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Shura president: Oman commited to be a modern state
Oman's news agency reported that "Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali al Qatabi, President of Majlis A'shura has said all Omanis will celebrate the 33rd National Day anniversary, proud of the great achievements the Sultanate has so far secured, thanks to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said's leadership."
Oman, Politics, 11/14/2003
Somali groups sign peace agreement in Libya
The Libyan official news agency said that the chairman of the Somali provisional government Abdul Qasem Salat Hassan signed on Thursday in Tripoli a reconciliation agreement with several Somali opposition groups.
Somalia-Libya, Politics, 11/14/2003
Security legislation is smokescreen and has harmfull effects, UN human rights envoy says
she said security legislation and emergencies "are used as a smokescreen to allow dereliction from human rights obligations and persecution of defenders. These acts harm the genuine struggle to prevent and end terrorism."
Regional-UN, Politics, 11/14/2003
Turabi is permitted to travel to Doha
The Islamist Sudanese opposition member Hassan al-Turabi left Khartoum yesterday in a visit to Qatar, according to his family, just one month after the lifting of his home arrest that was imposed on him by the authorities.
Sudan-Qatar, Politics, 11/14/2003
Mauritania: Weld Mubarak forms the new government
In a statement, the Mauritania presidency announced that the prime minister Sagheir Wild Mubarak, who was re-appointed by President Mu'aweya Wild Taye' to form the government yesterday, formed a news government in which he kept several former ministers.
Mauritania, Politics, 11/14/2003
Morocco has strong political will to liberalize information sector, minister
Morocco's Minister of communication and spokesman for the government, Nabil Benabdellah, said there is a strong political will in Morocco to liberalize the information sector and reform the audiovisual one.
Morocco, Politics, 11/14/2003
Al-Baz: Syria opts for just and comprehensive peace
Egyptian President's Political Advisor, Osama al-Baz, has stressed that Syria opted just and comprehensive peace based on the international resolutions and "land for peace formula."
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 11/14/2003
Morocco committed to ban torture, says ambassador
"The fight against terrorism, however its legitimacy, cannot conceal Morocco's attachment to the basic principles of human rights," said the Moroccan ambassador
Morocco, Politics, 11/14/2003
Iraqi finance minister in Beirut to discuss the fate of assets
Iraq's finance minister Kamel al-Keilani arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday from Jordan on a visit to seek the release of the Iraqi assets held in Lebanese banks as the former Iraqi regime had deposited a sum estimated at 500 million dollars in three private Lebanese banks.
Lebanon-Iraq, Economics, 11/14/2003
The seperation wall annexes 250 hectares, Israeli forces expel Palestinians from West Bank to Gaza
The occupation forces yesterday started building a new part of the separation wall near Ramallah where it will annex some 250 hectares of Palestinian lands, while the Israeli army expelled during the past 24 hours Palestinians from the West Bank to Gaza.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 11/14/2003
Pertro Canada gets oil and gas rights in Syria
A contract on oil and gas excavation and production was signed in Damascus yesterday between Syrian Petroleum Company ( SPC ) and Canadian Pertro Canada Co.
Syria-Canada, Economics, 11/14/2003
Morocco expresses reservations about World Bank report on justice reform
The Moroccan government has expressed some reservations about a report of the World Bank on the assessment of the judicial and juridical system in the kingdom, saying it contains "observations and conclusions that do not reflect reality."
Morocco, Judicial, 11/14/2003
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Kuwait has extended an invitation to the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa to carry out an official visit to Kuwait, which will be his first since the war against Iraq and the tensions that prevailed relations between the two sides. The invitation is considered as a gesture for reconciliation between the two sides.
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Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrives in Damascus today in a three-day official visit to Syria to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad and senior officials.
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Chairman of the Moroccan human rights advisory council (CCDH), Omar Azziman, told a press conference Wednesday the justice and reconciliation commission -created on Nov.06 - will enable to close once and for all past cases of human rights violations.
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The Australian Parliamentary Delegation's Chief Sandi Macdonald has ruled out his country's acceptance on the so-called Syria Accountability Act approved by the US Senate indicating that the USA and Australia have different views.
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An official Saudi source announced commenting on what was quoted by certain mass media on a meeting to be held between Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz to open a dialogue between persons who were dragged and involved in terrorism as "baseless news," noting that "there is no intention to open a dialogue of any sort with the terrorists."
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In a statement, Canada's minister of the interior has added three Palestinian groups to its black list for banned terrorist organizations. These groups are the Palestinian Liberation Front, the People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine and the People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine - General Command.
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