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Muhammad al-Mazali in Tunisia after 15 years in exile
An official, and sources from the family of the former Tunisian Prime minister Muhammad Mazali, said that Mazali yesterday returned back to Tunisia following 15 years he had spent in exile.
Tunisia, Politics, 8/8/2002
Passport requirement removed for travel between Amman, Damascus
The Jordanian minister of tourism Taleb al-Refae announced that Amman and Damascus are now studying measures to be taken for travel between the two capitals by the use ID, not passports, noting that this decision was taken in 2001 but was postponed to be enforced because of the security condition the region is passing.
Jordan-Syria, Politics, 8/8/2002
Libya considers Lockerbie responsibility; first of a kind UK meeting
Libya yesterday officially announced, for the first time, its "initial" readiness to pay compensations for the victims of the American PanAmerican plane in the Lockerbie incident, and to shoulder the responsibility for the event and this is so in order to "eliminate this obstacle."
Libya-UK, Politics, 8/8/2002
Al- Shara to visit India, Pakistan next week
The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara will on August 14- 17 visit both India and Pakistan. He will, in India, takes part in its national day and meet in the second with President Pervez Musharraf and hold bilateral talks with him.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 8/8/2002
Washington Post: Pentagon group targets Saudi Arabia as an enemy
The US defense department (the Pentagon ) on Tuesday escaped a report prepared by its consultation council, including several former officials and published by the Washington Post paper. The report reflects views of the growing trend inside the American administration which classifies Saudi Arabia as an "enemy" and also calls for " targeting " its oil wells and investments in the US, unless the Saudis stop their support to " terrorism."
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 8/8/2002
Jordan denies show of support for Iraq, the Palestinians
The committee said that a group of Jordanian youths were due to leave on a trip, in collaboration between the national committee in defense of Iraq and the Jordanian scouts society, heading for Baghdad, Iraq, carrying medicines and baby powder milk to the Iraqi children, but the Jordanian minister informed the border center to prevent this trip from leaving the Jordanian territories.
Jordan, Politics, 8/8/2002
Jordan bans al-Jazeera TV activities
The Jordanian authorities on Wednesday banned the al-Jazeera satellite TV station on its territories and withdrew its license, following a program considered as an insult to the Hashamite family and the role played by the Kingdom in Palestine and Iraq.
Jordan, Politics, 8/8/2002
Palacio's remarks not conform to ties Morocco wants with Spain
For Belarbi, the European Union impulsive solidarity with Spain is due to the absence of a European common foreign policy. She added that Europe later on realized that Spain's deployment of warships, aircraft carriers, sub-marines, and helicopters in front of Moroccan Mediterranean coasts was a violation of international law
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 8/8/2002
Al-Hakeem brother in Iraqi opposition meeting under US support
The delegation representing the opposition Iraqi group, the Higher Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, left Tehran on Wednesday heading for Washington in order to attend a meeting for 6 members of the main Iraqi opposition forces with the American administration on Friday.
Iraq, Politics, 8/8/2002
Israeli fears of infiltration from Jordan by Palestinian resistance fighters
The Israeli radio announced on Wednesday that an important road extending along the Jordanian borders was closed on Wednesday for fears of infiltration of a " terrorist" armed group to Israel.
Palestine-Jordan, Politics, 8/8/2002
Amnesty International condemns Israel's high court ruling authorizing collective punishment
Amnesty International condemned a decision of the Israeli High Court of Justice that will allow demolition, without the right to judicial review, of homes belonging to families of people who are believed to have carried out attacks against Israelis.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/8/2002
Israeli forces shot 6 Palestinians, leaders in Hamas, al-Aqsa
Special units in the Israeli army backed by warplanes shot on Wednesday the Palestinians Ziad Daas, one of the cadres of al-Aqsa martyrs group in Toulkarem and his assistant Muhammad Kerka. This was during a breaking in operation of the city during which other two Palestinians were shot, others wounded many in critical health conditions.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/8/2002
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The Iraqi news agency said that the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will today address a speech to the nation on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the end of the war with Iran which lasted for 8 years ( 1980- 1988).
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A team from Amnesty International is expected to arrive in Yemen by the end of September, in a mission aiming at investigating conditions and status of detainees held by the security departments whose cases are part of the framework of the Yemeni- American cooperation to fighting terrorism following September 11 incidents.
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Six Islamists were killed and other 16 arrested by the Algerian security forces in Bumreides, 50 Km to the east of the capital Algiers on Tuesday, according to local dailies issued on Wednesday. The six Islamists were killed by the army in an operation in "O'mal" ( workers), between Bumreides and al-Buweira areas ( 120 Km to the southern east, according to the papers.
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