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Saudi Arabia's first municipal elections in one year
Saudi Arabia has announced it will organize municipal elections within one year, a step which was described by observers as the first tangible political reform act in the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/14/2003
Turabi released with political detainees; attributes release to pressure
The leader of the Sudanese opposition People's Congress Hassan al-Turabi said he attributes his release to what he described as internal and external pressure on the Sudanese government.
Sudan, Politics, 10/14/2003
Mauritania opposition member returns back after 10 years in Exodus
Mauritania's opposition member Muhammad Mahmoud Weld Ma'loum returned back on Sunday evening in Nouakchott following ten years in exile in France.
Mauritania, Politics, 10/14/2003
Family law amendments, a revolution, justice minister
The amendments brought to the family law (Mudawana) are a revolution in the organization of marriage and divorce, said justice minister, Mohammed Bouzoubaa.
Morocco, Politics, 10/14/2003
Family law reforms welcomed by Moroccan political parties and associations
Reforms to the family law announced on Friday by King Mohammed VI were broadly welcomed by several political parties and associations in Morocco as landmark changes to the status of women in Morocco.
Morocco, Politics, 10/14/2003
Lebanese statement on the Israeli aggressions
Lebanese Foreign Minister Jean Obeid has called the forthcoming Islamic Summit, scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur, to condemn the Israeli aggression on Syria and Lebanon as well as the US threats against them.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 10/14/2003
Al-Hakim's arrival statement in Syria
The Supreme Council Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and an accompanying delegation arrived in Damascus yesterday on a several-day visit to the country.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 10/14/2003
Al-Shara's speech before OIC meeting
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara has underlined that ending the Israeli occupation of the Arab territories and allowance of the Palestinian refugees to return home as the only solution to what Israel is facing.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 10/14/2003
Al-Barazani asks Egypt's support for the governing council
Leader of the Kurdistani Democratic party in Iraq Masoud al-Barazani in Cairo yesterday asked for the support of the Iraqi Interim governing council.
Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 10/14/2003
Arab international humanitarian law experts convene in Morocco
Arab experts of international humanitarian law are currently convening in Morocco along with delegations from several Arab and foreign countries to probe issues concerning the international humanitarian law in Arab states.
Regional-Morocco, Politics, 10/14/2003
Palesinian Hakam Bal'awi as a charge de affairs for the Palestinian ministry
The Palestinians national security council will hold a meeting today dedicated to settle the issue of the ministry of the interior in the government of Ahmad Qrei. An issue which has become suspended after Naser Youssef refused to assume this post.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/14/2003
Withdrawing the draft bill of Palestinians ' right to ownership in Lebanon
The Speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri yesterday withdrew from the agenda of the parliament a debate on a draft bill to introduce amendment on a previous law that bans the Palestinian refugees from the right to own in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 10/14/2003
Israeli warplanes violate the Lebanese airspace
Several Israeli military helicopters on Sunday night flew in the airspace of the occupied Shebaa Farms in south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 10/14/2003
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Amir of Qatar, Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani received a written message from King Mohammed VI, announces the Moroccan ministry of foreign affairs and cooperation.
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Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi has got a telephone call from the Somali president Abdul Qasem Salat Hassan during which the two men reviewed conditions in Somalia and current steps to convene a national reconciliation conference.
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Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), Habib Boulares, held in Rabat Monday talks with Libyan secretary general in charge of Maghreban affairs in the committee of external affairs and international cooperation on means to re-launch UMA.
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Cultural cooperation between Morocco and Andalusia has remarkably progressed during the last years, particularly concerning joint heritage, Moroccan culture minister, Mohamed Achaari said Monday.
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI received in Rabat Monday afternoon at the royal palace, Sheik Hamad Bin Nasser Al Thani, Qatari state minister for internal affairs, and envoy of the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Thani.
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In an interview with Al-Ahram newspaper, Speaker of the Pakistani Senate said that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stressed PakistanŐs keenness to coordinate with Egypt under President Mubarak on all regional and international issues and to boost ties between the two countries.
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Dr. Muneer bin Mohammed al-Maskari, Vocational Training Undersecretary at Oman's Manpower Ministry yesterday received a cheque presented by the Omani Charitable Organisation (OCO) for students from families with limited income who are studying at technical colleges, ONA reported yesterday.
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The only concern of the populations sequestered in Tindouf (southwestern Algeria) is to return to their homeland, Morocco, said Kaltoum El Khayate, former official of the Polisario secessionist group.
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President of the European Commission Romano Prodi said on Monday "Today I want to speak to you about the benefits we in Europe have enjoyed in fifty years of peaceful integration. And how those benefits can be enjoyed by more and more peoples throughout the region. But in these times of crisis for the region, let me start by saying this."
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The Israeli demolition of refugee shelters in Rafah camp on the southern Gaza Strip last week has left 1,240 people homeless, United Nations relief workers said yesterday.
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President of the European Commission Romano Prodi said on Monday that the world cannot draw a new Roadmap every day nor allow the peace process to derail even before it gets going.
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Egypt is a leading country in communication and information technology (IT), chairman of the International Communication Union said, adding that Egypt was now qualified to be a major IT center in the Middle East and Africa.
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The fiscal year 2003 was marked by a 5.5% growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and by a control of inflation rate to the limit of 1 per cent, announced, here Monday, Moroccan minister of finance and privatization, Fathallah Oualaalou, during a Ministers' Council chaired by King Mohammed VI.
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Morocco's top tennisman, Younes El Aynaoui, remained on his 15th position at the ATP champions race ranking published this Monday, while No 2, Hicham Arazi, climbed from 61st to 58th.
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