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Kuwait licenses a judicial society, releases detainees
The Kuwaiti government has agreed to give the first license of the first society defending human rights in the country.
Kuwait, Politics, 8/25/2004

Shalan gives al-Mahdi army hours for surrendering
Iraq's minister of defense Hazim Shalan extended a final warning to the fighters of al-Mahdi army demanding their surrender within hours.
Iraq, Politics, 8/25/2004

American forces build up near Imam Ali shrine
News reports coming from Najaf said that the city will witness in the coming hours a great attack to be jointly conducted by the American and Iraqi forces against the fighters of al-Mahdi army in Najaf.
Iraq-USA, Military, 8/25/2004

Sanaa: news on killing al-Houthi and scores of soldiers
Clashes erupted in the Yemeni Marran mountains while unconfirmed news said that Sheikh Bader Eddine al-Houthi was killed, but the attack of the government forces continued despite killing of scores of Yemeni soldiers in an ambush by al-Houthi followers.
Yemen, Politics, 8/25/2004

Darfur rebels refuse negotiations program
Peace negotiations in Darfur, currently held in Abuja faced a new bottleneck in its second day when the rebels rejected the agenda proposed by the African Union which patrons the talks.
Sudan, Politics, 8/25/2004

Straw visits Darfur: al-Khartoum achieves a progress
The British foreign office secretary Jack Straw who visited Darfur yesterday said that the Sudanese government seeks to meet the UN demands in order to end the conflict, but more demands are requested. Straw said this during his visit to Abu Shouk camp for refugees in northern Darfur.
Sudan-UK, Politics, 8/25/2004

Rashid calls for boosting Egyptian-Sudanese industries like sugar, cooking oil
Egypt's Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Rashid Mohamed Rashid said that he is eager to bolster Egyptian-,Sudanese industrial cooperation and encourage investors to establish mutual industrial projects.
Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 8/25/2004

King Mohammed VI chairs children and youth ceremony
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, chaired this Tuesday at the sports compound of Ifrane (Middle Atlas Mountains) the national "youth and childhood" ceremony that crowns the "2004 holidays for all" national program.
Morocco, Culture, 8/25/2004

US authorities arrest one Hamas official
American judicial sources announced that the authorities arrested on Friday a persons it had described as a senior official in the Hamas movement who was photographing Chesapeake bridge in Maryland.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 8/25/2004

Ghandi grandson deplores Racial Separation Wall
Grandson of Indian Late Great Leader, Mahatma Ghandi, on Tuesday condemned the racial separation wall that Israel is building in the West Bank, describing it as "an absolute evil."
Palestine-India, Politics, 8/25/2004

Occupation army invades Nablus, detains leader of al-Aqsa group
The Israeli occupation army yesterday renewed its invasion of Nablus city to the north of the West Bank and imposed curfew, while the Israeli military vehicles were deployed intensively in several areas of the city.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/25/2004


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Short Takes:
Arab League's Assistant Secretary General Ahmad Bin Hali said that the AL's Council on the level of the Permanent Representatives will hold Wednesday a meeting to discuss the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian lands in light of the current hunger-strike by the Palestinian detainees in the Israeli jails. Go

Egypt's Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohiel Eddine announced yesterday that Egypt has agreed to contribute with 10 % to the capital of the White Nile Sugar Factory in Sudan, through the Egyptian Sugar and Integrated Industries Company. Go

President Hosni Mubarak will review soon the governments' program on improving the basic commodities subsidy and assuring that those who deserve it, get their needs of subsidized goods. Go

Deputy Chairman of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Ahmad Kamal Abu al-Majd, called on the U.S. to shoulder its responsibilities as a main sponsor to the peace process in the region through acting seriously and efficiently to compel Israel to stop its aggressive practices against the Palestinian people and to commit itself to the international resolutions. Go

"The American Human rights advocate, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and his accompanying delegation arrived in Tripoli international airport Monday night, in a visit to Libyan children infected with HIV virus, when they were taking their vaccination rounds at Benghazi pediatric hospital," JANA reported yesterday. Go

Egypt and China agreed yesterday to set up a joint company to dig and repair oil wells, said Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy following his meeting with a Chinese delegation led by Minister of Land & Natural Resources. Go


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