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Syrian- Iranian business forum opened
Syria's Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa Miro, and Iranian Vice President Mohammed Riza Aref opened yesterday in Tehran the Iranian Syrian Businessmen Forum.
Syria-Iran, Economics, 12/26/2002
Al-Watan: Syrian, French and British cooperation to spare Iraq military strike
The Saudi daily al-Watan has stated that a French- Syrian and British- Syrian cooperation is being exerted at the mean time with the aim to spare Iraq war. And an understanding concerning it was reached during the visit held by President Bashar al-Assad last week to each of London and Paris in his talks with the British prime minister Tony Blair and with the French President Jacque Chirac.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 12/26/2002
The Pope opposes attacking Iraq
Pope John Paul II has dedicated his sermon on the Christmas for peace and for all of those who suffer because of conflicts.
Iraq-Vatican, Politics, 12/26/2002
CBE governor explains new monetary policy
He said the aim of cutting down interest rate is to encourage banks to invest the large liquidity available to them in productive projects serving the national economy in increasing growth rates and providing new job opportunities.
Egypt, Economics, 12/26/2002
New power station with self-initiated finances
Egypt's Minister of Power Hassan Younis asserted that the ministry's forthcoming program for establishing power stations will depend mainly on self-initiated finances from the electricity sector resources besides grants and easy-term loans offered by the international organisations and donor countries.
Egypt, Economics, 12/26/2002
Syrian spokesman refutes Israeli allegations on chemical weapons
A spokesman for the Syrian foreign ministry said the following: What has been rumored by Sharon of allegations that Iraq transported to Syria chemical and germ weapons is null and void and simultaneously aims at converting the attention from the nuclear, chemical and germ arsenals owned by Israel for which money and weapons are rendered to protect and develop it.
Israel-Syria, Politics, 12/26/2002
Al-Watan: The American attack on Iraq and Israel
A high ranking military source at NATO said that all European military reports whose information are inspired from the US agree on that the American war against Iraq will be in February.
Iraq-Israel, Politics, 12/26/2002
Christmas Mass celebration in Damascus
A great mass in celebration of Christmas day was held yesterday night at the Cathedral of the Greek Catholic in Al-Zaytoon quarter in Damascus.
Syria, Religion, 12/26/2002
Arab iron and steel union holds 82nd session in Mauritania
Mauritanian minister of industry and mining, Zeidane Ould Hmeida, called the Arab states to participate in exploring iron mines in his country, the largest Arab producer of iron with 12 million tons annually and a reserve of billions of tons.
Regional-Mauritania, Economics, 12/26/2002
Al-Sharq al-Awsat: CIA tempts Iraqis to split
In its yesterday's issue, the London- based al-Hayat daily said that the US CIA made contacts in June this year in New York with three senior Iraqi weapons experts including Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi, the advisor for the Iraqi President in an attempt to convince them to split from Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/26/2002
Egypt halts agricultural normalization with Israel
The Egyptian government has stressed that the country is completely free from any agricultural pesticides produced or imported from Israel. In a message of assurances to parliament members, the government said it halted all acts and sorts of normalization with Israel in the agricultural section.
Egypt-Israel, Economics, 12/26/2002
Shaath calls for an international move To remove the Israeli wall
"The official government silence over the Israeli crime of building a wall separating Egyptian Rafah from Palestinian Rafah, was maintained," Nabil Shaath, the Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation said and called for an immediate move to demolish this wall which is currently being built by Israel.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 12/26/2002
Al-Ahram: Blair urges Palestinians and Israelis to revitalize negotiations
The British Prime minister Tony Blair has urged the Palestinian and the Israeli sides to revitalize their negotiation operations.
Palestine-UK, Politics, 12/26/2002
Israeli forces kill 297 students, wound 3690 during the Intifada
The report said that the Israeli forces arrested 75 teachers and 160 male and female students and closed several schools under military instruction by the time in which studies stopped in 850 schools while other 197 schools were exposed to breaking in and inspection operations.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/26/2002
In Christmas, Israel continues killings and destruction, two Palestinians shot
The Israeli occupation forces continued the acts of killing and arrest, ignoring the calls made for tolerance and to incline for peace.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/26/2002
French Accor group wants to contribute to Morocco's tourism development
Accor, Europe's leading tourism group, said it wishes to contribute to Morocco's drive to drain 10 million tourists by 2010.
Morocco-France, Business, 12/26/2002
Turkish defense minister: relations with Israel are positive
The Turkish defense minister Wajdi Ghonol on Tuesday evening upon his meeting with the Israeli army chief of staff Moshe Yaloun described relations between Turkey and Israel as positive.
Turkey-Israel, Politics, 12/26/2002
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A protocol for cooperation in sphere of oil and gas was signed on Wednesday between Syria and Qatar.
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President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi yesterday discussed developments of current Arab and regional conditions.
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Mauritanian Premier, Cheikh El Afia Ould Mohamed Khouna, received in Nouakchott on Tuesday Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, an official source here said. The two Maghreban officials reviewed the excellent relations binding Morocco and Mauritania and means to consolidate them in various fields in the perspective of the upcoming session of the joint commission.
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The advisor of the Sudanese President for peace affairs Ghazi Salah Eddine has stressed that his visit to France came in the context of relentless efforts to achieve peace in Sudan through internal and external contacts and through peaceful negotiations.
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Secretary General of the General Popular Committee of the African Unity in Libya, Ali Abdussalam Al-Toraik, has discussed with Benin's ministers of energy and finance and the economy, currently visiting Libya bilateral relations between the two countries and means of developing them in all fields.
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The Islamic trade fair, held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates is to close doors on Thursday, is held every two years in a Muslim nation. The event seeks to publicize Muslim countries' commercial and industrial potentials and, hence, promote inter-Islamic trade.
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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family will spend the coming Christmas vacation in Sharm El-Sheikh where he is expected to arrive today. Blair's 10-day visit is the third unofficial one as he visited before the Red Sea resort city and Cairo.
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The official in charge of planning and international cooperation at the Palestinian authority Nabil Shaath has announced that the visit of the Palestinian delegation to London, at the invitation of the British Prime minister Tony Blair will be mid January 2003.
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The Sudanese daily al-Watan said yesterday that some 12 persons were killed and other 80 were killed in an armed stealing operation against two tribes of al-Barqo and al-Foor in Timbasi area, to the Southern Darfour province to the south west of Sudan.
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Turkey has announced it will participate with the USA and Israel in their joint maneuvers which will be held in the waters of the Mediterranean by the end of this month and will last for four days.
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