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Iran, Bahrain against attacking Iraq; Baghdad has to honor UN resolutions
Both Iran and Bahrain expressed their determination to "open a new page " in their bilateral relations following a long time of coolness caused by among other things, Bahrain's accusations addressed to Tehran to sponsoring the Bahraini opposition movements activities which most of them take Iran as a headquarters, while Tehran denounces the American military presence in Bahrain.
Bahrain-Iran, Politics, 8/19/2002
Saleh in Saudi Arabia: No justification for US attack on Iraq
The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced in Saudi Arabia on Sunday that directing an ( American ) attack against Iraq "is not justified."
Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/19/2002
Saudis want to withdraw investments from US
Saudi businessmen have called for withdrawing the Saudi investments from the US in case the US will continue and allows judicial lawsuits proposed by some US lawyers against Saudi banks and charity societies, stressing that this case is deliberate and stands against all Saudi interests.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Economics, 8/19/2002
Sudan committed to peace in south, denies releasing Turabi
the Sudanese constitutional court has denied to have had issued a decision to release Hassan al-Turabi, the leader of the Sudanese People's Congress party.
Sudan, Politics, 8/19/2002
Al-Ayam: Al-Meirghani voices support to President al-Bashir for national unanimity
The chairman of the Sudanese national opposition coalition Muhammad Othman al-Meirghani who is also the chairman of the democratic federal party vowed to be a supporter for the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in unifying the national consensus
Sudan, Politics, 8/19/2002
Al-Rai al-Aam: Differences between Khartoum, rebels denied
Sudan, Politics, 8/19/2002
Al-Assad inspects services, agricultural projects in Northern Syrian provinces
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, accompanied by the prime minister Muhammad Miro and the ministers of irrigation and agriculture visited al-Hassaka province in northern Syria.
Syria, Politics, 8/19/2002
Al-Majjallah: the after Saddam scenario
The London - based magazine al-Majjallah published in its recent issue the "after- Saddam scenario" prepared by sides with strong ties to the US defense department ( the Pentagon ). The scenario starts by forming secretly an Iraqi government in exile just enough time before the war and to be declared officially the day the war is announced about the establishment of a free Iraq government.
Iraq, Politics, 8/19/2002
Hurriyet: Turkey warns Barazani
Turkey has warned the chairman of the Kurdistani democratic party Masoud al-Barazani of damages that may inflict him if he causes tension in the region. This comes following following statements by Barazani recently made to one of the American papers, in which he said that Karjouk, which is situated in al-Turkman area to the north of Iraq, is a Kurdish governorate.
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 8/19/2002
Infiltration to Israel via Saudi- Jordanian borders
The Jordanian weekly Sheihan said Saturday that last week witnessed three infiltration operations through the Jordanian borders to Israel in order to carry out attacks, and that a fourth attempt was foiled whose members crossed the Saudi- Jordanian southern borders to implement an attack in Eilat.
Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 8/19/2002
Somalis arrested in Pakistan over al-Qaida links
The Pakistani police arrested five Somalis suspected to be involved in relations with al-Qaida organization.
Somalia-Pakistan, Local, 8/19/2002
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The secretary of the People's Committee for Foreign Relations and International Cooperation in Libya, Abdul Rahman Shalqam, on Saturday evening summoned the British ambassador accredited to Libya and handed him a memorandum asking the British government to deliver "agent" Alkodi Tnoroth, member of al-Qaida organization. This comes after revelations by former British intelligence officer David Shayller that Britain paid the said "agent" a sum of 100,000 Sterling Pounds to assassinate the Libyan leader Muammar al Qathafi.
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The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Maher yesterday in Cairo discussed with the local rule official in the Palestinian Authority Saeb Oreikat latest developments of conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories and the deteriorated conditions there. Oreikat gave to the Egyptian foreign minister a detailed report on the talks he had recently held in the US and the contacts he had held in Saudi Arabia.
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The Jordanian minister of energy and mineral resources Muhammad al-Bateynah on Sunday denied Jordan to have had contacted Saudi Arabia or any other side in order to discuss the possibility of providing it with oil, in the context of calculations for future conditions in case Iraq is attacked.
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A study by the drug fighting department in Jordan stressed the increase in drugs cases in the country and unveiled that 32 young man died during the past three years because of taking extra heroine drug doses.
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Iraq on Sunday approved to resume its imports of the Australian wheat, temporarily. News reports quoted the Australian Wheat Board as saying that Iraq agreed to implement contracts estimated at a value of 110 million dollars, while a deal at a cost of 800 million annually is still uncertain.
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The Jordanian prime minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb on Sunday in Amman met with the chairman of the Pakistani army chief of staff committee Lt. Gen. Muhammad Aziz Khan and discussed with him bilateral relations between the two countries in various fields especially in the area of defense and means of strengthening them.
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