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The rationalization of governments: concrete measures of every law, program and department
It is essential that the efficiency of resources allocation, as input, and the output they produce be measured in concrete terms, in order for the public to be able to assess how well a department, organization, or a program or a law is performing.
Regional, Analysis, 6/7/2003
Calls to remove custom duties in the Arab states
Arab Economic Union Council called its eleven member countries to suppress custom duties and taxes on goods and services by 2005 and to adopt a strategy of economic complementarity in the next two years.
Regional, Economics, 6/7/2003
Oil sector revenues reach US $600m
The Egyptian government is currently studying setting up private sector companies to prospect for oil in the Egyptian territories, official economic sources said yesterday.
Egypt, Economics, 6/7/2003
In a Maghreb and Middle East tour, Italian FM in Tunisia
An official source said that the Italy's foreign minister Franco Frattini arrived on Friday evening in Tunisia in the framework of a tour on the Maghreb and Middle East states.
Tunisia-Italy, Politics, 6/7/2003
Iraq prepared to resume oil exports
Iraq has been preparing to resume its oil exports just two and a half months since the eruption of war but will the main absent from OPEC meeting to be held on June 10th, due to the fact that there is no Iraqi government.
Iraq, Economics, 6/7/2003
Iraqi resistance continues, Bremer prepares to meet Iraqi leaderships
The American forces in Iraq were exposed to new attacks by unidentified attackers that targeted a patrol near a military air base to the west of the capital Baghdad by missiles and gun machines.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/7/2003
Morocco, Spain commit to upgrading ties
Morocco and Spain renewed Thursday in Madrid their "firm commitment" to consolidating their bilateral cooperation on the basis of political trust and fruitful cooperation.
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 6/7/2003
Syrian- Ukrainian relations highlighted
Chairman of the friendship group with Syria in the Ukrainian Parliament, Anatoli Damanski, highly lauded President Bashar Al-Assad's policy and his firm principled stances towards the Arab Nation causes.
Syria-Ukraine, Politics, 6/7/2003
Chad to expel every one who seeks to destabilize Sudan
An official source in Chad announced on Thursday evening that the government of Chad decided to "expel any person" seeking to destabilize Sudan.
Sudan-Chad, Politics, 6/7/2003
Al Riyadh: Moussa: contacts to hold mini-Arab summit
Arab league Secretary-General Amr Moussa said that contacts are under way to hold a mini-Arab summit to discuss conditions in the region.
Regional, Politics, 6/7/2003
U.S. officials: Iraq reconstruction will take years
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Senator Richard Lugar (Republican of Indiana) concluded its second hearing June 4 on post-conflict Iraq. The hearing focused primarily on the Bush administration's assessment of the potential costs and length of America's direct involvement in Iraqi reconstruction.
Iraq-USA, Economics, 6/7/2003
Moroccan FM holds talks with Ivoirian peer; cooperation talks
Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohammed Benaissa, held talks in Rabat on Friday with Ivoirian secretary of state and foreign minister, Bamba Mamadou.
Morocco-Ivory Coast, Politics, 6/7/2003
US official on the future of Iraq
Future of Iraq, By Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC June 4, 2003:
Iraq-USA, Economics, 6/7/2003
Reconstruction in Iraq: Economic and Financial Issues
Reconstruction in Iraq: Economic and Financial Issues John B. Taylor Under US Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
Iraq-USA, Economics, 6/7/2003
Al-Nahar: Syrian- French cultural relations development
Chairman of the Friendship Associations in the French Senate, Philip Marini described developments of the French Syrian cooperation as an ideal one in the human and cultural fields.
Syria-France, Politics, 6/7/2003
Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak gives lecture, opens Children Book Fair in Arab world institute
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak will deliver a lecture next Thursday under the title "Egypt's experience in encouraging reading for all in Egypt and Arab world" during the 7th Arab-European book fair which is organized by the Paris-based Arab World Institute and attended by Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture.
Egypt, Culture, 6/7/2003
Syria stress active measures to promote children's rights
Syria's Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Ghada Al-Jabi, has stressed that Syria was within that countries who approved on a Child Rights Convention
Syria, Culture, 6/7/2003
Meeting for the Palestinian leadership led by Arafat
A Palestinian official source said that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat held a meeting on Friday with senior officials in the Fatah movement and the Palestinian Liberation Organization PLO in order to discuss results of the tripartite summit which was held on Wednesday in al-Aqaba ( Jordan.).
Palestine, Politics, 6/7/2003
Israel continue killings of Palestinian opposition and resistance leaders; US criticizes Hamas for ending talks with Abbas
The US has criticized the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, and described it as an "enemy of peace" after the movement announced it will stop talks with the Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas over ending its attacks against the Israelis.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 6/7/2003
Germany brings assistance to integration of gender issues in Moroccan policies
The German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) is bringing a technical assistance worth 1.5 million Euro to the integration of gender issues in Moroccan development policies.
Morocco-Germany, Culture, 6/7/2003
Restoring queen Nefertiti statue, head on naked women provokes some
What is know is that Aye (the brother of Queen Tiye) Tey, both, were probably at least her step-parents. She could very well have been a Royal concubine of Amenhopte III. Amenhotep IV probably married Nefertiti while he was co-regent with his father Amenhopte III. Shortly after his fathers death, Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten (Servant of the Aten), embraced the monotheistic concept of Atemism banned all other Gods and closed their temples.
Egypt, Local, 6/7/2003
Riyadh received 18 men from Sudan for interrogation
Saudi Arabia's ministry of the interior has announced it received from Sudan 18 persons.
Saudi Arabia-Sudan, Politics, 6/7/2003
Artillery explosion in Iraq kills one American sailor
An American military spokesman announced that a member at the American naval engineering was killed yesterday Friday in an artillery explosion in the downtown of Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/7/2003
Blair, his aides missinformed citizens , the world, to justify Iraq war
British Prime Minister, Tony Blair's aides called on the British intelligence to reformulate the file of the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, reported the BBC yesterday.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 6/7/2003
World Bank: fighting poverty a key to achieving world peace and lowering global tensions
Large majorities of opinion leaders in every region of the world point to poverty reduction as critical to achieving peace, and that sentiment is especially strong in Sub-Saharan Africa (91 percent), and South Asia (87 percent), and the Middle East and North Africa (79 percent). But support is also high in rich countries, where seven in 10 opinion leaders strongly believe that fighting poverty is the path to peace.
Regional, Politics, 6/7/2003
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The court of Appeal of Rabat on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the case involving journalist, Ali Lamrabet, who was sentenced last May 21 to 4 years in prison and a fine of 20,000 DH (US$ 2,000). The court rejected a request of the defense for the temporary release of the accused.
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The awareness media team of the Majlis A'Shura elections for its fifth term will hold on Monday an awareness campaign at the government institutions and departments to reply to the inquiries raised by employees on the elections form.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak telephoned Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Friday and discussed the situation in light of the outcome of the latest summits in Sharm El-Sheikh and Aqaba
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The Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini arrived today in Beirut and will meet on Sunday with the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud, speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and will conclude his visit with talks with the Lebanese foreign minister Jan Obeid to be followed by a joint press conference before he leave Lebanon.
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A seven-member United Nations inspection team arrived in Baghdad yesterday to determine how much nuclear material, if any, is missing following reports of looting at an Iraqi site that had been under seal of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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