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Damascus releases 92 political prisoners
The Syrian authorities on Saturday released 92 political prisoners. A matter which raises the number of released prisoners since last Thursday to 122 persons.
Syria, Politics, 2/2/2004
Mubarak: Arab summit to be held in March in Tunisia, collective efforts are needed
the Egyptian President called for collective Arab efforts in order to achieve the supreme Arab interests. He added "if every one of us work just for himself, a positive result will not be attained."
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 2/2/2004
Yemen rejects Riyadh building of a wall on its borders
News reports in Sanaa said that Yemen notified Saudi Arabia its objection to build a separation wall along its borders in a way violates the border demarcation agreement between the two countries.
Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/2/2004
Al-Oroush links negotiations to approval of Amazigh as an official language
Tansiqeyat al-Oroush ( the largest tribes in Kbylie berber area) threatened to stop negotiations with the Algerian government and resume demonstrations if the latter ( the government) does not vow to use the Amazigh language as an official through other means excluding the referendum.
Algeria, Politics, 2/2/2004
Two Syrian villages awarded over improving living environment; preserving child rights issues
In two separate ceremonies held on January 19 and 20th in Ghassanieh village, in Aleppo governorate, and in Homret Ghannam village, in al-Raqqa governorate, respectively, awards were provided to two selected villages in the two governorates over their performance which excelled in improving their living environment.
Syria, Culture, 2/2/2004
Iranian- Sudanese transport cooperation
The Iranian minister of road and communications, Ahmad Jazam, has called for the need of developing cooperation relations between his country and Sudan in the area of air and sea transport and the railways.
Sudan-Iran, Economics, 2/2/2004
Lebanon returns back to Iraq millions of frozen dollars
Member of the Iraqi Governing Council, Muwafak al-Rube, said that Lebanon will give back a sum of 500 million dollars of the money deposited by the former regime in Iraq in the Lebanese banks before the invasion.
Lebanon-Iraq, Economics, 2/2/2004
Mubarak will not attend the economic summit in Iran
The Iranian foreign minister, Kamal Kharazi, said yesterday that President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt will not take part in an economic summit to which he was invited to attend by the end of February in Iran.
Egypt-Iran, Politics, 2/2/2004
Barazani commits to federation despite Irbil double bloody attacks
Chairman of the Kurdistani Democratic party, Masoud al-Barazani, said that he is clinging to demand a federal Iraq despite the suicide attack which targeted the headquarters of his party in Irbil to the north of Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 2/2/2004
Nasrullah: fate of remaining prisoners is still unknown
The Secretary General of Hizbullah Party in Lebanon Hassan Nasrullah said the resistance would do its best to determine the fate of the remaining prisoners, those missing and the remains of the martyrs whose whereabouts are still unknown.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/2/2004
Al-Khalij: Catholic Patriarch: Jerusalem Arab city and capital of faiths for Moslems and Christians
Patriarch Lutfi Laham of the Greek - Catholics in the occupied Palestinian lands urged for maintaining the Arab identity of the occupied city of Jerusalem and facing attempts to Judaize the sacred city.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/2/2004
al-Khaleej: Bshara stresses Syria's commitment to just peace
Palestinian Intellectual Azmi Bshara stressed Syria's commitment to her firm and national principles, asserting her honest desire for the realization of just and comprehensive peace in the region.
Palestine-Syria, Politics, 2/2/2004
Israel withdraws from Bethlehem, criticizes Annan
The Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the city of Bethlehem, the West Bank after hours from incurring its military vehicles in it for the second time in 24 hours.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/2/2004
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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has expressed appreciation for the historical achievement by the release of the captives freed from Israeli occupation's prisons, and the restoration of Lebanese "Martyrs" corpses.
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Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on Saturday received his Lebanese counterpart Jean Obeid. At the beginning of the meeting Shara extended his congratulation to Lebanon's government, people and resistance for the return of prisoners from jails of the Israeli occupation. Talk also dealt with the latest developments in the region and the bilateral relations between the two states.
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Iranian foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi highly appreciated the victories achieved by the Lebanese national resistance, the latest of which was the setting free of Arab prisoners from Israeli jails, stressing that resistance forced the Israeli invaders to withdraw from south Lebanon.
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The public treasury has incurred, as at Nov.2003 a loss of revenue of 2.1 billion DH (US$ 238.6 million) as a result of tariffs dismantling applied for European products, in accordance with the association agreement with the European Union.
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