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Khartoum signs wealth-sharing agreement with the southern rebels
The Sudanese government and the southern rebels signed yesterday, at Kenya's resort of Nivasha, an agreement on wealth sharing in Sudan.
Sudan, Politics, 1/8/2004
Political parties and human rights activists welcome king's pardon to 33 convicts, including journalists
The pardon granted by Moroccan king Mohammed VI to a group of 33 convicts among whom seven journalists, including Ali Lamrabet, was widely welcomed by political parties, human rights activists and relatives of the concerned people.
Morocco, Politics, 1/8/2004
King Mohammed' speech on the occasion of the establishment of the Justice and Reconciliation Commission
Morocco's King Mohammed VI inaugurated this Wednesday at the Royal Palace of Agadir, "the Equity and Reconciliation Commission," part of the sovereign's concern to settle once and for all the issue of past human rights abuses.
Morocco, Politics, 1/8/2004
Al-Jazeera daily: Saudi Arabian women riding a car detained after exchange of fire with police
The Saudi Arabian security forces yesterday detained a Saudi girl, after they opened fire at her wile driving a car on Monday late night in Tabouk ,to the north of the Kingdom, where females are forbidden from driving a car.
Saudi Arabia, Local, 1/8/2004
Private Syria and the overseas Bank in Damascus
Syria's Minister of Finance, Mohammad al-Hussein, opened in Damascus Wednesday "Syria and Overseas Bank." The bank's capital amounts to S.P 1,500,000.
Syria, Business, 1/8/2004
O Yahya pleased over negotiations with Tansiqiyat al-Oroush
The Algerian prime minister Ahmad O Yahya, yesterday announced that negotiations between the government and the Berber delegation of Tansiqiyat al-Aroush, the largest family in al-Qabayel area, concluded on Tuesday without reaching a final agreement, but had resulted in "breaking the ice" between the two sides.
Algeria, Politics, 1/8/2004
Khaddam meets with Iraqi tribe delegation
Syria's Vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam on Wednesday met a delegation of the Iraqi tribe of al-Jabbour headed by Said Saud al-Humeidan.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/8/2004
Mubarak, De Villepin discuss the Iraqi, Palestinian files
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will discuss today with the French Foreign minister Dominique de Villepin latest developments in the Iraqi and Palestinian files, and the Egyptian efforts in this regard.
Egypt-France, Local, 1/8/2004
Israel violates the rights of Palestinian women prisoners
Palestinian women prisoners in the Israeli al-Ramla prison are being exposed to tough repressive acts, and live under very difficult humanitarian conditions, as they called on the Palestinian government and the Palestinian prisoner's rights group to help them bring their plight to the international community.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/8/2004
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Syria's Agriculture Minister Adel Safar conferred with Lebanese Prmie Minister Rafic Hariri on the outcomes of the Lebanese - Syrian Joint Agricultural Committee's meetings that concluded in Beirut yesterday. Safar said that the Committee discussed a number of issues related to facilitating the bilateral commercial exchange of the agrarian products, and establishing firm relations in the fields of agriculture.
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and his wife on Wednesday opened the Syrian Tourist Exhibition at the Opera House in Ankara.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul Wednesday stressed that the Syrian-Turkish relations are witnessing increasing progress and cooperation, adding that the problems which previously drove the two countries' relations apart were artificial, and are now replaced by friendship and cooperation.
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Director of the Iranian Airlines Bureau in Syria, Mohammad Riza Zadgan, underlined that Syria continues transporting human aid to Iran following the devastative earthquake that struck the Iranian city of Bam.
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