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More than 1,000 Syrian intellectuals call for political reforms
The chairman of the committees in charge of defending democratic freedoms and human rights in Syria, Aktham Nueisah, said that more than 1020 Syrian intellectuals, writers and lawyers signed on Wednesday a petition demanding the authorities to make political reforms in Syria.
Syria, Politics, 2/6/2004
Kharazi in Beirut to discuss fate of missing Iranian diplomats
The Iranian foreign minister, Kamal Kharazi, arrived yesterday in Beirut accompanied by families of four Iranian diplomats missing since 1982, that Tehran thinks are being held in Israel.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 2/6/2004
Shalqam visits London on Monday, al-Tureiki attends a celebration in Washington
An American official in Washington said that the US Department Of State permitted the Libyan ambassador at the UN, Ali Abdul Salam al-Tureiki, to visit Washington to attend the national breakfast party yesterday in the most recent indication on the development of relations between the two countries
Libya-USA, Politics, 2/6/2004
Morocco, a leading country in managing-for-results development, Wolfensohn says
Head of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, on Thursday termed Morocco as a leading country in the field of managing-for-results development.
Morocco, Economics, 2/6/2004
Al-Seisatni survived as assassination attempt in al-Najaf
The office of the Shiite Clergy, Ayatullah Ali al-Seisatni, in al-Najaf announced that he survived an assassination attempt he was exposed to on Thursday. A security official in the office said that gunmen opened fire at Ayatullah al-Seisatni while he was greeting people in al-Najaf but he was not damaged.
Iraq, Politics, 2/6/2004
ICRC meets families of Moroccan prisoners held in Algeria
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in Geneva Thursday it has recently visited families of Moroccans held captive in Algeria to comfort them by giving them some of their relatives' whereabouts.
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 2/6/2004
Israel: 59% support the resumption of negotiations with Syria
Results of an opinion poll published by Tel Aviv university yesterday said that most of the Israelis support the resumption of peace talks with Damascus.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/6/2004
British Parliamentarians call for imposing sanctions on Israel
British parliamentarians announced yesterday that malnutrition in Gaza and the West Bank reached a worse situation similar to that in the countries of southern African desert because the Palestinian economy collapsed under the imposed restrictions by Israel. They called for imposing economic sanctions on Israel.
Israel-UK, Politics, 2/6/2004
Israel kill one Palestinian, detain 30; Palestinian police commander survives assassination
News reports in Palestine said that fire exchanged were heard from the headquarters of the Palestinian police in Gaza. A statement issued by the Palestinian ministry of the interior said an armed group entered the headquarters of the police in an attempt to assassinate the commander of the Palestinian police lt. Gen. Ghazi al-Jabali who survived the attempt.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/6/2004
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Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud on Thursday reviewed with Lebanese Information Minister, Michael Smaha, the plan put for the Lebanese foreign media and the coordination with Syria in this regard.
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President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday made a telephone call with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Talks tackled the issues which were discussed during the latest visit of President al-Assad to Turkey and the means to put the agreements between the two countries into effect, particularly the free-zone area.
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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday conferred with Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi and members of an accompanying delegation on the situation in the region and the bilateral relations.
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The Moroccan-Libyan high joint commission will hold here this Feb.7-8 February its 6th session in the presence of a Moroccan delegation comprising ministers and representatives of public and private enterprises.
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Officials said in Cairo yesterday that the Egyptian authorities closed the ports of Alexandria and al-Dkheila on the Mediterranean because of high waves.
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Morocco's receipts of foreign investments and private loans more than tripled in 2003 reaching around 21.8 billion dirhams (around US$ 2.5 billion), against 6.8 billions in 2002, the exchange office said.
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Remittances by Moroccans living abroad reached 34.06 billion DH (US$1=around 9 DH) by end of 2003, marking a 7.4% increase compared to 2002, when the amount of money transferred by expatriates was estimated at 31.71 billion DH.
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The Algerian security forces killed during a mopping up operation that has been ongoing since one week in the woods of Bumerdas to the east of the capital Algiers some 8 gunmen.
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