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Syria's branch of the Human rights Arab organization
"The Human Rights Arab organization" announced on Saturday the inauguration of its 10th branch from Damascus calling for the "abrogation of emergency, the special laws and human rights violations."
Syria, Politics, 12/1/2003
Saudi King grants Shoura council new authorities
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz has offered a greater legislative role for the Shoura council in Saudi Arabia, at a time when the Kingdom is proceeding forward with political reforms demanded by Saudis and westerners.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/1/2003
Ibrahim fears end of democracy talk; Bakrey files lawsuit against him
The director of" Ibn Khaldoun center for developmental studies" Saad Eddin Ibrahim, attributed the escalated campaign against him to his calls to link American economic aid to Egypt and countries of the region to implemention of democratic reforms.
Egypt, Politics, 12/1/2003
Issam al-Zaem returns to Damascus today
Syrian former minister of industry, Issam al-Zaeem, returns today to Damascus, following more than two months of absence, and almost for the same period that his assets and those of his wife were frozen by the government.
Syria, Politics, 12/1/2003
Libya denies providing money to former Mauritanian President
A Libyan official source on Saturday denied his country to have had provided money to the former President of Mauritania Muhammad Khouna Weld Hedallah, who is being detained on charge of preparing for a coupe.
Libya-Mauritania, Politics, 12/1/2003
Sudan peace talks resume with removal of al-Atabani from his post
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir removed from the peace negotiations his advisor for peace affairs, Ghazi Salah Eddine al-Atbani, from his post "at his own request."
Sudan, Politics, 12/1/2003
Moussa boycotts Euromed meeting
The secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa has decided not to take part in the meeting of the EUROMED ( Euro-Mediterranean Partnership) meeting which will be held in Napoli on December 2 and 3 in protest of Italy's stand "which are biased to Israel."
Regional-Italy, Politics, 12/1/2003
Former Polisario minister denounces humanitarian aid embezzlement
Former health minister at the puppet Sahrawi republic, Abdallah Ghailani, who has recently come back to Morocco, denounced the embezzlement of humanitarian aid sent to the populations sequestered in Tindouf camps, stronghold of the Polisario in southwestern Algeria.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 12/1/2003
El Yazghi elected first secretary of USFP
Mohamed El Yazghi was elected Friday first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP/leftist), the major party in the government coalition, to succeed to Abderrahmane Youssoufi, who announced last month his decision to step down from the party's leadership that lasted nearly ten years.
Morocco, Politics, 12/1/2003
Palestinians and Israelis Sign a Model Peace Accord
IPC reported that "As the deadline for the signing of the most disputed document in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict draws nearer, many opposing sounds echoed through both the Israeli and Palestinian societies, and while the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat welcomed the accord only to encourage the efforts of peace, the Israeli government furiously rejected it and considered it a security error. The plan, dubbed The Geneva Accord in tribute to the funding and support of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, was negotiated over a period of two and a half years, between the Israeli leftist and Oslo architect Yossi Beilin and former Palestinian minister Yasser Abed Rabbo, and was unveiled in mid October."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/1/2003
Moroccan-Jewish community council raises funds to assist Palestinian hospitals
The Council of Jewish Community in Morocco will organize next December 2 a fund-raising gala in Madrid to raise funds for Palestinian hospitals.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 12/1/2003
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received on Sunday the US former Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East Affairs, Richard Murphy.
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The Egyptian opposition al-Wafd Party said yesterday it will boycott complementary legislative elections, due to be held on December 25th. It accused the ruling "Democratic National Party" of seeking to monopolize the parliament, seats which were evacuated in November, by the resignation of parliamentarians found to have had escaped military service.
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President of the United Arab Emirates UAE Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan apponted his son Sheikh Muhammad Bin Zayed as a deputy for the crown prince, and to assume the post of the crown prince when this post is empty.
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