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Saudis patition crown prince Abdullah for a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary elections
A group of 116 Saudi Arabian businessmen, intellectuals, university professors and scholars, leaders of civil societies and constitutional reforms announced a "national appeal for constitutional reform" to Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz dated December 16, 2003.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/19/2003
Moroccan court may set historic precedent on innocent till proven guilty concept
The defense pleaded for the temporary release on the basis of the assumption that anyone shall be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Morocco, Judicial, 12/19/2003
Sudanese authorities close al-Jazeera office in Khartoum
The Sudanese authorities decided to close al-Jazeera office in Khartoum giving no justification for this decision. The Sudanese security forces also detained the director of the office Islam Saleh.
Sudan-Regional, Politics, 12/19/2003
Mauritania accuses Libya of financing Weld Hedallah coupe
The Mauritanian security officially accused the Libyan intelligence officially of financing an alleged plan to topple the ruling regime in Mauritania. A statement by the judicial police said on Wednesday that the former President Muhammad Khouna Weld Hedallah received from Libya a sum of more 900,000 dollars in two shifts before the elections which took place on November.
Mauritania-Libya, Politics, 12/19/2003
Al-Baath: Weldheim's worried over the situation in ME
UN former Secretary General Kurt Weldheim said that he is deeply worried over the conflict between "the logic of force" and the "power of logic" prevailing nowadays, asserting that the world is becoming less tolerant but more arrogant and stubborn.
Regional-Austria, Politics, 12/19/2003
Iraqi court releases al-Jazeera photographer
The investigation court of the Iraqi criminal central court sentenced the release of al-Jazeera photographer in Baqouba, Salah Hassan, because evidence against him was insufficient.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 12/19/2003
Al-Fayez A summer fog disturbs relations with Syria
The Jordanian prime minister Faisal al-Fayez said that there are several matters that interfere with the relations between his country and Syria, but he stressed that all these are just "a summer fog."
Jordan-Syria, Politics, 12/19/2003
British Foreign office highlights relations with Syria
British Foreign Ministry Spokesman described on Thursday the relation between Britain and Syria as good and based on a serious and constructive dialogue.
Syria-UK, Politics, 12/19/2003
Saddam Hussein portait as begging to meet with Chalabi
The Iraqis yesterday hurried to buy al-Mu'tamar (the conference) paper, mouthpiece of the Iraqi National Congress led by Ahmed Chalabi, in which the paper frontpaged his picture with the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein with a title saying "Saddam begs his jailors to meet with Chalabi."
Iraq, Politics, 12/19/2003
Five Iraqis, American soldiers killed, revenge assassination raises fears of sectarianism
The American occupation army in Iraq considered that number of attacks against the Iraqi policeto have increased in December while the level of the occupation forces remains the same.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/19/2003
Maher confers with Israeli opposition member
The secretary general of the Israeli Labor party Ofeir Benis said, after talks he had held with the Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Maher, that the evacuation of main Jewish settlements in Gaza should take place in the context of "unilateral measures" in the interest of the Israeli and Palestinian sides.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 12/19/2003
New Israeli incursion in Nablus, five Palestinians killed by occupation bullets
The Israeli forces incurred yesterday at dawn in the city of Nablus, where aggression and breaking in operations were carried out, and resulted in killing five Palestinians, while nine Palestinians were detained in a campaign of arrest that covered various areas in the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/19/2003
Indian folk art exhibition opens at indian cultural center in damascus
The Madhubani painting, also known as Mithaila Painting, is traditionally a woman's ritual art composed of geometrical forms and magico-religious symbols which are part of rich folk art tradition of India, and handed down through generations from mother to daughter.
Syria-India, Culture, 12/19/2003
U.S. calls for creation of global natural gas industry
despite higher prices gas is expected to become the fastest growing component of world energy consumption in the next two decades
Regional-USA, Economics, 12/19/2003
Text: U.S. to Fund "Redirection Training" for Former WMD Scientists in Iraq
The State Department December 18 announced a 2-year program to support the peaceful, civilian employment of Iraqi scientists, technicians and engineers formerly working on weapons of mass destruction programs and to discourage emigration of this community from Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/19/2003
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The Arab interior ministers council will discuss during its 21st round, due to be held in Tunisia in January, a number of important issues, mainly corruption, human trafficking and organised crime.
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Syria's Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otari received on Thursday Arab Ministers of Higher Education and chiefs of the cultural and educational delegations and organizations participants at the 9th Arab Higher Education and Scientific Research Conference being held in Damascus where he stressed the importance of Arab joint action in sphere of higher education and scientific research and its.
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Iraqi foreign affairs minister, Hoshiar Muhammad Zibari, arrived, in Marrakesh Thursday, to take part in the high level conference of the G-77 and China on South-South cooperation.
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Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, second deputy-president of the Saudi ministers council and defense and aviation minister arrived Wednesday in Agadir (southern Atlantic city) on a private visit to Morocco.
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Syria's Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass received in Damascus on Thursday Austrian counterpart, Ghunter Plater and an accompanying delegation.
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Syria's Expatriates Minister, Buthaina Shaaban on Thursday received delegations representing the Arab and Syrian expatriates in New York and New Jersey. Later, Shaaban met with archbishop of the Rome Orthodox in New-Jersey, Philip Saliba.
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Nearly one million Moroccans will benefit of the lessons provided part of the anti-illiteracy campaign during the school year 2003-2004, Moroccan secretary of state in charge of literacy and non-formal education, Nejma Ghozali Tay Tay said in Tetuan Wednesday.
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Moroccan health minister, Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, probed, in Rabat Wednesday, with a delegation of the World Bank (WB) a new project on micronutrients, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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The Moroccan human rights minister has deplored the non ratification by some rich countries of the International Convention on migrant workers rights, who were keen to adhere to other "less important" conventions.
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The creation of a preferential trade zone between member countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) topped the 20th ordinary meeting of the Islamic Trade Development Center that wound up in Casablanca Thursday.
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