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Hedallah's trial resumed following tension with the attorney
the Mauritanian authorities detained the university teacher Abdul Salaam Weld Harma over his participation in the "opposite direction" program of the Qatari al-Jazeera TV, broadcast last Tuesday on the subject of Iraq. Press sources said that Weld Harma was arrested upon his arrival back home.
Mauritania, Politics, 12/3/2003
Sudan: 47 persons killed in Darfour
Sudan's Liberation Movement, present in West Darfour, stressed yesterday that 47 civilians were killed and 37 wounded in raids by the government's planes against villages in the region.
Sudan, Politics, 12/3/2003
Al-Shara's letter to the UN security council: Israel mocks the UN, has no regard to international law
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara underlined yesterday that Israel doesn't care about the UN Security Council resolutions with regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Security Council resolutions are 37 in number, and the United Nations' General Assembly relevant resolutions are almost 600. All these resolutions are pending Israeli carelessness towards the international law.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/3/2003
Mubarak calls on Bush to maintain dialogue with Syria
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak called on his US peer President George W. Bush, in a telephone call yesterday, to maintain a dialogue with Syria in order to "preserve stability in the region and avoid further tension."
Egypt-USA, Politics, 12/3/2003
Zayed deplores the use of religion to justify terrorism
President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan condemned in a speech on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the UAE national day any attempt to use religion for justify terrorism.
United Arab Emirates-Regional, Politics, 12/3/2003
Yemen supports giving Iran the observer seat at the AL
An official at the Yemeni foreign ministry announced yesterday that Yemen welcomes Iran's request to participate in the Arab League as an observer member.
Yemen-Iran, Politics, 12/3/2003
Belgium hopes to see Sahara issue swiftly resolved
Belgian ambassador to Rabat, Cristina Funes Noppen, voiced on the fringes of a meeting held Monday with representatives of the civil society in Laayoun her country's hopes that the Sahara issue will be swiftly resolved.
Morocco-Belgium, Politics, 12/3/2003
Libya keeps silence over giving compensations to France
France announced yesterday that Libya vowed to pay compensations for the victims of the French UTA explosions over Niger in 1989 which claimed the lives of 170 persons. However, the two countries will not make sideline talks during the Tunis summit, held on Friday, which will be attended by five European states including France and north African states including Libya.
Libya-France, Politics, 12/3/2003
Mubarak, Burns discuss the situation in the Middle East
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak yesterday held talks with the US Middle East envoy William Burns that dealt with latest developments in the Palestinian territories and Iraq.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 12/3/2003
Jordan carried Palestinian ideas to Washington and proposal for dialogue between Bush, Khatami
The Jordanian King Abdullah II starts today a visit to the USA where he is expected to raise tomorrow with the US President George W. Bush the issue of making dialogue at the summit level between Tehran and Washington, in addition to debating certain Palestinian ideas on reviving negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
Jordan-USA, Politics, 12/3/2003
Asmaa al-Assad opens Environmental Education center of Talila Reserve
Syria's First Lady Asmaa al-Assad will mark tomorrow the inauguration of the Environmental Education Center of Talila Reserve in Palmyra. This pilot project is held in the course of to efforts to maintain range-land rehabilitation, and establishment of wildlife in the Syrian Badia. It is the fruit of close cooperation between Syria, the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Italian government.
Syria, Environment, 12/3/2003
Three Palestinians killed, legislative council convenes first session
Ezz Eddine al-Qassam group, the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, announced the death of two of its members in Ramullah in the West Bank, and called on its cells to target all the Israeli interests and objectives.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/3/2003
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives in Damascus today in a two-day official visit to Damascus for talks with President Bashar al-Assad and senior Syrian officials.
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Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid launched Monday the Saudi Arabian cultural days in Morocco that will include exhibitions, spectacles of the Saudi group of popular art and theater performances presented in several Moroccan cities from December 01 to 10.
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Chairman of the Syrian-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Association has expressed appreciation over Syria's stances towards the latest developments in Turkey.
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The Afro-Asian Organization has condemned the "state terrorism" that Israel is practicing against the Palestinian people and "its challenge to the international community and the international resolutions."
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Moroccan minister in charge of public sectors modernization, Najib Zerouali, met in Rabat Tuesday Congolese civil service minister, Gabriel Entcha-Eric, on means to develop bilateral cooperation in the field of administrative reform, standards of conduct for public officials and training.
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High Representative for European Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana on Tuesday described the Syrians statements on the resumption of peace talks as positive.
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The Moroccan government decided to cut customs rights on soft wheat from 90% to 55% as of December 08. The cut concerns imported wheat costing less than 1,000DH (around $100)/Ton.
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The Moroccan domestic airliner (RAM) received Monday a second Airbus A321 during a ceremony organized in the headquarters of the European group.
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Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid will give the departure signal from Tangier to the first cruising-race of classic yachts "Cap Royal," placed under the High patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
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