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Sanaa admits collaboration with Washington in assassinating al-Harirthi
The Yemeni minister of the interior lt. Gen. Rashad al-Oleimi yesterday announced that the missile attacks launched by a pilot-less American plane against a car which was carrying six members of supposed al-Qaida organization, especially among them Abu Ali al-Harithi, to the east of Yemen by the beginning of November, was implemented in collaboration between Yemen and the USA.
Yemen-USA, Politics, 11/20/2002
Washington confirms request to Damascus to close Islamic Jihad offices
The US Department of State yesterday announced that it had asked the Syrian authorities to close the offices of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Damascus.
Syria-USA, Politics, 11/20/2002
Gulf ministerial meeting approves 35 items for Doha summit
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ministerial meeting which concluded its works yesterday evening under the chairmanship of the Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jaber al-Thani approved 35 items relating to various issues and topics and files to be debated at the 23rd GCC summit due to be held in Doha on December 22nd.
Gulf-Qatar, Politics, 11/20/2002
Regional center in Egypt to coordinate the Arab electricity network
The Egyptian minister of electricity and energy Hassan Younis said yesterday that it was decided to establish a regional center in Egypt in order to coordinate among the electricity networking in the Arab states which are linked to one electricity grid.
Egypt-Regional, Economics, 11/20/2002
Hammoud: UN resolution 1441 is booby trapped
The Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud yesterday told journalists that the meeting of nine Arab foreign ministers due to be held today in Damascus will study the situation in Iraq after the arrival of the UN inspectors in Baghdad.
Lebanon-Iraq, Politics, 11/20/2002
Turkish security delegation in Syria discusses armies' cooperation
A Turkish security delegation started as from Monday an official visit to Damascus in order to hold security talks that will fall in the course of the Turkish- Syrian security coordination which started since 1998.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 11/20/2002
Maher, AL chief confer with Moratinos
Moussa explained that the "International community which take a tough position concerning the accusations addressed to Iraq to violating UN resolutions should take the same tough measure concerning the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people."
Egypt-European Union, Politics, 11/20/2002
Mashakos negotiations to resume in January
Sudan's ambassador to Kenya and members of the Sudanese government delegation to Mashakos negotiations described the memorandum signed by the Sudanese delegation with the rebels on Monday as a step forward on which a building can be maintained in the forthcoming negotiations session which will be resumed in January 2003.
Sudan, Politics, 11/20/2002
Japanese special envoys to be delegated to the region
A spokesman for the Japanese government has announced that his country will send special envoys to several countries in the region, including Syria later this month in order to urge these countries to convince Iraq to collaborate with the UN inspectors.
Regional-Japan, Politics, 11/20/2002
ADC cautions media on israel's deceptions
Media across the United States reported that worshipers had been attacked and that an appalling massacre had taken place. Officials including Secretary of State Colin Powell, UN General Secretary Kofi Annan and EU foreign policy director Javier Solana all issued stern condemnations of the "terrorist attack" based on this account. Reports the next day in the Israeli press, however, exposed the absolute fiction of this official account. Leading Israeli newspapers including Ha'aretz, reported that the attack
Palestine-USA, Politics, 11/20/2002
Israeli forces break into Toulkarem, five Palestinians were killed, 15 wounded
The Israeli forces yesterday bombarded by tanks shells the city of Gaza and this resulted in wounding three Palestinians. The Israeli forces also launched a campaign of arrest which targeted scores of Palestinians in Jenin, Nablus, Toulkarem, Hebron, Abu Dbeis and al-Khuder after these forces inspected their houses and damaged them.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 11/20/2002
Powell hosts iftar for American Muslims
Powell pointed out that "extremism and violence are our greatest enemies, our greatest foes. We must not listen to the siren song of the bigots and extremists who cloak themselves in false spirituality in an attempt to divide and to weaken us."
Regional-USA, Religion, 11/20/2002
Saudi telecom to cede $90 million worth of its capital
Saudi Arabia's telecommunications company, Saudi Telecom, will waver $90 million worth of its capital, in the biggest privatizing operation in the country, Saudi Finance minister, Ibrahim Ben Abdelaziz Al-Assaf, announced on Monday.
Saudi Arabia, Business, 11/20/2002
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The two day meetings of the Arab follow Arab committee emerged from the recent Beirut summit will start today in Damascus. It concentrates on means of halting the Israeli acts in Palestine and any likely American attack against Iraq.
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz on Monday evening received a telephone call from the Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri.
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The Sudanese government has rejected Uganda's request to renew the presence of its forces in southern Sudan in order to chase the fighters of "al-Rabb army" movement because Kampala did not respond to conditions set by Khartoum.
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The London- based al-Hayat daily in its yesterday's issue quoted diplomatic sources in Damascus as saying that the contacts President Bashar al-Assad had made during the two past days with each of the Saudi King, the Crown prince and with the King of Bahrain as well as the Egyptian President aim at coordinating efforts following the issuance of the UN security council resolution 1441 and to avoid using this resolution as a pretext to strike Iraq; to end the sufferings of the Iraqi people and preserving Iraq's unity and territorial integrity.
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The central leadership of the American forces said in statement that US planes bombarded on Sunday three anti- airplanes defense position in southern Iraq, targeting the liaison centers and and air defense radar near al-Kout and al-Talil.
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The Jordanian minister of information Muhammad al-Edwan announced that the Jordanian authorities arrested yesterday the businessman Majd al-Shameylah who is accused of "stealing." He was handed over by Australia to Jordan.
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The Danish police announced yesterday arresting lt. Gen. Nizar al-Kharzaji, the former officer in the Iraqi army and the refugee in Denmark since 1999. He is accused of committing war crimes against the Kurds in the 1980s in northern Iraq.
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