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Efforts in Egypt to agree on reform agenda; opposition agree on program
At a time when the son of the Egyptian President Gamal Mubarak, the secretary of policies in the ruling national party in Egypt, continues vast moves aiming at making contacts for the "agenda of reforms,"an agenda that started with the agenda to end the state security court system and extended to the creation of a higher council for human rights, and canceling the hard labor penalty.
Egypt, Politics, 5/10/2003
Report on the state of the press in the Arab states
The recent annual report of the Reporters Without Borders has depicted conditions of the press and the media in 139 countries during 2002, concerning imposed prescribed laws restrictions and the quality of sanctions and the extent of the state's monopoly of the press and the nature of violations which impede the freedom of the press and expression.
Regional, Politics, 5/10/2003
Mauritania's seculars call for releasing the detainees
Senior Mauritanian scholars yesterday issued a statement to Mauritania's President Mu'aweya Weld Sedi Ahmad al-Taye' in which they expressed their " rejection of "jailing Imams and men of religion and preventing them from performing their rituals."
Mauritania, Politics, 5/10/2003
US admits duty as occupation power in Iraq, calls for lifting sanctions
Amid increasing international concern regarding the deteriorated humanitarian condition in Iraq, one Iraqi citizen was killed yesterday by an American military patrol in Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/10/2003
Algeria Oyahya forms his government
The new Algerian prime minister, Ahmad Oyahya, yesterday announced the formation of his government which does not include large changes regarding the already expired government.
Algeria, Politics, 5/10/2003
Mubarak takes part in G-8 Summit in Evian
Swiss President Pascal Couchepin was scheduled to meet with US President George W. Bush for talks upon the latter's arrival at Geneva Airport but was cancelled due to security reasons.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/10/2003
King Mohammed wants Moroccan diplomacy to highlight solidarity, humanitarian values, official
Morocco's King Mohammed VI sees to it that the Moroccan diplomacy embodies solidarity and humanitarian values for an efficient contribution to defending South countries' development issues.
Regional-Morocco, Politics, 5/10/2003
Inter- Sudanese peace talks resumed on Saturday in Kenya
The inter governmental commission for development "IGAD" yesterday announced that the Sudanese government and the southern rebels will start today the fifth round of peace talks which aim at ending decades of civil war in Sudan.
Sudan, Politics, 5/10/2003
King Mohammed sends message to German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
Morocco's Foreign Affairs and cooperation minister, Mohamed Benaissa met in Berlin on Friday with German peer, Joschka Fischer to whom he handed a message from King Mohammed VI to the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, currently on a trip abroad.
Morocco-Germany, Politics, 5/10/2003
Bashir fires officials in areas exposed to rebel attacks in Darfour
The Sudanese governmental TV said that SudanŐs President Omar Hassan al-Bashir made major changes in the local governments in Darfour,in west Sudan, as a result of what relates to the attacks recently launched by the rebels against that area.
Sudan, Politics, 5/10/2003
On Kharazi's statements in Italy
Iranian Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharazi, criticized vehemently the U.S. double standard policy towards the Arab-Israeli struggle. In a statement in Rome on Thursday, Kharazi underlined that the U.S. supports Israel which is an occupation force in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/10/2003
Moroccan thinker pleads for reforming Arab regional system
Abdelhadi Boutaleb, a renowned Moroccan thinker, on Thursday called for hastening the reform of the Arab League and enable it better face up challenges thrown at Arab countries.
Regional-Morocco, Politics, 5/10/2003
Bombarding 7 houses, Israel renews rejection to right of return home to Palestinian refugees
Palestinians Saeed al-Qreinawi and his wife were wounded yesterday during the Israeli forces incursion in Deir al-Balah where Israeli forces destroyed seven houses and leveled agricultural lands, while the Israeli occupation forces arrested several Palestinians in Bethlehem, Jenin and Nablus and the Palestinian resistance fired shells at Israeli military bases and positions near Gaza and Neve Dekalim settlement.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2003
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Arab Labor Organization has stressed support and stand by Syria and Lebanon in their "commitment to the Pan-Arab firm principles and honorable stances."
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The message Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad received Thursday from Morocco's King Mohammed VI dealt mainly with the situation in Iraq and the evolution of the Moroccan Sahara issue, Moroccan minister of territory planning, environment and water, Mohamed El Yazghi, said
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The first shipment of humanitarian aid presented by the Syrian people to Iraqis to express solidarity with them in their crisis left the center of the Syrian-Iraqi border, on Friday.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will meet Monday US Secretary of State Colin Powell who will pay a two-day official visit to Egypt coming from Israel where he will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). President Mubarak-Powell talks will tackle Egypt's efforts seeking to implement "Roadmap" plan for establishing peace in the Middle East.
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The governing board of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) started in Beirut Thursday its 59th session to debate issues pertaining to the development of labor conditions in the region. The encounter is debating political and economic questions related to work in the Arab states.
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An officials at the US defense department said yesterday that three persons were killed and a fourth wounded in an American Black Hawk crash in Tigris River to the north of Baghdad, noting that there is no evidence that the plane was exposed to hostile fire.
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