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Bahrain to have vibrant political activities for elections
The King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Friday gave his instructions to make an amendment in the law of the Shoura and the parliamentary council to permit political societies to practice political activities.
Bahrain, Politics, 9/14/2002
Bahrain: First woman to nominate herself for parliamentary elections
She explained that "The woman in Islam was given the right to take part in the political life and that she ( the woman) took part in the Jihad and in the political discussions.
Bahrain, Politics, 9/14/2002
American- Saudi agreement on the war against Iraq?
Well-informed Arab diplomatic sources said that the American administration informed the Iraqi opposition that the decision of the military campaign against Iraq has already been made, and that what is taking place now is a production scenario, and that the few coming weeks will be decisive on that level and that the Iraqi opposition has to complete its preparedness.
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 9/14/2002
Al- Qabas: Gulf states don't mind attack on Iraq, just don't partition it
quoted well informed sources as saying that the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are carrying to the meeting with the US Secretary of State Colin Powell a united position based on their commitment to Iraq's territorial unity and the need that any military measure will not result in dismantling Iraq or dividing it.
Gulf-Iraq, Politics, 9/14/2002
Egypt rejects any aggression against Iraq
Egypt announced on Friday its rejection of any strike against Iraq and demanded solving the standoff with the US within the framework of the UN Charter and resolutions.
Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 9/14/2002
Mubarak calls on Iraq 'to use' the opportunity
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak welcomed the "door opened by" the US President George Bush to solve the Iraqi case in his concentration on the central role played by the UN, calling on the Iraqi leadership "to implement UN Security Council resolutions."
Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 9/14/2002
Mubarak discusses with Megawati issues of Palestine, Iraq
The trade exchange volume between Indonesia and Egypt has reached $ 250 million in 2001. Indonesia imports textiles, fruits and phosphates from Egypt while the latter imports wood, paper, chemicals, plastics, tires, gum and tuna from Indonesia.
Egypt-Indonesia, Economics, 9/14/2002
King Mohammed receives Iraqi president's envoy
Morocco's King Mohammed VI received yesterday in Rabat Iraqi vice president, Taha Muhiddin MÕrouf, as envoy of the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to the sovereign.
Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 9/14/2002
Khatami to meet with Saudi crown prince today in Jeddah
The Iranian President Muhammad Khatami has continued his visit to Saudi Arabia and moved to Jeddah where he will be meeting today with the Saudi crime prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz.
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Politics, 9/14/2002
Women make 49% of registered electorate in Morocco
Some 62% of the electors are unemployed, and 43% never went to school, the weekly added.
Morocco, Politics, 9/14/2002
Bush's speech at United Nations General Assembly; focus on Iraq
Here are the full remarks of US President George Bush's this week at the United Nations General Assembly New York, New York. his focus was on making the US case against Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/14/2002
The case of the US vs Iraq; US claims, Part 1 of 7 : Violations of UN Resolutions
In his address to the United Nations this week, US President George Bush outlined the US case against Iraq
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/14/2002
Bush intention for war against Saddam Hussein are not personal
An American official has stressed that the US President George Bush has no personal feelings against the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein whom he wants to topple.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/14/2002
Malaysia will not support any US attack on Iraq
The United States and Britain are belittling the UN, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Syed Azman said.
Iraq-Malaysia, Politics, 9/14/2002
King Mohammed launches 2002-2003 school year at Old School in Rabat
The sovereign was informed on the 2002-2003 comeback which concerns a total of 707,000 newly-enrolled pupils, which is a 5% rise in comparison with last year.
Morocco, Education, 9/14/2002
2002-2003 School year: towards universal access to education
To ensure schooling generalization, the ministry of education said some 4,255 primary education classrooms and some secondary education 528 classrooms were added. In addition, some 40,000 existing classrooms were refurbished.
Morocco, Education, 9/14/2002
Al-Watan: Iraq relations with Saudi Arabia are good
The Iraqi trade minister Muhammad Mahdi Saleh has announced that the volume of trade exchange between his country and Saudi Arabia reached 2 billion dollars.
Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 9/14/2002
Israel kills four Palestinians from one family, destroys 6 factories in Rafah
The Israeli forces reinforced the presence of its military forces in various areas in Gaza and brought in more tanks, armored vehicles to these areas where attacks escalated against the Palestinians and their infrastructure in various areas in the West Bank and Gaza where the Israeli tanks incurred in Rafah and broke into the towns of Beit Hanoun and Toubas.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/14/2002
EIB offers 150 million Euros to finance building new power station
The European Investment Bank (EIB) offered a long-term loan worth 150 million euro to the Egyptian Holding Company for Electricity to finance a new gas-operated power station in south of lakes Nubariya and Nasiriya in the Delta.
Egypt-European Union, Economics, 9/14/2002
Amsterdam: arresting the leader of Ansar al-Islam
The Dutch NOS TV network said that the Kurdish Iraqi leader al-Mulla Kreiker who is suspected by the USA of being a connection point between al-Qaida organization and the Iraqi regime was arrested on Friday in Amsterdam airport.
Regional-Netherlands, Local, 9/14/2002
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The Russian news agency Etar Tass on Friday quoted its correspondent in Cairo as saying that the leaders of Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are intending to invite the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, jointly to permit the UN inspectors to enter the Iraqi territories in order to ensure the guarantee of security of all the Arab states.
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Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher asserted on Thursday that any strike against Iraq would worsen hatred and anger feelings among Arabs and would eventually create unstable Middle East. He told Time magazine, that the former Soviet Union and the US are responsible for the formation of terrorist organizations in Afghanistan, pointing out that both countries provided such organizations with fund and weapons.
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A group of non-governmental associations, gathered in a watchdog on elections, called authorities to apply the electoral law "rigorously" to guarantee the sincerity and security of the coming legislative poll, to be held September 27. The "Collectif Associatif pour l'Observation des Elections" is a NGO made up of twenty associations acting in local development, women, youth and culture, aims to foster citizens' awareness and involvement in the electoral process.
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Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told Time magazine that it is surprising that the US has no clear-cut justifications for striking Iraq, pointing out that sometimes it speaks about the elimination of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and the other times it speaks about the unseating of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
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The British foreign office secretary Jacques Straw said that in the course of the efforts made to issue a UN resolution concerning Iraq, the military action will be the last possibility if Iraq permits the return back of UN inspectors.
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A Palestinian spokesman announced in Gaza that the US President George Bush met in New York the Palestinian minister of planning Nabil Shaath in the first meeting by the American President with a Palestinian official at that level.
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A spokesman for the Iraqi Air Defense Command told INA that on Friday, the US and British warplanes violated IraqÕs space coming from their bases in Kuwait backed by AWACS coming from their bases in Saudi Arabia, and that "IraqÕs Defense Units repulsed the enemy planes and forced them to retreat to their bases in Kuwait" INA reported.
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The spokesman for the Israeli prime minister Ave Barenz yesterday expressed Israel's satisfaction over the speech the US President George Bush made on Thursday before the UN General Assembly, claiming that Bush had placed matters in their due course.
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Israeli sources said that the American administration called on Israel to maintain self control to the maximum possible concerning Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians.
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The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon will hold a work visit to federal Russia on September 29th.
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