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Reforms forefront works of the economic forum in Jordan today
The Jordanian King Abdullah II opens today works of the World Economic Forum, which will continue until Monday. The Jordanian king and the US secretary of state Colin Powell will be among the 1200 prominent figures, taking part in the forum which will be held amid tightened security measures.
Regional-Jordan, Politics, 5/15/2004
Spain's FM stresses al-Assad's forthcoming visit to Spain
Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos has stressed the importance of President Bashar al-Assad's forthcoming visit to Spain scheduled to start at the beginning of next June in response to an invitation of the new Spanish government.
Syria-Spain, Politics, 5/15/2004
Libya denies targeting Syria in its decision: a country threatened to be crashed by Israel
Libya refuted yesterday the US under secretary of state for disarmament John Bolton who considered that its decision to halt purchase of weapons from " any country considered a source for the dissemination of weapons of mass destruction," to be targeting Syria, Iran and southern Korea and stressed that " Libya can not assess that Syria has a weapons of mass destruction because Syria is a peaceful country
Libya-Syria, Politics, 5/15/2004
Syria, Iran for boosting industrial cooperation
Syria and Iran on Thursday agreed to launch two joint industrial projects in Syria the first is to establish car manufacturing near Damascus and the second is to produce glass.
Syria-Iran, Economics, 5/15/2004
Ethiopian speaker regrets Morocco's noticeable absence from African Union
Speaker of the Ethiopian parliament, Dawit Yohannes, who is currently visiting Morocco, deplored Friday the kingdom's "noticeable absence from the African Union."
Morocco-Ethiopia, Politics, 5/15/2004
Sit-in in Rabat to protest abuses against Iraqi prisoners
The Group of National Action to Support the Struggle of the Palestinian and Iraqi peoples staged on Thursday a sit-in before the UN representation in Rabat to protest US soldiers abuses against Iraqi prisoners.
Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 5/15/2004
Iraqi resistance prepares for suicide operations, Iran warns against violating red lines
The American tanks, supported by planes, yesterday bombarded into al-Najaf in one of its deepest incursion into the holy city and launched fierce fighting with Iraqi resistance men that lasted for hours during which the dome of Imam Ali tomb was hit by the occupation fire in a step raising the rage of the Shiite in Iraq whose leaders called for revenge and carrying out " martyrdom " operation against the occupation forces.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/15/2004
Britain: Daily Mirror chief editor quitted
Chief editor of the British daily Daily Mirror submitted his resignation yesterday over disclosing that the pictures published by the paper showing British soldiers mistreating Iraqi detainees are fake, according to the paper.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 5/15/2004
Powell holds the military leadership responsible for Abu Ghreib scandal
The US secretary of State Colin Powell announced that the abuse operations against the Iraqi prisoners at the hands of the American occupation forces is a result of what he called a violation in the military leadership. But he explained that this does not means the US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has to resign.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/15/2004
Occupation forces destroy Rafah to expand Philadelphia axis
Four Israeli soldiers were killed and other 4 injured during the Palestinian resistance men confrontation of the Israeli occupation army which yesterday for the third running day continued mopping up Rafah area in Gaza in search of the remains of the five Israeli soldiers were killed on Wednesday and the area was totally leveled as more than 20 houses were demolished and the Israeli forces are preparing to destroy more in the course of a decision to expand Philadelphia border axis.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/15/2004
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Commander of Lebanese Army, General, Michael Suleiman has stressed the deep-rooted Syrian-Lebanese fraternal ties. In a speech delivered on his behalf by Brigadier Sharbel Barek at a ceremony marking the graduation of a batch of the army recruits, Sulieman underlined that his country' steadfastness is due to its deep belief in cooperation of the Syrian and Lebanese armies in the framework of the strong fraternal ties.
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The Bush Administration has emphasized its "outrage and disgust" at the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by "some" US soldiers, promising to "punish" those responsible of these acts that "severely damaged the image of America" throughout the world.
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The US assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs on Thursday praised the reforms carried out by Morocco in the political, social and economic fields, terming them courageous and wise.
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An opinion poll issued by the Israeli Yediot Ahronot yesterday showed the increased number in the Israeli society who support withdrawal from Gaza, with the rate reaching 71% in comparison with the 62% in an earlier opinion poll held on May 4th.
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The Israeli general consul in Istanbul, Ameera Arnon, announced that Turkey will start later this year shipping amounts of water to Israel, according to an agreement finalized between the two sides in March.
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