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Al-Assad talks with Saudi crown prince in Jeddah about Arab solidarity, attacking Iraq
The talks dealt with means of strengthening relations, developments in the occupied Palestinian territories and on the Arab and international arenas and the American threats to strike Iraq.
Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/27/2002
King of Bahrain on private visit in Morocco
Great hopes are pinned on the mounting generations in the whole Arab nation which spares no effort to secure them conditions for a life in dignity and freedom. "This is one of the outstanding topics on which we focus our talks with H.M. King Mohammed VI whenever we meet," Sheikh Hamad said.
Bahrain-Morocco, Politics, 8/27/2002
All historical, legal, geographical data evidence Morocco's rights on tourah islet, fm
Spain may have reacted the way it did out of fear that the case becomes a prelude to Morocco's claim over Sebta and Melillia (two Moroccan cities still under Spanish rule), Benaissa said. "The Spaniards are wrong, for Morocco has always claimed the two cities, which are in Moroccan territory."
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 8/27/2002
Jweili: Joint Arab customs law draft agreement
The secretary general of the Arab economic unity council at the Arab League Ahmad Jweili has announced that the council has already completed drafting the Arab customs law and the agreement that provides for avoiding double taxation and preventing escaping taxes imposed on income and capital.
Regional, Economics, 8/27/2002
Al-Assad receives Bulgaria's FM, stresses Syria's commitment to just peace
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday in Damascus received Solomon Basi the Bulgarian foreign minister and members of the accompanying delegation.
Syria-Bulgaria, Politics, 8/27/2002
Some 125 Saudis detained in Guantanamo
In June, the Saudi ministry of the interior announced that members of Saudi and foreign nationalities were arrested while planning to carry out terrorist acts targeting several key positions in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 8/27/2002
Al-Jazeera: Qatar denies permitting US attacks against Iraq
The Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem al-Thani arrived on Monday in Baghdad in an official visit during which he discusses the possibility of the return back of UN inspectors to Iraq in order to dismantle the current crisis, according to the Qatari al-Jazeera TV station.
Qatar-Iraq, Politics, 8/27/2002
Libya, Congo for establishing peace in Greater lakes areas
On the other hand, Qathafi appealed to the world activists taking part in the World Environment summit to be held today in Johannesburg, south Africa in which he called for a serious stand on the future of the "Nile Delta" on which the fate of millions of people in Egypt depends.
Libya-Congo, Politics, 8/27/2002
Al-Dostour: On an Arab Troika
The Jordanian daily al- Dostour said on Monday that a Syrian call to convene a tripartite summit including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria has come in the due time because of threats and provocation imposed on the three states requires that the tripartite alliance should restore back the spirit that prevailed during after Oslo years.
Regional, Politics, 8/27/2002
Kuwaiti documents to be restored back within weeks
The UN envoy Richard Fouran has crossed the border by land from Iraq to Kuwait on Monday in order to draw the final arrangements for the return back of tons of Kuwaiti national documents which were taken by the Iraqis during the invasion of Kuwait 12 years ago.
Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 8/27/2002
Bush does not need Congress approval to attack Iraq
White House legal advisors have considered that the US President George Bush does not need to get the approval of the Congress in order to launch a military attack against Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/27/2002
Russia - Iraq economic cooperation
The Russian government has described Iran and Iraq as two traditional partners for Russia and that cooperation with them serve the Russian interests, rejecting a link between the economic cooperation program to be signed with Iraq and the possibility of launching a military act against this country by the USA.
Iraq-Russia, Economics, 8/27/2002
Saadat observes hunger strike
The secretary general of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ahmad Saadat on Sunday evening started a hunger strike in prison in protest of his continued detention since May despite the decision of the supreme Palestinian court to release him.
Palestine, Politics, 8/27/2002
Qarisli invites Arab members in Israeli Knesset to visit Germany
The German member of parliament Jamal Qarisli has invited several Arab members in the Israeli Knesset, including Azmi Beshara, and the chairman of the Arab Democratic Party Abdul Wahab al-Drawesha and many of his colleagues in the party to visit Germany.
Israel-Germany, Politics, 8/27/2002
Israeli forces break into Jenin by tanks and helicopters, demolish homes
The Israeli forces on Monday broke by tanks into Jenin and its camp, and carried out a campaign of arrest and large scale detentions amid intensive fire. Among the detainees were Jamal Abu al-Haija one of the members of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas and his aide Islam Jarrar.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/27/2002
Johannesburg World Summit: Arab League to Present Document on Sustainable Development in Arab Countries
The Arab League will present a document on sustainable development in Arab countries to the world Summit of Johannesburg held August 26-September 04.
Regional, Environment, 8/27/2002
8 persons killed in building collapse in Jabal Ali, Dubai
Some 8 workers died and other 19 wounded, five in critical conditions on Sunday morning as one of the ceilings of an iron building collapsed in a position under construction for the second phase project of an electricity generation station and water desalinization ( Station K) in Jabal Ali, Dubai.
United Arab Emirates, Local, 8/27/2002
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At the invitation of President Bashar al-Assad, the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will arrive today in Damascus in an official visit to Syria.
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"The committee of relatives of the Lebanese detainees in the Syrian jails" announced that the Syrian authorities recently released some 11 Lebanese who were still in the Israeli jails and handed over the body of one Lebanese died in the prison for his family.
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The justice and general security secretariat in Libya has called on the Palestinian organization to disclose what it has of information regarding the disappearance of the Lebanese Imam Mousa al-Sader in 1978, expressing its great interest to unmask the implications of this matter. The Libyan secretariat described al-Sader as "a militant and fighter."
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The Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri arrived in China on Monday arrived in Beijing in an official visit to China that lasts for three days.
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The Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud on Monday made a telephone call with the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa during which the two sides reviewed developments of conditions on the Arab arena.
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Morocco's athlete Hicham El-Guerrouj, won in London Friday the mile race at the Crystal Palace meet in 3'50"86"'. The three time world champion came ahead of Kenya's Cornelius Chirchir and Portugal's Rui Silva.
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The number of Moroccan immigrants legally settled in the Spanish Southern region of Andalusia amounts to some 38,172 persons, i.e. 27.6% of the 138,127 expatriates in the region, Europa Press news agency reported, quoting official sources.
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