Morocco calls for fair use of water
King Mohammed VI deplored that "Africa is lagging behind," when it comes to water management and availability. To highlight the seriousness of the situation, the king quoted figures showing that "only half the African population has access to drinking water, and some 400 million Africans will need this essential commodity by the year 2015."
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 2/21/2003
Arab body expresses concern at arrest of Arab professor by FBI
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) expressed serious concerns regarding the arrest this Thursday of Prof. Sami Al-Arian by FBI agents in Tampa, Flordia.
Regional-USA, Local, 2/21/2003
One Lebanese sentenced to death in absentia over collaborating with Israel
The Lebanese permanent military committee yesterday sentenced to death in absentia Hassan Awadah who joined the lines of the Israeli army and took part in the operations killing Lebanese resistance men, directly.
Lebanon-Israel, Local, 2/21/2003
Protest by relatives rioters in Bahrain
Some 50 persons demonstrated on Wednesday with the majority of them women of the families of the Bahraini youths who were sentenced over acts of riots in Bahrain for the new year celebration and gathered in front of the ministry of Justice in Manama in protest of these sentences.
Bahrain, Local, 2/21/2003
One armed Saudi kills a British in al-Riyadh
The Saudi TV said that a British citizen, resident in Saudi Arabia was killed by bullets in Riyadh yesterday and the attacker was arrested.
Saudi Arabia-UK, Local, 2/21/2003
UN monitors continue inspections at Al Samoud 2 missile sites in Iraq
Continuing the search for evidence of banned weapons in Iraq, teams from the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) yesterday performed inspections at five separate sites, all related to the country's Al Samoud 2 missile programme.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 2/21/2003
Third international music contest in Morocco next march
The third edition of the international music contest will be held next March in Casablanca, with the participation of seven pianists from Germany, Poland, Japan, Russia, Yugoslavia, Romania and Italy.
Morocco-Regional, Local, 2/21/2003
Morocco decries alarming state of fisheries resources in Mediterranean Sea
This cooperation, according to him, should zero in on the consolidation of the Southern bank's scientific structures according to a comprehensive vision on the management of fisheries resources.
Morocco-Regional, Economics, 2/21/2003
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