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Mashakos agreement falls, Sudan suspends negotiations, prepares for battle
Mashakos agreement stumbled on Monday after Khartoum announced the "suspension" of its participation in a sudden deterioration that brought back the shadow of war in southern Sudan as the rebels of John Garang controlled two days earlier the strategic "Tourit" city. A matter which was retaliated by Khartoum in declaring a state of alert in the lines of its forces to restore the city.
Sudan, Politics, 9/3/2002
King Mohammed, chairman of al-Quds committee, calls for joint action to protect holy city
King Mohammed VI urged Islamic heads of state to conduct a joint action in the frame of their shared responsibility to save the holy city from the destruction danger looming on Islamic and Christian shrines and underlined the need to activate the implementation of the Al-Quds committee decisions, the statement said.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 9/3/2002
Saudi prince in Baghdad unofficially
A high ranking Saudi official on Monday denied Iraqi news on the visit of one of the Saudi princes to Iraq, in a first step of its kind since 1991.
Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 9/3/2002
Al-Assad inaugurates first Arab virtual university
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday at the building of the Syrian ministry of Higher Education opened the "Syrian Virtual University," which is the first university of its kind in the Arab states, based on electronic education.
Syria, Education, 9/3/2002
Al-Nahar: Khaddam visits Paris today
The Lebanese daily al-Nahar said Monday that the Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam will start today a visit to Paris during which he will be meeting with the French President Jacques Chirac and high ranking French officials.
Syria-France, Politics, 9/3/2002
On the Iraqi campaign to avoid the likely American attack
News reports said that Iraq has started an intensive diplomatic campaign in order to prevent the launching of the US attack against it.
Iraq, Politics, 9/3/2002
Yemen Times: Yemeni tribe attacks position for border demarcation with Saudi Arabia
The Yemen Times said yesterday that a Yemeni tribe that opposes the demarcation of borders between Yemen and Saudi Arabia launched an attack against a position for a German company working for installing border demarcation signs on the border line which separates the two states. This attack resulted in wounding five peoples.
Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 9/3/2002
King Mohammed at World Summit urge canceling debt, not wasting resources
the king in his speech at the opening session of the meeting of Heads of State and Government at the World Summit for Sustainable Development does not exempt the countries of the south in general and African countries in particular from self-examination and from making the best possible use of their riches and resources instead of wasting them in artificial conflicts
Morocco-Regional, Economics, 9/3/2002
New Rules for organizing Stock Exchange Market to be taken
In spite of the measures that have been belatedly taken, reaction in the market was not commensurated with the level expected by experts and officials as pessimism and caution are still characterizing the steps of dealers
Egypt, Economics, 9/3/2002
Saudi crown prince stress solid relations with Washington
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz on Monday informed the Saudi cabinet that the differences which surfaced in the stances between Washington and Riyadh during the past months do not reflect the reality of the "solid relations" between the two countries.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 9/3/2002
Abul Ragheb: 43% of Jordanians are of Palestinian origin
The Jordanian prime minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb said on Monday that the Jordanians of Palestinian origin constitute 43 % of the country's population which is estimated at five million. This was expressed in the first official statement on the population structure in Jordan.
Jordan, Politics, 9/3/2002
Mauritania calls for urgent international help to cope with food crisis
Mauritania called Sunday for an urgent international help to face up the serious food shortage in rural areas, caused by rain deficit.
Mauritania, Local, 9/3/2002
Jordan and Israel announce project to save Dead Sea
To save the Dead Sea from further shrinkage, Jordan and Israel announced that they were pursuing a $1 billion joint project to pipe water from the Red Sea, says a feature story posted on the website of the World Summit on sustainable development.
Jordan-Israel, Economics, 9/3/2002
Talibani and the Kurdish state
The leader of the Kurdistani Federation Party Jalal al- Talibani said that the Kurds leaders do not desire the foundation of a Kurdish state in Northern Iraq area, rather they want to form a democratic parliamentary authority in order to unify Iraq which is actually considered as divided to three parts.
Iraq, Politics, 9/3/2002
E-government, why not a national project
Director of e-government in the ministry of information and communications, Ahmed Darwish, stressed that the project is considered a national project such as Toshka as it is expected to result in 900 thousand working hours
Egypt, Economics, 9/3/2002
Palestinians presss for emergency UN security council meeting to halt bloodshed
"This escalation is designed to scare the Palestinian people and make them surrender. This is state terrorism," Oreikat said, adding, "The president of the United States said he'll fight terrorism, but Washington should know they are helping the biggest act of terrorism in the world, the Israeli occupation."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/3/2002
Al- Quds: Donor states and the Palestinian authority
Al- Quds paper which is issued in the occupied Palestinian territories said that the representatives of the donor states asked a delegation representing the Palestinian Authority, during a meeting with the Quartet committee in Paris recently, to prepare qualification projects for the security elements so as to replace personnel working in the current security departments in the context of complete changes in the Palestinian security departments.
Palestine, Politics, 9/3/2002
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The general command of the Sudanese army has announced the state of general alert and started dispatching large military aid in a campaign aimed at restoring back the city of Tourit from the hands of the rebels.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak receives today Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller who started a tour yesterday to the Middle East.
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The Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz said on Monday that the return back of UN inspectors to Iraq is till under discussions. Replying to a question in Johannesburg, where he is attending the Earth Summit, on whether he will hold talks with the UN secretary general Kofi Annan on the return back of the UN inspectors, Aziz said he is not sure of that.
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The Iraqi minister of culture Hamid Youssef Hammad arrived in Sanaa on Sunday evening in the framework of an official visit to Yemen that lasts for several days during which he will be meeting with Yemeni officials.
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Fire erupted on Sunday evening in a firm belongs o the Israeli water company Micorot situated between Omer town and Shawkin cross- road in Negev, the territories of 1948.
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The volume of water stored in Moroccan dams was assessed at 54.8% of the reservoirs capacity by the end of June 2002, In comparison with 51.3% at the same period last year, according to figures displayed by the ministry of equipment.
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