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People's aggregation in the center of Riyadh at the invitation of the opposition
Hundreds of Saudi Arabian citizens gathered yesterday afternoon near the trade center in al-Elleya street in the downtown of the capital, Riyadh, at the invitation of the opposition Islamic movement for reforms in protest of detentions, the movement says. This was, however, a unique sort of political drive in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/15/2003
Morocco to draw up fresh charter of citizens rights, duties
Chairman of the Moroccan Human Rights Consultative Council (CCDH), Omar Azziman, said the council will draw up a new charter of citizens' rights and duties part of the new tasks it was assigned by King Mohammed VI.
Morocco, Politics, 10/15/2003
Turabi calls for freedoms and openness in Sudan
Leader of the opposition People's Congress in Sudan, Hassan al-Turabi, has called for introducing freedom in the country and without excluding any person or organization.
Sudan, Politics, 10/15/2003
Child labor and Development, how UNICEF is addressing this issue
More boys than girls are economically active overall. However, in rural districts as many girls as boys are employed. While child workers in towns and cities work in various manufacturing businesses (textile, furniture, mining, food and beverages), child labor in the countryside is totally dominated by farm work. The vast majority of child workers have dropped out of school; they work long hours as adults do; and children receive very low payment, or nothing at all (50%). In addition to the children being classified as employed following the ILO criterion, the study reveals that about 360,000 children, mostly girls, aged 10-17 have left school and have care taking and housework as their main activity.
Syria, Culture, 10/15/2003
Al-Assad confers with al-Hakim
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received on Tuesday Leader of the Islamic Revolution's Supreme Council in Iraq, Abdul Aziz al -Hakim.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 10/15/2003
Ein Shams students demonstrate in support of Syria, Lebanon
Tens of thousands of Egyptian students demonstrated yesterday at Ein Shams University in Cairo condemning the Israeli aggression on Palestine, Syria and Lebanon.
Regional-Syria, Politics, 10/15/2003
Al-Shara meets with Iraqi, Turkish officials in Kuala Lumpur
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara received today at his residence in Kuala Lumpur Periodic Chairman of the Iraqi Interim Ruling Council, Eyad Allawi.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 10/15/2003
Suicide bombing strikes Turkish embassy in Baghdad
Turkey has stressed its is not reconsidering a decision to send forces to Iraq, following a suicide operation in a booby trapped car that targeted yesterday its embassy in Baghdad, and resulted in killing its executor and wounding of more than 10 persons.
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 10/15/2003
Libyan problems in negotiations with Paris
Just one day after the resumption of compensation negotiations between Libya and families of the French Ota plane, the chairman of the Libyan negotiation delegation in Paris, Salah Abdul Salam, yesterday announced that Libya suspended the negotiations after in that "Paris had denied a secret agreement with Tripoli on paying additional compensations for the families of the victims of the "DC 10" plane which was blown up over Niger in 1989.
Libya-France, Politics, 10/15/2003
Palestinian official calls for deployment of intervention forces in occupied territories
Israel's argument of "peace first" is "impossible" to implement because only the "withdrawal first" guarantees to Palestinians their rights and gives trust in the peace process, he underlined.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/15/2003
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Oman yesterday officially announced the final results of the Majlis A'Shura elections, ONA reported.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak received Tuesday morning a verb message from Amir of Qatar, Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani through visiting Minister of State for Interior Affairs, Shaikh Hamad Bin Nasser Al Thani.
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Mrocco's King Mohammed VI on Monday received at the royal palace members of the consultative commission in charge of the reform of the family law ("Mudawana"), chaired by M'hammed Boucetta, and decorated three of them. Miloud Laksir, Omar Chrifi and Chiba Maalainaine, received the Moukafaa Al Watania (national reward) distinction for efforts at the commission.
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France said yesterday regarding the US Security Council resolution on Iraq "The existence of the timetable has always seemed like an important element because we have to be able to show perspective, especially with regards to the Iraqi population, but it is only one element among others."
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday the new draft resolution on the future of Iraq is not a Òmajor shiftÓ from the previous one submitted by the United States, but he said that he was ÒgratefulÓ that the framers had taken into account some of his suggestions.
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Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi yesterday received a message from President of Burkina Faso relating to current conditions in this country following the recent attempt made to stabilize it.
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Secretary of the foreign affairs department at the Libyan people's general congress Suleiman al-Shouhomi yesterday discussed with the leader of the Maltese labor party and member of parliament, currently visiting Libya cooperation relations.
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Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak Tuesday opened the Women And Peace Symposium at the Cairo suburb of New Maadi Library on the occasion of a visit by a Japanese women's delegation under Nihoko Egiri representing the Japanese branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
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Foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) unanimously called Tuesday for the adoption of measures to restructure the organization and reinforce its credibility.
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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has stressed that the only way to stop the deterioration of the Middle East situation is by implementing the UN resolutions which aim at achieving peace in the region.
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Egypt's Minister of Petroleum, Sameh Fahmy, discussed with the Chairman of the Russian Investment and Technology Bank, means to beef up, cooperation with Egypt in oil and natural gas fields.
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Morocco's Mohamed Basri, an early leftist militant and resister to French protectorate, passed away this Tuesday morning in Chefchaouen at 73, his relatives announced. Basri, a founder of the National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP) that became later on the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) and director of the party's mouthpiece "Attahrir," had suffered a heart stroke and was operated on in Paris.
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