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Saudi crown prince determined to press ahead with reforms
Saudi Arabia's crown prince yesterday gave a televised speech to the Saudis on the occasion of the end of the "second national meeting for intellectual dialogue," recently held in Mecca, and announced that the Kingdom "is pursuing a gradual reform policy, and will not permit any one to stand in the face of reforms."
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/15/2004
Saudi Arabia opposition members meet in London next week
Saudi Arabia opposition figures abroad will hold a press conference in the British capital, London, by the end of next week for one day under the title " the future of democracy in Saudi Arabia."
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/15/2004
Morocco and Egypt sign package of agreements; joint stock market rules
Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak and Morocco's King Mohammed VI and chaired yesterday the signing of a package of cooperation agreements, concluded at the end of the high joint commission.
Egypt-Morocco, Economics, 1/15/2004
Syrian- Lebanese premiers meet in Damascus on cooperation
Otari welcomed Hariri and an accompanying delegation pointing out that this visit aims at boosting the bilateral relations and realizing integration in domains of economy, trade, agriculture, industry transport, energy, gas, electricity, dams of water and many other domains.
Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 1/15/2004
Mahdi Akef elected as a Murshid for Muslim brothers in Egypt
The Ikhwan al-Muslimin (Muslim Brothers) group in Egypt elected Muhammad Mahdi Akef as a general Murshid (guide) for the group in succession of the Mamoun al-Hudeibi who died last Thursday.
Egypt, Politics, 1/15/2004
Abbasi Madani declares his initiative to solve the Algerian crisis today
The leader of the banned Islamic front for Salvation, Sheikh Abbasi Madani, said he will disclose today in the Qatari capital Doha his initiative which he had declared by the end of last year to solve the Algerian crisis that provides an "outlet" to put an end to the political conflict in Algeria.
Algeria, Politics, 1/15/2004
US acts of collective punishment in Iraq; Three killed in an explosion
Human Rights Watch criticized the American forces in Iraq and accused them of violating the Geneva agreements though demolishing houses of relatives of suspected persons or former officials in the regime of the toppled regime of Saddam Hussein. The organization also criticized the detention of persons who have no charges against them other than for being relatives to wanted persons, noting that Izzat Ibrahim's wife and daughter are still so far detained.
Iraq-USA, Military, 1/15/2004
OIC wants to participate in International Court of Justice deliberations on separation fence
The Jeddah-based organization of Islamic conference (OIC) has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to participate in deliberations over the separation fence being constructed by Israel in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-UN, Politics, 1/15/2004
Senators call for investigating Muslim charities
In what will clearly to tarnish broadly the image of Islamic charities and chill their activities and their contributors, the US Senate Finance Committee has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for its records on more than two-dozen Muslim charities and organizations as part of an investigation into possible links between nongovernmental organizations and terrorist financing networks.
Regional-USA, Politics, 1/15/2004
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Egyptian Ambassador to China Hossam EI-Din AI-Hefny said that the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Egypt on January 29 provides a chance to underline importance of opening the Chinese markets before the Egyptian exports, increasing the Chinese investments and the number of Chinese tourists in Egypt and boosting bilateral relations between the two countries.
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov Wednesday stressed that his countries' viewpoints were identical with that of Arab League's on the necessity of achieving a just and comprehensive solution to the Middle East issue according to UN resolutions.
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A delegation representing a group of associations for the defense of human rights in the Sahara informed Tuesday the cardinal of Seville (Spanish southern city), Carlos Amigo Vallejo, the highest religious authority in the city, on human rights violations in Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria.
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The Russian-Arab business council will hold its first meeting this January 24-25 in the Egyptian capital, the Russian foreign affairs ministry announced on Wednesday.
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The Arab Athletics Union's magazine "Al Batal Al Arabi" (the Arab Champ) picked Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj and Amina Ait Hammou as best Arab athletes of 2003. El Guerrouj has been named best world athlete for 2001, 2002 and 2003, holds the 1,500m world title and the 5,000m silver medal he won in the Paris international championship, the magazine recalls.
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Libya approved yesterday to be the 109th country to ratify the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The statement of the "preparatory committee of the NPT" came in Vienna after Libya's announcement in December 2003 to end all programs related to weapons of mass destruction. Libya also vowed to sign the additional protocol of the NPT.
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