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Yemen: a new government before results of the elections
The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh formed on Saturday a new government including 17 new ministers out of 35, all of them belonging to the ruling People's Congress party.
Yemen, Politics, 5/19/2003
King Mohammed visits sites hit by terrorist attacks
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, accompanied by his brother Prince Moulay Rachid, visited Sunday sites hit Friday night by a string of terrorist attacks, claiming 41 lives and leaving one hundred people wounded.
Morocco, Local, 5/19/2003
Government spokesman: enemies of democracy and modernity behind casablanca attacks
There will no state of emergency nor any land or sea borders closure in connection with the Casablanca terrorist attacks that claimed 41 fatalities and a hundred of casualties, said Morocco's Interior Minister in an interview published on Sunday by daily "Assahra al Maghribya."
Morocco, Local, 5/19/2003
Casablanca attacks perpetrated by a 14-member cell (interior minister)
The terrorist attacks that hit the city of Casablanca on Friday night were perpetrated by a cell of 14 people divided into five groups, Moroccan Interior Minister, El-Mostapha Sahel, said on Saturday.
Morocco, Local, 5/19/2003
Bremer denies intention to postpone forming an interim government in Iraq
The chairman of the American civil administration in Iraq, Paul Bermer, has denies news that Washington intends to transfer the authority of an Iraqi Interim government as decided during the few coming weeks. He said that these news are groundless.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/19/2003
Al-Bashir meets with Syrian premier
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir received in Khartoum on Sunday Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa Miro and an accompanying delegation.
Sudan-Syria, Politics, 5/19/2003
Al-Fahoum: Palestinian groups freeze media activity to avoid American pressure on Syria
Former chairman of the Palestinian national council, Khaled al-Fahoum, stressed that the Palestinian groups "voluntarily" froze media activities, their only activity in Damascus, because of their assessment of the American pressure on Syria.
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 5/19/2003
A mediation between Syria and the Lebanese opposition
Former Lebanese foreign minister Fouad Butrous has stated he is playing a mediating role between Syria and the Lebanese Christian opposition represented in "Qurnet Shahwan" in order to bring view points together away from limelight.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 5/19/2003
AL chief resumed Arab tour
The secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa arrived in Sanaa yesterday in an official visit to Yemen during which he held talks with the Yemeni officials on developments on the ME region.
Regional-Libya, Politics, 5/19/2003
Three Palestinian operations in Jerusalem, Hebron, nine Israelis killed, 8 Palestinians killed
The Palestinian resistance retaliated to the daily massacres carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in the occupied territories by carrying out three operations in East Jerusalem and Hebron that resulted in killing 9 Israelis, wounding 22, while two Palestinians were killed after they had broken into a settlement in the West Bank near the Green light and other three in incursions operations by the Israeli forces in Gaza.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/19/2003
Islamic World Association deplores Israeli practices concerning al-Aqsa mosque
Islamic World has warned against the danger of the Israeli decision, which allows Jews to pray at al-Aqsa mosque.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 5/19/2003
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad made yesterday a phone call with his Libyan counterpart Muammar al Qathafi and discussed the situation in the Arab arena especially in Iraq.
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Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has indicated that Syria and Lebanon are fighting together to realize the just and comprehensive peace in the region. During his meeting with High Representative for European Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana on Saturday, he appealed to the return of the occupied Golan to Syria and the occupied Shebaa Farms to Lebanon.
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Iranian President Mohammed Khatami praised the outcome of his visit to Syria and his meeting with President Bashar al-Assad. President Khatami also praised the outcome of his visit to Lebanon, Yemen, and Bahrain expressing hope that this visit will affect the Iranian relations with these countries and peace process positively
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The Kuwaiti government announced yesterday it has set a date for parliamentary elections in the country for the fifth of July this year. This was expressed in a decision which is still in need of a ratification from the Amir of Kuwait.
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Syria's Foreign Minister, Farouk al-Shara received in Damascus yesterday the delegation of French Experts for Management Development including the two members of the French Council of the state, Jack Fornie and Mary Francois Boshtel. Talks dealt with the latest regional and international developments, the bilateral relations between Syria and France and means of boosting them in all domains.
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Syria's Minister of Industry, Issam al-Zaeem and Egyptian Minister of Works Sector, Mukhtar Khattab, visited on Sunday the sugar factory in South Egypt and they agreed upon boosting industrial cooperation in fields of sugar production and exchange of technical expertise.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Maher, warned against the continuation of Israeli aggressive and provocative practices against the Palestinian people and called on Israel to move towards the implementation of Roadmap.
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Al Aqsa Association for Protecting the Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem warned yesterday against the statements of the Israeli Interior Minister concerning allowing the Jewish to enter al-Aqsa mosque and to pray there. The Association considered these practices as a part of the "Zionist scheme which aims at humiliating others and provoking them."
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The first Kuwaiti civilian plane arrived yesterday at Baghdad's airport carrying a group of pressjournalists, doctors and members of the search committee for missing prisoners as well as amounts of Kuwaiti relief items. This is however, the first Kuwaiti plane to land at Baghdad's airport since August 1st, 1990. The second day, August 2nd, 1990 that Iraq invasion of Kuwait took place.
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The Israeli al-Aal airlines company has suspended its flights temporarily to Kenya as from next week for security reasons. The company used to run a weekly flight to Nairobi every Wednesday.
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