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King Mohammed calls for massive and discerning participation in coming polls
Insisting on the significance of elections as a basis for democracy, King Mohammed VI said "the free and aware choice by citizens of whom would stand for them in running public affairs being the golden rule for democracy, elections are indeed a genuine test of citizenship, both, as the expression of the sense of responsibility as well as active and efficient involvement in political life which, in turn, is the basis for democracy."
Morocco, Politics, 8/21/2002
Al-Assad meets Jordanian premier, Syrian water for Jordan
Syria's President Bashar al- Assad on Tuesday in Aleppo met with the Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro, the foreign minister Farouk al-Shara, the Jordanian foreign minister Marwan Muasher and the Jordanian ambassador in Damascus Shaker Arabeyat.
Syria-Jordan, Politics, 8/21/2002
Attack by Iraqi opposition group at the Iraqi embassy in Berlin
The German police on Tuesday announced it was able to release all hostages who were held by an armed group in the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, noting that they had broken into the embassy and were able to control the situation and arrest members of the group with two of them wounded.
Iraq, Politics, 8/21/2002
New gas well in west al-Raqqa, 200,000 cm production capacity
The minister of oil and mineral resources in Syria Ibrahim Haddad said on Tuesday that a new gas field was discovered, 70 Km to the east of Raqqa, by the Syrian oil company.
Syria, Economics, 8/21/2002
Baghdad confirms Abu Nidal's suicide, details today
The Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz solved the vagueness concerning the fate of the leader of the Palestinian revolutionary council Sabri al-Banna, known as Abu Nidal, and announced that he committed suicide in Baghdad.
Iraq-Palestine, Politics, 8/21/2002
US denies it provided aid to Iraq in its war against Iran
The US on Monday denied press information which talked about providing large technical information to Iraq during its war against Iran in the 1980s.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 8/21/2002
Al-Watan: Saudi - Egyptian committee to discuss trade problems
The Saudi- Egyptian technical committee will hold a meeting on August 25th in Riyadh in order to discuss problems relating to commercial exchange between the two states, especially the issue of lifting the restrictions imposed on the Egyptian exports of meat and livestock.
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 8/21/2002
Official source denied the killing of Abu Nidal
An official source in Fatah, the revolutionary council in Lebanon, has denied the killing of the leader of the Fatah movement-- the revolutionary council -- Sabri al-Banna, ( known as Abu Nidal).
Iraq-Palestine, Politics, 8/21/2002
Yemen: some 14 persons killed, wounded in Tribal clashes
The security authorities in Aden have accused one member of the local council in the city named Fadel Ali Awad of trying to topple the regime.
Yemen, Local, 8/21/2002
Israeli forces kill five Palestinians, including Muhammad Saadat
The Israeli forces on Tuesday killed the Palestinian Muhammad Saadat in Ramullah, the brother of the leader of the people's front for the liberation of Palestine, according to Palestinian sources and relatives of the killed who confirmed that an Israeli force broke into his house and executed him.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/21/2002
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The Supreme State Security Court in Egypt on Tuesday decided to release 35 members of leaders and members of the banned Ikhwan al-Muslimin (Muslim brother) organization following one and a half years of their arrest without trial.
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Bahrain has set Thursday, October 24, as a date for electing members of the Parliament and in case of run-off the date will be October 31. In a royal decree issued on Tuesday, the king said that nomination for the parliament's membership will start as from Saturday, September 14 until Friday, September 20.
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Syria's President Bashar Assad on Tuesday in Aleppo received a delegation representing the Lebanese al- Tashnaq party. It includes the party's secretary general Ofik Makhtarian; and three of its members.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received in Aleppo the director of the US "Baker Institute" Edward Djerjian. Discussions dealt with the activity of the Baker's Institute especially in regard to issues in the Middle East region and the importance of conveying the true representation of the Arab position to the American public opinion.
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The Saudi foreign ministry has denied news to have had received any request from the Moroccan authorities asking for bringing the Saudi ambassador in Rabat before the Moroccan judicial court to give his testimony concerning the cause of Saudis accused of being members in a "sleeping cell" discovered and which belongs to al-Qaida organization.
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The Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud had discussed with his Iranian counterpart in a telephone call on Tuesday bilateral relations between the two countries.
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The Palestinian official in charge of internal affairs in the Palestinian authority Lt. Gen. Abdul Razzaq al-Yahya has stressed that Egyptian and Jordanian trainers will arrive in the Palestinian territories by the end of the current month to train the Palestinian security forces.
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The Afro- Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization AAPSO has renewed its total rejection to the American threats to direct a military attack against Iraq, calling on the international community to confront these schemes.
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The Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot said in its Tuesday's issue that the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon will pay an official visit to Russia by the end of next September.
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