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Morocco donates foodstuffs to Mauritanian Children
According to official statistics, 35% of Mauritanian children suffer from malnutrition, which directly causes the death of 50% of the country's children.
Mauritania-Morocco, Culture, 12/18/2003
There is no tension between justice department and magistrates, minister
"The justice family is resolved to cut off tumors infecting it and make its reforming and moralization process a success," he said.
Morocco, Judicial, 12/18/2003
Human rights committee waits for Saudi consent to launching it
Two Saudi Arabian reforming activists announced in Bahrain yesterday that 53 of their activists colleagues and intellectuals, including 10 women, are waiting for the reply of the Saudi government to its request to annouce a Saudi national committee for human rights they had applied for nine months before.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/18/2003
Algerian fm: King Mohammed strongly committed to Maghreb edification
Morocco's King Mohammed VI is firmly committed to edification of the Maghreb Union (UMA) said Tuesday Algerian foreign minister, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, who conveyed the sovereign a message from President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 12/18/2003
Bahrain: clashes between the police and demonstrators on Martyr day
The police in Bahrain yesterday detained four demonstrators during a massive demonstration in Snibes quarters, near the capital al-Manama, called upon by "the national committee for the martyrs and victims of torture in Bahrain" to deplore previous human rights violations in the country.
Bahrain, Politics, 12/18/2003
Al-Assad wants good relations between Greece and Turkey; a region free of nuclear weapons
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and the Greek Prime Minister Constantinous Costa Simitis held a meeting attended by members of the Syrian delegation and the Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou, his Deputy and the Greek Ambassador to Syria.
Syria-Greece, Politics, 12/18/2003
Kuwait: Preliminary meetings for the Gulf summit
Participating delegations said that the 6 states will announce in Kuwait, which hosts the summit for the third time since the second Gulf war, their position regarding Iraq's request to join the GCC
Gulf-Kuwait, Politics, 12/18/2003
Damascus, Ankara sign security understanding memorandum
Turkish minister of the interior added "we have faced certain tension in the past in our bilateral relations, but this is behind us now. We now concentrate on the future."
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/18/2003
Sudanese security forces broke into al-Jazeera office in al-Khartoum
A Sudanese security and police force on Tuesday evening broke into the office of al-Jazeera TV station in Khartoum, giving no reasons for doing so.
Sudan, Politics, 12/18/2003
Rifaat al-Saeed chairman of the Egyptian coalition party
The general conference of the Egyptian Unionist Progressive National Coalition party yesterday announced that its secretary general, Rifaat al-Saeed, won the post of the chairman of the party in succession to Khaled Mohey Eddine.
Egypt, Politics, 12/18/2003
Maher: Talks with Eritrea's FM focus on boosting ties; Egypt to hep Eritrea - Ethiopia end problems
Maher said he got specific instructions from President Hosni Mubarak to expand the scope of relations with Eritrea.
Egypt-Eritrea, Politics, 12/18/2003
Israel kills tow Palestinians, an attack by Hamas
Palestinian medical sources announced that one Palestinian was killed today at dawn by the bullets of the Israeli soldiers, during an incursion operation in the old part of the city of Nablus to the north of the West Bank. The source said that Ala Eddine Dweibi ( 25 year old) who works for a bakery was hit by 15 bullets in the head, adding that another Palestinians was also hit by the occupation bullets.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/18/2003
Naguib Mafouz awarded kavafis International prize
The Greek government awarded Naguib Mahfouz kavafis International Award on the occasion of his 92th birthday anniversary. This award is named after the well -known Alexandrian Greek poet. It has been awarded only to the great international media men.
Egypt-Greece, Local, 12/18/2003
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The Yemeni Foreign Minister said the agreement on demarcation of Omani-Yemeni maritime borders signed last Sunday complements an earlier accord on common land borders, ONA reported.
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad refused to comment on the capture of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, considering that his country is not concerned with this matter.
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The Moroccan identity of the retrieved (Sahara) southern provinces, is irreversible, the National Council of war Veterans and former members of the liberation army has said, underlining that "no solution to the Sahara issue should be considered unless it respects Morocco's territorial unity and sovereignty over its southern territories."
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Moroccan speaker of the House of Representatives, Abdelouahed Radi, and Spanish foreign minister, Ana Maria Palacio, lauded, in Madrid Wednesday, the fresh spirit in the Moroccan-Spanish relations and the common resolve to create better conditions to enlarge the scope of bilateral cooperation.
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Morocco's inter-professional office of cereals and leguminous plants (ONICL) launched recently a bid for the importation of 110,000 Tons of soft wheat between January 25 and February 25, 2004.
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Police and customs at the port of Tangiers seized Tuesday during a joint operation some 615 kg of hashish that was hidden in a France-registered truck carrying industrial equipment.
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