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Saudi Arabia: partial Shoura council elections within three years
Saudi Arabia is proceeding to a political openness seen through the announcement to organize partial municipal elections by the end of 2004; expected to be followed by partial legislative elections; two years after that.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/20/2003
Aleppo: some 200 defendant lawyers for 14 persons were brought for military court
Syrian businessman from Aleppo, Sameer Nashar, announced yesterday that more than 200 lawyers from various parts of Syria signed a petition in which they expressed their readiness to take part in a defending commission for 14 civil activists who were brought before the military court under the charge of being members in a secret society and provoking conflict and sedition within the nation.
Syria, Politics, 10/20/2003
Arab Human development report 2003: building Knowledge society
Arab states need to close a "growing knowledge gap" by investing heavily in education and promoting open intellectual inquiry, say the authors of the second Arab Human Development Report, published by the United National Development program on October 20.
Regional, Politics, 10/20/2003
Women activists praise deep reforms in family law
A Moroccan association grouping women activists from the main political parties hailed the reform proposals made last week by King Mohammed VI as "deep" reforms that "meet legitimate aspirations of Moroccan women and constraints of social evolution and democratic construction while being in total harmony with the Sharia (Islamic law)."
Morocco, Politics, 10/20/2003
Syria - Spain economic relations highlighted
Spain is one of the powerful European economies as its economy represents about 6.4 percent of Europe's GNP. It is also the 10th largest economy in the world in terms of GNP.
Syria-Spain, Politics, 10/20/2003
Chirac reiterates support to Morocco's king over Sahara issue
French president Jacques Chirac has reiterated his support to Moroccan King's efforts to reach a "realistic and lasting solution" to the Sahara dispute, in a message to the monarch at the end of his three-day state visit to Morocco last week.
Morocco-France, Politics, 10/20/2003
Seminar urges Arab states to implement humanitarian law
A regional seminar of Arab experts in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) has urged all Arab states, that haven't yet done so, to set up national structures in charge of implementing the IHL (Geneva Convention).
Regional, Politics, 10/20/2003
Otari meets Chinese envoy to Middle East
Otri stressed the deep-rooted Syrian-Chinese relations and the necessity for boosting them to the interest of both countries.
Syria-China, Politics, 10/20/2003
Iran voices support to Syria
The Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Hamid Rida Asifi on Sunday condemned the socalled Syria Accountability Act legislation passed by the U.S. Congress, saying "such measures (efforts) are not new and represent continued unilateral, illogical American policies rejected by the international society."
Syria-Iran, Politics, 10/20/2003
Demonstration backs Syria in Egypt
Scores of thousands of Egyptian students demonstrated at Al-Azhar University in Cairo yesterday protesting the so-called US Congressional Syria Accountability Act legislation and condemned the latest Israeli aggression against Syria.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 10/20/2003
Turkey: sending troops to Iraq depends on Iraqi people's desire
Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey was not and is still not encouraged to send troops to Iraq, and that the Turkish army will not go to any place it is not wanted or desired. This was in reply to the call made by Washington to wait concerning the issue of sending Turkish forces to Iraq.
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 10/20/2003
Israel kills three palestinians, children wounded
"Israeli military helicopters bombed Gaza City for the second time in three hours, targeting a Palestinian pickup truck in a crowded street," the Palestinian IPC news agency reported today.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/20/2003
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At the invitation of President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, the King of Spain, Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia arrived in Damascus on Sunday in an official visit to Syria.
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