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Elections: political parties called to respect political pledge on women's candidacy
The commission said any breach to this commitment is a violation of the national unanimity and an attempt to weaken the struggle staged by the Moroccan woman to consecrate her constitutional right to access decision-making positions.
Morocco, Politics, 9/7/2002
Mrs. Mubarak advocates principles of right, freedom; demographics addresses
Stability can only be achieved when the values of tolerance, respecting the other's views, human rights and democracy are fully maintained and appreciated, Mrs. Mubarak told participants
Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2002
Consensus on viewing time to political parties during electoral campaign
The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Moroccan minister of culture and communication, Mohamed Achaari, convened to grant to five political parties a 9 minute viewing time each and to ten parties a viewing time of 7 minutes. These parties will have the possibility to air their electoral messages three times on the national radio and on the two TV channels, TVM and 2M, during the electoral campaign.
Morocco, Politics, 9/7/2002
Mubarak meets four Arab ministers on Palestinian question, Sudan, Iraq
As the Egyptian efforts continue to follow-up the developments in the Palestinian, Sudanese and Iraqi arenas, President Hosni Mubarak had consultations with Foreign ministers of Sudan, Libya, Tunisia and Oman.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 9/7/2002
Syrians allowed 500 US dollars per citizen, annually
The Syrian government has, for the first time, approved permitting selling US dollars to resident Syrians one time per year.
Syria, Economics, 9/7/2002
45,000 American troops to be transported to Kuwait, Jordan next week
The sources said that the USA is redeploying some 60,000 American and British troops along the Kuwaiti - Iraqi borders, and 15,000 on the Jordanian - Iraqi borders, and other 30,000 troopers in the Kurdish area to the north of Iraq, so far 8,000 of them arrived through the Turkish territories.
Kuwait-USA, Politics, 9/7/2002
Yediot Ahronot: Iraq, Jordan to be converted into one Hashimite Kingdom
According to one source, the research reaches the result that the military attack against Iraq is "a tactical objective," Saudi Arabia is "the strategic objective" and Egypt is "the big prize." This means, the correspondent says, that this group inside the American administration sees that changing the regime in the three said countries is a strategic objective and converting them into liberal countries inclined to the West would limit their ability to threaten the US through its interests in the Arab states.
Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 9/7/2002
Committed to agreement, Bashir negotiates only on points approved in Mashakos
Amid continued military preparations to restore back the city of Tourit from the hands of the rebels, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the Sudanese government informed Kenya's President Daniel Arab Moi through members of the negotiation team in Nairobi its conditions to resume negotiations with the rebels whose attacks against Tourit, resulted in halting these negotiations.
Sudan, Politics, 9/7/2002
Egypt's relations with Sudan question of life or death
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2002
Moussa starts an American- European tour against striking Iraq
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa yesterday started his tour on Europe and the USA in order to defend the Arab states' rejection of an attack on Iraq.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 9/7/2002
Indian Congress flays US Attack on Iraq
The Indian Congress Friday deplored U.S. attack on Iraq saying the unilateral action was in total contravention of the International law and Conventions
Iraq-India, Politics, 9/7/2002
Bush Wants Congress to Vote on Iraq Before Adjourning in October
US President Bush wants both houses of the U.S. Congress to vote on a resolution regarding policy towards Iraq before Congress adjourns in October for the November elections.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/7/2002
Another secret Iraqi opposition meeting in London, sponsord by USA
Makkeyah explained that for the first time there will be a new and qualitative relations with the US. relations which stress changes in the American policy which used to be based on dealing with regimes such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Iraq, Politics, 9/7/2002
India to resume wheat exports to Iraq
India will resume wheat exports to Iraq by early next month and samples are being readied to be sent to the Grain Board of Iraq (GBI) to be analyzed by the laboratories in Baghdad.
Iraq-India, Economics, 9/7/2002
British Rabbi drops previous statements
Britain's chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks was obliged, under the pressure of the British Jewish community to give up his earlier statements. He said he was mistaken when he attacked the Israeli policy against the Palestinians during the interview he had granted to the British publication The Guardian two weeks earlier.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/7/2002
Cease fire agreement between two groups in Makadishu
Two warring groups who had been fighting each other since Tuesday in the Somali capital Makadishu on Thursday signed a ceasefire agreement and pulled out their forces from the quarters where the battles took place.
Somalia, Local, 9/7/2002
U.S., Saudis freeze assets of Saudi bin Laden Associate
The United States and Saudi Arabia have jointly taken action to freeze the assets of a Saudi citizen who heads an organization allegedly giving financial support to al-Qa'ida, the U.S. Treasury Department has announced.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Local, 9/7/2002
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Replying to a question on the strong criticism addressed by the Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan against Iran, the Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam said that the Iraqi government did not agree on the statement made by Ramadan ( in which he criticized Iran).
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The Saudi News agency said that the Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal met on Friday with the British prime minister Tony Blair in London where he handed him a message from the Saudi crown prince Abdullah, related to the "conditions in the Middle East in the current critical phase with the aim of reaching a united position that avoids the region risks for a peace- built stability."
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kuwait's Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, deputy prime minister and minister of defense, has denied any military build up from the Kuwaiti side on the Iraqi borders.
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Egypt's Prime Minister Atef Ebeid meets Wednesday at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with heads of delegations taking par tin the meetings of the board of the general federation of Arab chambers of agriculture, industry and commerce to speak to them of the positive investment atmosphere in Egypt.
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Two Palestinians were shot on Friday by the Israeli army bullets in Jenin, in the West Bank. The Israeli radio said that the Israeli army implanted an ambush for an Israeli car and opened fire at it and this resulted in killing two of its passengers Kamel Khaled al-Tellawi ( 22 year old) of al-Aqsa martyrs groups and Sameer Omar Qindil ( 28 year old), an officer in the Palestinian national security.
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Iraq on Friday called on the American authorities to accelerate the process of granting the Iraqi delegation chaired by the foreign minister Naji Sabri entry visas to the United States in order to take part in the meetings of the UN General Assembly due to be held in New York.
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The second international Business and Finance forum and fair will be held in Casablanca May 13-15, 2003. The event aims to foster inter-Arab and international investment in Morocco, organizers said at the news briefing in Casablanca Thursday.
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The Israeli warplanes on Friday renewed its violations of the Lebanese airspace and sovereignty. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli warplanes flew on Friday at dawn over several areas in south Lebanon until the capital Beirut.
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One Yemeni was killed and other three, including one Somali were wounded in a bomb explosion in one of the quarters to the south of Sanaa.
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Kuwait approved the transfer of half a million dollars for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as aid for the Czech Republic to eliminate the consequences of the catastrophic floods which recently hit the country.
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The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon stressed that the Oslo agreement of 1993 between the Palestinian Authority and Israel and the followed agreements in Camp David and Taba in 2000 are no more valid from the Israeli point of view.
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A forum on money laundering fighting will be held today in the Bahraini capital of Manama, on the sidelines of the council of heads of Arab central banks and monetary institutions.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has granted a 12-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Sudan who are in the United States. The extension, announced in a press release August 30, covers approximately 552 Sudanese individuals and will be in effect from November 2, 2002, until November 2, 2003.
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