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Syria rejects any position hostile to Morocco's territorial integrity
Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, said Monday Syria "will not tolerate any position hostile to Morocco's territorial integrity."
Syria-Morocco, Politics, 5/22/2002
New paper licensed in Jordan
It was decided to issue a new Arabic language Jordanian paper concerned with human rights at the local, Arab and international levels under the name of al-Hurreya.
Jordan, Politics, 5/22/2002
Al-Assad: the Arabs have no other choice but to resist
President Bashar al-Assad has stressed Syria's unwavering position and that it has nothing that has not been declared publicly regarding national issues.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 5/22/2002
Mubarak, Qaboos probe current Middle East situation
In the framework of the sustained and intensive Arab contacts for confronting the current situation in the Middle East, President Mubarak and Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman, during their summit talks in Sharm EL sheikh, called on international community to shoulder responsibility for correcting the current situation in the Middle East and forcing Israel to respect international legitimacy.
Egypt-Oman, Politics, 5/22/2002
Khaddam meets Junblat in Lebanese town of Mukhtara; Sharon's conditions unworthy of an answer
Syria's Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam has stressed that what is taking place in the Palestinian territories does not only target the Palestinian people, rather the Arabs as a whole.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 5/22/2002
UAE president receives message from King Mohammed
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has sent to the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, a message dealing with "brotherly bilateral relations" and other issues.
United Arab Emirates-Morocco, Politics, 5/22/2002
Sanctions on Iraq condemned; US, British suspension of contracts continue
Iraq said these contracts include digging appliances, agricultural tractors, fire-engines, cars, trucks, insecticides, medicines, medical requirements and spare parts.
Iraq, Politics, 5/22/2002
Inter-Arab trade liberalisation obstacle course
Lack of Arab coordination and effective political policies will have been blamed for holding back the Arab Free Trade Zone program, to which only fourteen Arab states have signed up.
Regional, Economics, 5/22/2002
Egypt lauds Europe's stance on ME crisis
The US does not understand how complicated the Palestinian cause is and the US negotiators made a blunder when they proposed a joint control over Jerusalem, said Egyptian Presidential Advisor, Osama Al-Baz.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/22/2002
Gulf states consultation summit next Sunday
Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states will hold their fourth consultation summit in Jeddah next Sunday.
Gulf, Politics, 5/22/2002
Morocco, Syria sign agreement on housing
The Moroccan official underscored the role of the private sector in strengthening cooperation relations among the Arab states, so as to face up the challenges of globalization.
Syria-Morocco, Economics, 5/22/2002
The implications of killing Jihad Jibril
Salman said "What happened on Monday is but the Israeli war in Lebanon. Israel's choosing Beirut as a battle field was not randomly made. It is rather the decision to expand the cycle of war launched by Israel to cover all sources of dangers for Israel today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Lebanon, Politics, 5/22/2002
US wants a free-trade accord with Morocco
US ambassador to Morocco, Margaret Tutwiler told "L'Opinion" daily that the US-Morocco free-trade accord was welcomed by the Moroccan government, business circles and trade unions and that the US chief executive wishes the agreement will be sealed in a reasonable time.
Morocco-USA, Economics, 5/22/2002
Palestinian cause undergoes dangerous stage
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa Tuesday said that the Palestinian cause has been passing through a juncture ever since the division of Palestine.
Regional, Politics, 5/22/2002
The US and Sudan
The US announced on Monday evening that it intends to strengthen its support for the regional peace efforts in Sudan following the meeting held between the US President George Bush and his special envoy to this country former senator John Danforth.
Sudan-USA, Politics, 5/22/2002
Egyptian, Mauritanian, Moroccan artists raise funds for children center in southern Morocco
A group of Egyptian, Mauritanian and Moroccan artists will be holding a fund-raising event next Saturday to contribute the building of a children amusement park in the southern city of Sakiat-Al-Hamra.
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 5/22/2002
Israeli forces break into Nablus, Bethlehem, Jenin
The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday broke into Beit Fourik village near Nablus and the Israeli tanks imposed total besiege on them under the pretext that wanted Palestinian are hidden there. Then the invading forces broke into the houses, humiliated the citizens and detained scores of Palestinian youths, while other Israeli forces demolished a building inhabited by several families in Beit Hanania suburb near Jerusalem without permitting its people from evacuating their properties.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2002
Saadat isolated at the Israeli request
The US and Britain have responded to an Israeli request to isolate the secretary general of the People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine Ahmad Saadat who is detained in Areiha under joint American- British supervision and guards.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2002
Hamas denies meetings with officials in Hizbullah, al-Qaida
One of the leading figures in the Hamas movement, Ismael Henaya said that these claims are lies and groundless. They are media fabrications aimed at distorting the image of the resistance movements and putting them under the list to be as " wanted and targeted " under the claim of fighting what is called terrorism in order to serve the security of Israel and perpetuate its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Palestine, Politics, 5/22/2002
Tenet to meet Israeli, Palestinian officials on security issues
The US White House advisor for the national security advisor Condoleezza Rice on Monday evening said that the director of the CIA George Tenet will shortly meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials in order to discuss with them security issues.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 5/22/2002
Palestinian authority imposes home arrest on Abu Ein for hosting Barghouthi
The Palestinian authority has imposed home arrest on Ziad Abi Ein, a member of the Palestinian resistance movement Fatah, for three months over hosting Marwan Barghouthi, the secretary of the Fatah movement in the West Bank before he was arrested in Ramullah.
Palestine, Politics, 5/22/2002
Israeli warplanes violate the Lebanese airspace
The Lebanese national resistance has announced in a statement issued on Tuesday in Beirut that its air defense unit intercepted on Tuesday the Israeli warplanes which violated the Lebanese airspace over the central sector in south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/22/2002
Morocco-China probe healthcare cooperation
Moroccan health minister, Thami El Khyari, and visiting Chinese peer, Zhang Wenkang probed in Rabat Monday means to foster bilateral cooperation in the field of healthcare.
Morocco-China, Health, 5/22/2002
ADC welcomes release of California doctor, urges US government to protect other Americans held by Israel
ADC is also aware of numerous instances in which Israeli authorities have refused to recognize the American citizenship of Arab Americans in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. ADC calls upon the United States government to provide equal protection to all of its citizens abroad, regardless of their ethnicity and regardless of which state's authority they are under.
Regional-USA, Local, 5/22/2002
Oil company okays electrification project by solar energy
Total Energy company has agreed to the electrification of 16,000 houses by solar kits in central Morocco.
Morocco, Economics, 5/22/2002
Egypt's debt burden to increase by $1.5 billion; economic modernization cited
The Egyptian government has reached an agreement with the World Bank and the African Bank for Development to get loans from both banks worth $ 1.5 billion.
Egypt, Economics, 5/22/2002
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday in Damascus received Lebanese former speaker of parliament Hussein al-Huseini. Discussions dealt with the relations between Syria and Lebanon.
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The electoral campaign "has helped the candidates, either independent or representing political parties, to improve their speeches by focusing on growth themes interesting the broadest layers of the population expecting a better future," the Algerian news agency APS had reported.
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The people of Bahrain have replaced the American soft drink Coca Cola by an Iranian product with the name "Zamzam Cola" with the escalation of hostility feelings towards the US for its policy in the Middle East and with the launching of a people's committee for boycotting the American goods.
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The ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah on Tuesday received a message from President of the Islamic republic of Iran Muhammad Khatami. The message was handed over to the Kuwaiti crown prince and prime minister Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah during his meeting with the Iranian defense minister Admiral Ali Shamakhani during his meeting with Sheikh Saad on Tuesday in Kuwait.
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The Saudi daily al-Watan said Monday that Palestinian- Saudi contacts are underway in order to arrange for a visit to be held to Saudi Arabia, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat during the current week.
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"US and British warplanes bombed civilian and service installations in Muthana province, 240 kms southern Baghdad. The bombing resulted in injuring 4 people," Iraq's official news agency reported today.
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The secretary general of the people's general committee for foreign relations and international cooperation in Libya Abdul Rahman Shalqam on Tuesday in Tripoli discussed with the chairman of the foreign relations committee at the Italian Senate Diorello Vera and members of the accompanying delegation, currently visiting Libya, means of strengthening Libyan- Italian relations in all fields.
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Morocco and Italy signed recently a memorandum of understanding to boost investments in Morocco's tourism infrastructure; the Italian Company for Assilah Port will invest US$ 21,7 Mln to supply the Northern city of Assilah with high quality tourism infrastructure.
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The UN secretary general Kofi Annan on Tuesday recommended to extend the mission of the UN Disengagement Observer Forces in the Golan UNDOF which are deployed along the cease fire line between Syria and Israel for 6 months to expire on November 30.
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A delegation from the Mediterranean Union of Enterprises Federation (UMCE), headed by its new president, Morocco's Hassan Chami, will meet in Brussels Thursday president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi. The meeting, part of the Euro-Mediterranean Summit follow up, will be the occasion to introduce to the European business circles the UMCE set up last March, the Moroccan Industrial Federation (CGEM) said in a release.
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