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Boldness and courage for a historic change is demanded from France
With the ongoing talks of UN Security Council resolution on Iraq sought by the USA, France should insist that any resolution by the Security Council resolution include text that specifies that "this vote is the last in which a Security Council member can use the veto right."
Regional, Editorial, 10/16/2003
Riyadh human rights declaration released
Saudi Arabia has played down the demonstration that took place in Riyadh on Tuesday. The Saudi minister of the interior Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz announced the detention of more than 150 persons in the March of protest which he said that 150 persons took part in it, while the Kingdom's Mufti (highest religious cleric) Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah al-Sheikh considered that the demonstrations are "the morals of non-Muslims," calling for "loyalty to the ruler."
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/16/2003
Taha, Garang resume discussions on pending issues
Kenya's foreign ministry announced yesterday that SudanŐs (First) Vice-President, Ali Othman Muhammad Taha, and the leader of the rebels, John Garang, will hold a meeting on Thursday at Nivasha resort, north west Nairobi, Kenya to discuss pended issues between the two sides.
Sudan, Politics, 10/16/2003
It is high time we reviewed OIC structures, says King Mohammed
"It is high time we reviewed the Organisation's structures and working methods to make this institution an effective instrument for co-ordination, economic integration, interaction with civil society and defence of the radiant message of Islamic civilisation," underlined the Moroccan leader.
Regional-Morocco, Politics, 10/16/2003
Syria's statement at the UN concerning the separation wall
Syria's permanent representative at the United Nations, Faisal Miqdad, has stressed that Israel's aim of building the racial separation wall is to impose the policy of "fai accompli" through which it draws a border line to seperate from the Palestinian people and prevent them from establishing their independent state.
Syria-UN, Politics, 10/16/2003
Mubarak on border tunnels; Iraqis refusal to Turkish presence
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday criticized the Turkish military threats against the Iraqis and the decision of the Ankara government to dispatch forces to Iraq, while he renewed his accusation to the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon that he does not wants peace.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 10/16/2003
Launching the new Iraqi Dinar at Baghdad's airport
U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans yesterday in Baghdad considered that the new Iraqi dinar which began circulation as marking "a new phase towards a free country."
Iraq, Economics, 10/16/2003
Blair: we understand Israel's action, but we will not attack Syria
The British prime minister Tony Blair showed implicitly yesterday his understanding to the recent Israeli aggression against Syria, hinting that it came as an reply from " thedemocratic regime" in Israel to the "massacre the Innocents Israelis live in as a result of the Palestinian operations."
Syria-UK, Politics, 10/16/2003
Explosion in Beit Hanoun kills three Americans
Three American security guards were killed and a fourth was injured when an explosive implanted on the roadside in Beit Hanoun town went off in a car procession carrying American diplomats. This was the first incident of its kind in the Palestinian territories since the eruption of the Palestinian Intifada.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/16/2003
Camel racing festival preperations in the Sultanate
A preliminary race of the camel racing festival for privately owned thoroughbred camels was held yesterday in throughout Oman, Oman's news agency ONA reported yesterday.
Oman, Local, 10/16/2003
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI has called for strengthening relations between Arab and African peoples, highlighting the "strong tradition of exchange between our peoples, in the field of trade as well as in cultural interaction." recalling Morocco's support in favor of canceling of debts owed to it by the least developed African countries and the preferential treatment granted them with regard to customs duty.
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Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara received at his residence in Kuala Lumpur today the Iraqi Peoples Rights Defense Committee chief, Munzer al -Dulaimi.
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A spokesman of the Syrian delegation to the Islamic Summit in Kuala Lumpur denied today news alleging that some Syrian individuals' infiltration to Iraq, saying these allegations are "fabricated and it is not the first time such allegations are circulated."
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Moroccan number one, Younes Al Aynaoui, qualified Wednesday to the third round of the Masters Series in Madrid.
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