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Morocco places limits on preachers Friday sermons
Morocco has banned mosques imams in the country from engaging in any electoral propaganda during the weekly sermons of Friday.
Morocco, Politics, 6/14/2002
Riad al-Turk to be sentenced on June 26th
The Syrian state security court on June 26th will issue its sentence concerning the communist opposition member Riad al-Turk, after his lawyer submitted a defense memorandum of 16 pages in which they asked for his release.
Syria, Politics, 6/14/2002
Bin Ali receives the Moroccan prime minister
A Tunisian official source has announced that the Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali on Thursday discussed with the Moroccan prime minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi the issue of the Arab Maghreb federation, the situation in the Middle East and relations with the European Union.
Tunisia-Morocco, Politics, 6/14/2002
Al-Shara cancels visit to Washington
Official American sources said that the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara abrogated his visit due to Washington to meet with his American counterpart Colin Powell after Washington indicated he will be very coldly received because of the controversy at the UN Security Council following the declaration made by the Islamic Jihad movement from its headquarters in Damascus responsibility over blowing off the Israeli coach last week.
Syria-USA, Politics, 6/14/2002
Morocco, Tunisia want to increase trade
Morocco and Tunisia on Wednesday voiced their will to increase their trade exchanges to US$ 500 million annually.
Morocco-Tunisia, Economics, 6/14/2002
Butaflika to visit Spain; gas pipeline, sahara issues
Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika will shortly pay a work visit to Spain during which he will hold talks to strengthen bilateral relations.
Algeria-Spain, Politics, 6/14/2002
Doha, Budapest agree to open embassies, develop bilateral relations
The ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Thursday concluded his European tour which covered each of Finland, Poland, Hungary and Romania which he had arrived on Wednesday evening in a visit which lasted for two days.
Qatar-Romania, Politics, 6/14/2002
King Mohammed receives four new members to Constitutional Council
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, received Thursday afternoon at the royal palace in Rabat the four new members to the Constitutional Council, who were introduced to the sovereign by the Council president Abdelaziz Benjelloun.
Morocco, Judicial, 6/14/2002
Morocco's premier calls for materializing Maghreb unity
Moroccan Prime Minister, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, has called for materializing the unity of the Arab Maghreb on form bases taking into account the respect of the sovereignty of the member states of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA).
Morocco-Maghreb, Politics, 6/14/2002
UN, Sudan agree on aid delivery
According to the controversial agreement between them by the end of May, the Sudanese government has green lighted the UN to move without restrictions to allow relief aid at 41 positions at al-Wahda and north Baher al-Gazelle provinces.
Sudan, Politics, 6/14/2002
Morocco, Tunisia renew support to Palestinian people's legitimate struggle
Morocco and Tunisia have renewed backing to the legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people and condemned Israel's aggressions against the Palestinian people and their territories.
Tunisia-Morocco, Politics, 6/14/2002
Morocco, Iraq set up business council
Moroccan Secretary of state for foreign trade, Abdelkrim Ben Atiq, who attended the council setting up ceremony underlined the need for a legal framework to regulate trade and industrial investments between the two states' private operators and called businessmen to explore new partnership opportunities other than the traditional trade exchanges, to encompass the sectors of services, new technologies and all industrial branches.
Morocco-Iraq, Economics, 6/14/2002
Arab League chief stresses need for comprehensive solution to the ME question
The secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa has stressed the unwavering Arab position towards reaching a just and comprehensive peace to the Middle East question based on the items of the Arab peace initiative approved during the recent Arab summit conference held in Beirut.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 6/14/2002
Saudi crown prince meets with chairpersons of Axon, Shell
Oil sources said on Thursday that the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz will on June 23 hold a meeting with the two heads of Axon and Shell companies in an initiative to open the Saudi gas sector. A matter which raises hope of having a detente in the stumbled talked between the two sides concerning trade conditions.
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 6/14/2002
Bush receives al-Faisal; Powell denies American differences over the Palestinian state
The US President George Bush on Thursday at the White House received the Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal in the framework of following up the level of consultations to the highest levels in order to define a strategy to relaunch the peace process in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 6/14/2002
Tragic situation of Moroccans jailed by Polisario at heart of talks in Geneva
The situation of the Moroccan nationals sequestered in the Polisario camps in Tindouf (south-western Algeria) was at the centre of talks in Geneva Wednesday between Moroccan employment, vocational training, social development and solidarity minister, Abbas Al-Fassi, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers.
Morocco, Politics, 6/14/2002
Moroccan-Saudi coordination in al-Qaeda cell dismantling, minister
The Saudi deputy interior minister on Wednesday said his country coordinated with Morocco in the arrest recently in the North African country of three Saudi nationals, alleged members of a dormant cell of Al-Qaeda.
Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Politics, 6/14/2002
Israeli forces continue storming into the Palestinian territories
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has expressed his rejection to the Arab peace initiative which was adopted during the recent Beirut's summit conference.. This was expressed during Sharon's two meetings with the US President George Bush on Wednesday and his meeting on Thursday with the British prime minister Tony Blair.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/14/2002
Israel continues military moves in South Lebanon; Lahoud asks US for neutrality
While Israel continued its military moves in south Lebanon, the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud stressed the need of US neutrality in dealing with the Middle East question.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 6/14/2002
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI held on Wednesday phone talks with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Abdallah bin Abdel Aziz. The sovereign and crown prince exchanged viewpoints on developments of the situation in the Middle East in light of the aggressions waged by Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people, reported the Saudi news agency SPA, MAP reported.
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Syria's foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday received a telephone call from the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa during which discussions dealt with developments of conditions in the region and current contacts concerning these developments and the meeting of the Arab follow up committee to be held in Beirut by the end of the current months.
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