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Syria: some 12 organizations call for lifting the state of emergency
Some 12 political and cultural movements and of the civil society called on the Syrian authorities yesterday to lift the state of emergency, applied since the Baath party assumed power in 1963.
Syria, Politics, 3/11/2004
Libya signed the additional protocol, the IAAE welcomed it
The International Agency for Atomic Energy (IAAE) welcomed Libya's cooperation which announced on December 19 it will give up its program to produce mass destruction weapons.
Libya-USA, Politics, 3/11/2004
Baher al-Oloum: we will take part in the summit with a delegation at highest level
The President of the current rotating presidency of the governing rule in Iraq, Muhammad Baher al-Oloum, said yesterday that the council decided to take part in a delegation at highest level in the forthcoming Arab summit to be held in Tunisia on march 29 and 30.
Iraq, Politics, 3/11/2004
al-Ra'i: King Abdullah II and reforms in the Middle East
King Abdullah II of Jordan stressed that reform should be due to the will of the peoples and in accord with their circumstances and meet their aspirations, asserting that imposing reform by an outsider will not succeed.
Jordan-USA, Politics, 3/11/2004
First family visit-exchange operation ends
The first group of Moroccans sequestered in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) left this Wednesday morning the city of Laayoune, after having spent five days with the their relatives, part of the UNHCR family visit exchange program.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/11/2004
Syrian- Turkish lawyers cooperation
An official talks session between Syrian Bar Association chaired by its Chief Ahmad Edo and the Turkish Jurist Association in Istanbul chaired by its Chief Hussni Tuna was held on Wednesday. Edo stressed the importance of the meeting which deepens the fruitful cooperation between the jurists and lawyers in both countries.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 3/11/2004
Palestinian liberation front accuses US of assassinating Abu al-Abbas; calls for international investigation
The Palestine Liberation front has accused the USA of assassinating its secretary general, Muhammad Abbas ( Abu al-Abbas), who was announced dead on Tuesday in an American detention center in Iraq, while the PLO called for the formation of an "international investigation committee " to shedd light on conditions behind his death.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 3/11/2004
Six Palestinians killed, Egypt bridges views between Israelis, Palestinians
One Palestinian was killed yesterday by the Israeli forces when they opened fire at teenagers throwing stones at the soldiers to the south of Bethlehem, thereby the number of Palestinians killed yesterday increased to five.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/11/2004
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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud expressed hope that the forthcoming Arab Summit of Tunis will be an opportunity to unify the Arab stances and form a strategy in confrontation of the imminent developments on the Arab and international arenas.
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A phone call was held on Wednesday between Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara and his Saudi Counterpart Saud al-Faisal on the latest developments in the region and the topics on the agenda of the forthcoming Arab Summit to be held by the end of this month in Tunis.
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The Arab Parliamentary symposium on the parliamentarians' role in the negotiations of joining to the World Trade Organization ended its activities on Wednesday. The symposium recommended establishing the Arab Parliamentary Net of the Arab Trade organization in the frame of Arab Parliamentary union ( APU ).
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The National Democratic Party (NDP) is preoccupied with all inclusive reforms in Egypt, the Chairman of the NDP's Policies Secretariat, Gamal Mubarak, said on Wednesday.
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Syria's Information Minister Ahmad al-Hasan on Wednesday received "the Peace and Solidarity Association Delegation between the Iraqi people and the world's peoples" chaired by Samir al-Ateyah.
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"The Saudi Institute," a non- governmental organization concerned with defending human rights said yesterday that Saudi Arabia formed a governmental committee to consider the existence of likely hostile signals towards Christian and Jews in its learning curricula or at the official Internet websites.
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A group of associations representing Moroccan nationals living in Sweden called the Swedish government to bring their contribution to the international community's efforts to press on for "the immediate and unconditional release" of Moroccan prisoners of war held in the Polisario camps in southwestern Algeria.
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British State Minister for Middle East Affairs Baroness Simons on Wednesday stressed her country's commitment to move the peace process in the region forward.
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The Political Counselor of the Embassy of Russia, in Cairo said the two countries agreed in principle on a visit by President Hosni Mubarak to Russia soon.
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Belgium will be contributing in the building of at least 200 houses in the northeastern city of Al Hoceima for victims of the powerful earthquake that jolted last February 24 the northeastern region, killing 629 people.
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The number of tourists who visited Morocco in January 2004 reached 230,000, i.e. 45% more than in the same period of 2003, said the Moroccan tourism department.
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The sales of Moroccan coastal fisheries during the first 10 months of 2003 decreased by 10.9%, compared to the same period of 2002, authorities said.
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A quake, of a 4.9 magnitude on the Richter open-ended scale, was reported this Wednesday at 4:22 am (GMT and local time) in the same region devastated last Feb.24 by a powerful earthquake that killed 629 people, injured over 900 others and left thousands homeless.
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