppet Sahrawi republic
The Supreme Court of Catalonia (north eastern Spain) has annulled an act whereby the Vallromanes municipality had recognized the puppet Sahrawi republic, deeming the act as liable to compromise Spain's international relations, reported the Spanish news agency EFE Wednesday.
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 4/18/2002
Rabat hosts sub-regional forum on women and micro-finance
A two-day sub-regional forum on women and micro-finance opened in Rabat Wednesday with representatives of several African countries attending.
Regional-Morocco, Economics, 4/18/2002
No conference before Israeli withdrawal
"Israeli demands are well-known and they violate legitimacy, logic, right, justice and can not be accepted," said Maher.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/18/2002
Moroccan human rights council re-elected chairman of international committee
Moroccan Driss Dahak, who chairs the Human Rights Advisory Council, has been maintained at the head of the International Committee of Coordination of national human rights promotion institutions.
Morocco, Culture, 4/18/2002
Prayers in Moroccan mosques friday for Palestinian martyrs
At the instruction of King Mohammed VI, prayers of the absent will be performed Friday in the memory of the martyrs of occupied Palestine immediately after the Friday prayers
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 4/18/2002
It would take three years for Palestinian economy to recover
Representatives from the World Bank and the United Nations say Israel's offensive into Palestinian territories destroyed the Palestinian economy.
Palestine, Economics, 4/18/2002
Powell fails, conditions worse, Israel breaks to new Palestinians areas, Sharon stresses US understanding
Oreikat questioned that if the US administration will not force Sharon to abide by withdrawal from Ramullah and Bethlehem, how can the American administration convince the Arab states and the world that the US will force Sharon to withdraw until June 4, 1967 border lines in a future peace "through this conference or that."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/18/2002
Powell's remarks about his trip and the Palestinian situation
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/18/2002
One Egyptian killed trying to sneak into Gaza
Egyptian medical and security sources said on Wednesday that one Egyptian youth was killed on Tuesday upon trying to sneak into Gaza through Salah Eddine Gate at the Egyptian borders, noting that he was carrying explosives.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/18/2002
Amnesty urges immediate humanitarian assistance for Jenin
"It is shocking that the authorities have not asked for help and that the international community is not offering it. Let this be the wake-up call that help is needed now to save what life there is left," the London-Based Human-Rights Organization said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/18/2002
Ukraine president starts a regional tour
It was announced in Kieve on Wednesday that Ukraine's President Leonade Kotchma will next Saturday make a tour on the Middle East region which will last for four days during which he will discuss the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and bilateral economic relations.
Regional-Ukraine, Politics, 4/18/2002
Launching fire near Rmeish
A fire sound was heard to the south of the southern Lebanese Rmeish town at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, near the southern Lebanese borders. This sound was followed by flying of the Israeli helicopters and focusing lights at the woods of Rmeish followed by Israeli artillery bombardment mopping up operation, while UNIFIL ran on foot patrols in the region.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/18/2002
Arafat and the Israeli peace conference
The spokesman for the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon said that Israel will permit the chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat to attend the peace conference under the auspices of the US if he can prove "actual commitment to peace."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/18/2002
Moroccan MP delegation to visit Egypt Friday
A Moroccan parliamentary delegation, headed by speaker of the chamber of advisors (upper house of parliament), Mostapha Oukacha, will start Friday a five-day official visit to Egypt, it was officially announced here.
Morocco-Egypt, Politics, 4/18/2002
Eritrean opposition member assassinated in Sudan
Unidentified gunmen assassinated one of the key figures of the opposition Eritrean labor party, Muhammad Othman Idris, in front of his house in Wid Shreifi village in the Sudanese Kasla province on the borders with Eritrea.
Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 4/18/2002
Washington threatens Arafat to ban the PLO; renews exemption
The US administration has warned the PLO of the possibility of acting according to the law of 1987 which imposes sanctions on the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO in its being a terrorist state.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 4/18/2002
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said Egypt rejects the call made by US President Bush to Middle East countries to move against terrorism. He said Israel should first stop attacks against Palestinians
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The Syrian deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Wednesday received telephone calls from the Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud, the foreign minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin jasem al-Thani and with Austria's foreign minister. Al-Shara also made a telephone call with the foreign minister of Iran kamal Kharazi. Talks dealt with the regional and Palestinian situation.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received on Wednesday a telephone call from Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. During their conversation, the two sides discussed current contacts made by the European Union countries to urge Israel to implement the ceasefire, withdraw from the Palestinian territories and respect international legitimacy resolutions.
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Egyptian President Mubarak made a telephone call with Powell during the tripartite meeting held in Cairo yesterday with Maher and Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Al Mushar, which dealt with the need for immediate Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian territories.
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Representative of Arab Organization for Human Rights called on the International community to form an international war tribunal to try Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Defense Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer as well as top Israeli officers. The Arab side submitted documents on Israeli violation of human rights to representatives of 100 countries. The U.N. General Assembly will review the Arab demand.
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The UNHCR commissioner Mary Robinson on Wednesday urged Israel to permit her on to visit the occupied Palestinian territories on top of a fact- finding commission.
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Norway's prime minister said on Wednesday that his country is intending to know what had happened in the Jenin camp of the Palestinian refugees to the north of the West Bank which was invaded by the Israeli forces, but he linked making an investigation to what he called cease fire between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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An Egyptian woman who could not bear the scene of the Israeli attacks against the Palestinians, had a heart attack and died later.
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Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak will head Egypt's delegation to the UN General Assembly's extraordinary session on children, to be held on May 8. During the session, Mrs Mubarak will deliver a speech on Egypt's success in improving the status of children over the last decade, reinforced by strict legislation to safeguard their rights.
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Unemployed Algerian youths on Tuesday made acts of riots in Almeina to the south of the capital Algiers resulted in damaging public buildings.
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