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Saudi center for national dialogue
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz yesterday announced in Riyadh the establishment of King Abdul Aziz center for national dialogue which assumes the mission of continuing dialogue already started by the Saudi crown prince with several Saudi intellectuals.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/4/2003

Syria: al-Doumari licensing revoked
At the initiative of Syria's minister of information Adnan Omran, the Syrian Prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro has ended the first license issued to the private press publication in Syria which is owned by the renowned Syrian caricaturist Ali Farzat, thereby al-Doumari weekly will stop publication
Syria, Politics, 8/4/2003

Mubarak and Al Bashir phone talks, help to Sudan flood victims
President Mubarak ordered the Prime Minister to take measures for providing necessary relief materials in order to rescue the Sudanese citizens who were plagued by the floods
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 8/4/2003

Security Council resolution on Sahara matches Morocco's request (minister)
Moroccan foreign affairs and cooperation minister, Mohamed Benaissa, said UN Security Council's resolution lives up to Morocco's request, underlining that the Kingdom is satisfied with the resolution.
Morocco-UN, Politics, 8/4/2003

Al-Assad meets with Oti, Moussa
Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad received on Sunday Marc Oti, the European Union envoy to the Middle East, and an accompanying delegation.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 8/4/2003

Al-Shara, Miro, talks with Indian FM
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk Al-Shara described the Syrian-Indian talks as positive and very constructive.
Syria-India, Politics, 8/4/2003

Al-Shara confers with AL chief
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara received in Damascus yesterday Secretary General of Arab League, Amr Moussa regarding Iraq and Palestine.
Regional-Syria, Politics, 8/4/2003

Female welfare protection scheme with UNICEF
Egypt and UNICEF yesterday signed an agreement for a programme to stop practices harmful to the health of women and female children.
Egypt, Culture, 8/4/2003

Le Matin du Sahara et du Maghreb: Morocco deplores Spain's stand over sahara
Moroccan delegate-minister for foreign affairs and cooperation, Taieb Fassi Fihri, deplored Spain's role at the UN Security Council underlining that Madrid mobilized in favor of "a thesis that does not correspond at all to that clarified by Morocco."
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 8/4/2003

Khartoum accepts resumption of peace talks
Sudan's foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael yesterday announced that the Sudanese government agreed to take part in the peace talks following continued contacts exerted by Khartoum, Washington and Nairobi to rescue the talks from collapse.
Sudan, Politics, 8/4/2003

Funeral for Ode and Qusai Saddam Hussein
One American soldier was killed on Saturday in an attack against an American armored vehicle to the east of Baghdad and another was killed and other three wounded in an attack in anti- tank shelling to the north of the capital Baghdad, according to the spokesman for the US army.
Iraq, Politics, 8/4/2003

Haartez: Jordanian King: Besieging Arafat will make the Abbas mission complex
In a statement with the Israeli daily Haartez, the Jordanian King Abdullah II warned that the besiege of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at the headquarters of his leadership in Ramullah will complicate matters for the Palestinian prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas.
Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 8/4/2003


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Morocco is currently hosting a session of the Central Council of Arab Teachers' Union (UIA). Secretary General of the National Union for Education and UIA secretary general, respectively Abderrahmane Chennaf and Faraj Abdallah Mourtada, highlighted the importance of Arab teachers' mission in all modernist democratic projects. Go

A telephone call was made yesterday evening between Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara and his Lebanese counterpart Jean Obeid on the latest developments occurred in the region and with the Arab Follow Up Committee's meeting scheduled to be held on the 4th and 5th of the current month. Go

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Saturday said that nobody from the Iraqi Interim Governing Council (IGC) has requested to fill in the chair of Iraq in the league. Go

The Arab League has warned against the repercussions of the Israeli continuation of building the racial separation wall in the West Bank stressing that this wall aborts any exerted effort to achieve peace in the Middle East and threatens security and stability in the region. Go

Egypt is making intensive diplomatic contacts with the aim of implementing the roadmap plan between Israel and Palestinians, unifying Arab efforts and stances towards the latest developments in Iraq. Go

Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher said Sunday there should be swift move that would help the Iraqi people get their right to self-governance. Go

Al Azhar ratified the first Islamic Charter for child on 12 Sunday which includes 33 articles on child rights through the society and religions views. Go

Assistant Secretary General of Arab League for the Palestinians Affairs, Saeed Kamal has stressed the Arab League's support to the Syrian and the Lebanese stances towards the peace process in the Middle East Go

The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has stressed that Egypt's role in the peace settlement is linked to releasing the Israeli spy Azzam Azzam. Go

Marc Oti, the European Union envoy to the Middle East has stressed the continuation of the EU in exerting all efforts to achieve just and comprehensive solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict as soon as possible. Go

Marc Oti, the new European Union envoy to the Middle East has stressed that Syria and Lebanon are to make the decision of joining the roadmap as two independent states Go

The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Moroccan House of Representatives held Friday a meeting dedicated to probing the latest developments of the Moroccan Sahara Issue. Go

Syria's Expatriates Minister, Naser Qaddour, received in Damascus Saturday evening a delegation representing the Syrian community in Italy Chaired by Nabil Mraiden. Qaddour stressed the necessity of activating the cultural agreements with calls for teaching the Arabic Language to the Syrian communities in these states. Go


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