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Riyadh: administrative reasons behind banning woman from taking part in the elections
One official in the Saudi municipal elections said yesterday that there are administrative reasons behind a likely decision on banning women from taking part in the elections which were declared by the Saudi minister of the interior Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz in Kuwait on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/12/2004
Cairo; demands to end the state of emergency in preparation for reforms
Egyptian activists including heads of parties called for ending the state of emergency announced since 1981 in the country in preparation for vaster political reforms.
Egypt, Politics, 10/12/2004
EU lifts arms embargo against Libya
The foreign ministers of the European Union agreed yesterday in a meeting in Luxembourg unanimously to lift weapons selling embargo imposed on Libya.
Libya-European Union, Politics, 10/12/2004
Conference in Jordan to promote investment in the Arab states
Inter- Arab trade exchange are estimated at $ 40 billion, which represents 10% of the trade exchange of the Arab states.
Regional-Jordan, Economics, 10/12/2004
Shalom: peace with Syria is a strategic option
The Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom said yesterday that "peace with Syrian is a strategic option for Israel." He told the Israeli public radio; that peace with Syria "will also bring in peace with Lebanon, and this will eventually facilitate the negotiations with the Palestinians."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 10/12/2004
al-Jazeera: Sudanese opposition member fled abroad
News reports said that a prominent Islamic opposition member accused by the Sudanese security forces as the mastermind for the recent coupe attempt to topple the government had left the country.
Sudan, Politics, 10/12/2004
Al-Assad, Amir of Qatar meet on developments
Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, and his wife Sheikha Mouza Bint Nasser al-Musannad arrived in Damascus on Monday on a short visit to Syria.
Syria-Qatar, Politics, 10/12/2004
Algeria refuses any political settlement to the Moroccan Sahara issue, diplomat
Algeria refuses and hinders any political settlement to the Moroccan Sahara issue, Mohamed Bennouna, Moroccan permanent representative to the United Nations told the national radio on Sunday night.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/12/2004
Qathafi meets with an Italian-Jewish origin delegation
Libya's leader Muammar al-Qathafi received an Italian Jewish delegation to discuss the possibility of paying compensations for the Jews who went outside Libya following the Israeli attack of 1967. It is considered the first official meeting held in Libya with representatives for 6,000 Libyan Jews who left the country after 1967.
Libya-Italy, Politics, 10/12/2004
Al-Mahdi army starts handing over weapons
Al-Mahdi army which belongs to the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader started handing over its weapons in al-Sader city in the course of an agreement with the Iraqi government.
Iraq, Politics, 10/12/2004
Two American soldiers killed in Baghdad, one booby trapped car
The US army announced yesterday that two soldiers were killed while other five were injured as they were exposed to a missile attack to the south of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 10/12/2004
New Israeli attempt to assassinate Khaled Mashaal
Well-informed sources said that the Syrian security forces recently arrested four persons including one woman that admitted they were recruited by the Israeli Mossad to assassinate the chairman of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas).
Regional-Israel, Politics, 10/12/2004
Heinous crime by Israeli officer against 13 year old girl, fresh aggression
Israeli soldiers disclosed that an officer in the Zionist Army has sprayed the dead body of a l3-year old Palestinian girl, Iman Al-Hams.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/12/2004
Seven Palestinians killed; failed attempt to assassinate an al-Jihad leading figure
Four members of Saraya al-Quds ( al-Quds group), the military wing of the Jihad movement, were injured in an Israeli missile bombardment of a Palestinian house to the south of Rafah yesterday.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/12/2004
King chairs signing of Morocco-UAE agreement on Tangier-Mediterranean Free Zones
King Mohammed VI of Morocco chaired, Monday, the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement relating to operations and commercialisation of the Tangier-Mediterranean free zones between the Moroccan Tangier Mediterranean Special Agency (TMSA), and the Dubai-based economic operator "Jbel Ali Free Zone International" (JAFZI).
Morocco-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 10/12/2004
Maher Abdel Wahed: Taba inspections, witness questioning done
Egypt's Prosecutor General Maher Abdel Wahed said yesterday that prosecutors are done with questioning the eye witnesses and the injured in the Sinai explosions.
Egypt, Local, 10/12/2004
Study underway to transport oil from Sidi krir to Ain Sukhna
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi discussed on Monday with Abdullah Jum'ah, Chairman of Saudi Aramco, vistas for furthering cooperation between the two sides.
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 10/12/2004
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The National Council for Human Right NCHR delegation will inspect tomorrow the prisoners' conditions at the Prisons of Torah, Abu Zabel and Al-Khalifa to make sure that they are treated well according to the international criteria organizing the jails.
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco received, in Tangier Monday, Ali Abdessalam Triki, personal envoy of the Libyan leade Muammar al-Qathafi.
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Some 45 projects are to be carried out for developing and updating the higher education through six main axes by using new programs to cope with the world universities standards, said Amr Salama, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
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Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hilmi Guler underlined necessity of the realization of a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, pointing out to his country's insistence on helping the countries concerned to reach a settlement.
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The Israeli daily Yadhout Ahronout quoted Israeli sources' "strong denial " of a news broadcast by the Qatari al-Jazeera TV which said yesterday that the Syrian security forces recently arrested four Israeli intelligence ( Mossad) agents suspected to attempt to assassinate the chairman of the Hamas movement's political bureau Khaled Mashaal in Syria.
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