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Kuwaiti government approves a decision permits women the right to voting
The Kuwaiti Cabinet on Sunday approved a draft bill provides for permitting women to vote and to be candidates in the parliamentary elections.
Kuwait, Politics, 5/17/2004
Scores of Muslim brotherhood leadership members detained in Egypt
News reports in Cairo said that the Egyptian security authorities detained 50 leading figures of the Muslim Brothers group in the Egyptian governorates of Alexandria, al-Daqihlia, al-Manofeyah and Cairo, in what was described as a new campaign against the group that covered also closure of the group's website on the Internet.
Egypt, Politics, 5/17/2004
Pope denounces violence in the Middle East, meeting with Lahoud
Pope John Paul II stressed the necessity of establishing just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
Lebanon-Vatican, Politics, 5/17/2004
Turkey cancels military contracts with Israel
Turkey on Friday decided to cancel about US $ 20 billion military contracts signed or which are being signed with all Israeli companies pertaining to buying and industrializing tanks, helicopters and spy planes.
Turkey-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2004
Yemeni President is the first absentee from Tunisia's summit
The Yemeni capital Sanaa said President Ali Abdullah Saleh will be absent from the Arab summit which will be held in Tunisia next week.
Yemen-Regional, Politics, 5/17/2004
Syrian Official Source at the Interior Ministry interviews Mezza Incident chief executor
An official source at the Syrian Ministry of Interior said Saturday in a statement to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) that the authorities concerned at the Interior Ministry ended their investigations into the criminal sabotage act which took place on the evening of 27 April in al-Mezza neighborhood, west of Damascus.
Syria, Politics, 5/17/2004
In conference on reform in Kuwait, Zeibari accuses Gulf states of encouraging violence in Iraq
The Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zeibari accused certain states in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) of interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq and encouraging violence in order to disseminate instability in the country.
Iraq-Gulf, Politics, 5/17/2004
Premier receives Istanbul stock market chairman
Syria's Premier Naji Otari on Sunday received the Chairman of Istanbul Stock Market Othman Bersen and vice-Chairman Huseyin Erkan in the presence of Turkish Ambassador in Damascus.
Syria-Turkey, Economics, 5/17/2004
Bombardment of Fatah quarters in Gaza; Five Palestinians killed in clashes
An Israeli bombardment targeted today Monday morning the headquarters of the Palestine national liberation movement ( Fatah) in Gaza. News reports said that the missiles fell at the headquarters which is situated in al-Zeitoun quarters near al-Omari mosque. He added that Israeli missiles targeted a sedan car and it was hit by shells. No information was given on the volume of the losses.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/17/2004
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said his country wants to enhance relations with Arab states, including Syria, expressing will to visit Damascus.
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Moroccan secretary of state in charge of youth, Mohamed El Gahs, voiced pride and satisfaction over the job Moroccans did to host the 2010 world cup of football, and the human and universal aspect of the Moroccan bid. El Gahs told MAP following the FIFA executive committee's decision to assign South Africa with hosting the competition that all Moroccans are proud of the quality of their bid, which was "well beyond the body's requirements."
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The British weekly " Sunday Mirror" said yesterday that the British prime minister Tony Blair and the US President George W. Bush are intending to visit Baghdad altogether.
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Morocco will dig at least 8 oil wells this year, with other prospecting to come during the coming years, said head of the national office of hydrocarbons and mining (ONHYM), Amina Benkhadra.
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