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Mubarak calls for honoring the Iraqis: The summit will set a strategy for reforms
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak yesterday called for "full guarantee of human rights in Iraq " and the return of " sovereignty and dignity" to the Iraqis in the date set on June 30.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/6/2004
Clashes re-erupted in Darfour
Sudanese security and military sources said that fighting erupted between the government forces and the rebels in Darfour district ( West Sudan) despite signing a cease- fire agreement in April, while a delegation representing the Arab League started a visit to the district to evaluate humanitarian needs.
Sudan, Politics, 5/6/2004
Dutch and German flexibility, the complex is with Britain, Partnership with Syria to be discussed on May 17
The issue of Syria's joining the list of countries which signed the Association Agreement AA with the European Union came back to the front of Inter- European discussions during the meeting of the foreign ministers council to be held on May 17 in Brussels.
Syria-European Union, Politics, 5/6/2004
GCC, Morocco to create FTZ
Moroccan foreign affairs minister, Mohamed Benaissa, said the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has approved Morocco's request to create a Free Trade Zone between the two sides.
Morocco-Gulf, Politics, 5/6/2004
Syria bans four Israeli ship and 9 companies
Syria has banned anchoring four ships from Greece, Denmark and Malta in its ports because of their dealing with the Israeli ports, and listed names of nine Israeli companies on the boycotting list, according to a statement by the Syrian ministry of the economy.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2004
Restructuring religious realm to guarantee development in healthy conditions, minister
The restructuring of the religious field is a global philosophy aiming at securing spiritual stability and achieving development in healthy conditions said Wednesday Moroccan minister of Habous and Islamic affairs, Toufiq Hjira.
Morocco, Politics, 5/6/2004
Bush deplores acts at Iraq prison, demands investigation
US President George W. Bush expressed his disgust with the reported practices in Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad and said that he has demanded a complete investigation into all allegations of improper conduct on the part of U.S. forces in Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/6/2004
Powell: I assure President Mubarak, Arab peoples situation in Iraq will improve after authority transfer
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said he is shocked at the violence and abuses committed by some American soldiers against the prisoners of Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/6/2004
A demonstration in Baqouba over changing the flag
Scores of Iraqis demonstrated yesterday over changing the Iraqi flag in Baqouba and they fired bullets in air.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2004
Israeli planes bombard south Lebanon
News reports in Lebanon said that the Israeli military planes bombarded three positions in south Lebanon in Zibqin town in Tyre's district in Shahin area and Beit Leif valley. All these area are situated outside Shebaa farms which are occupied by Israel.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2004
Palestinian legislative council recommends the resignation of Monetary authority chief
Following a voting yesterday, the Palestinian legislative council recommended the resignation of the chairman of the monetary authority ( the central bank ) Amin Haddad, criticizing his way in dealing with a stumbled private bank issue that falls under the control of the monetary authority in 1999, but Haddad said he does not intent to resign.
Palestine, Politics, 5/6/2004
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The chairman of the Yemeni side in the Yemen- Saudi committee for border demarcation, Abdullah al-Fadli, said that the joint committees which demarcate field borders between the two states have completed its missions and has only two border markers expected to be completed within the few coming days.
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President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday received Sudanese President's Political Advisor Qtbi al-Mahdi at the People's Palace who handed President al-Assad a massage from his Sudanese counterpart President Omar Hasan al-Bashir on the current negotiations in South Sudan, the situation in Iraq and in the occupied Palestinian territories, the forthcoming Arab Summit and the coordination between the two states in this regard.
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The US secretary of state Colin Powell loomed yesterday that the Jordanian King Abdullah II will get guarantees he wants on the Middle East peace process during his visit today to the White House. Powell said replying to a question on this issue "I think the King will be happy."
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The Libyan Arab Airlines will service, starting June, a weekly roundtrip flight between Casablanca and Benghazi (1,000 km east of Tripoli).
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Israel's defense minister Shaoul Mofaz refrained from disclosing any information relating to the exchange of prisoners deal with the Hizbullah party. During a tour he had made in Gaza, Mofaz said replying to a question on what is rumored by the media on the Israeli pilot Ron Arad " I think the recent deal finalized with Hizbullah made it possible to receive information about Ron much closer than any time before. Nevertheless, I find it is not appropriate to disclose any other information being there or not."
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