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Saudi Arabia expels the Libyan ambassador following accusations of crown prince assassination attempt
Saudi Arabia yesterday withdrew its ambassador from Libya and simultaneously expelled the Libyan ambassador in Riyadh after it accused Tripoli of involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, according to the Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal.
Saudi Arabia-Libya, Politics, 12/23/2004
Libya regrets the Saudi diplomatic measures against it
Libya has expressed its strong regret over the decision taken by Saudi Arabia to withdraw its ambassador from Tripoli and expel the Libyan ambassador form the kingdom on the background of accusing Tripoli of involvement in the conspiracy of assassinating the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz.
Libya-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/23/2004
Syria, Turkey sign Free-Trade-Zone Agreement
Syria's Premier Naji Otari on Wednesday announced that Syria and Turkey inked the Free-Trade-Zone Accord between Syria and Turkey and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan depicted it as a "good start for the two countries."
Syria-Turkey, Economics, 12/23/2004
Syrian, Turkish premiers meet with businessmen and investors
Syria's Prime Minister Naji Otari on Wednesday asserted that common ties between Syria and Turkey in various fields constitute a drive for enhancing cooperation and rapprochement between them.
Syria-Turkey, Economics, 12/23/2004
President al-Assad, Premier Erdogan-toured Damascus Historical Sites
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his spouce on Wednesday evening accompanied Turkish Premier and his spouce on a tour of Damascus historical and archeological sites.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/23/2004
Turkish Ambassador highlights Syrian-Turkish Relations
Turkish Ambassador to Syria, Khaled Cevik has stressed the remarkable development that the Syrian-Turkish relations witnessed lately and after signing Adana agreement on 25 October 1998, saying Syria and Turkey are focusing on developing cooperation between both sides in all domains.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/23/2004
After American and Egyptian obstacles, the Arab development report issued in the names of its authors
It is expected that the human development report in the Arab states will be published by the end of January 2005 under the names of researchers who supervised its composition, rather under the name of the United Nations Development Program UNDP which financed it.
Regional, Politics, 12/23/2004
Mauritania: Saleh Hanina admit coupe attempt of Weld Taye'
The master mind of three coupe attempts in Mauritania in June 2003, August and September 2004, officer Saleh Weld Hanina, admitted his involvement in these attempts while he was before the criminal court in Wad al-Naqa to the east of Nouakchott yesterday.
Mauritania, Politics, 12/23/2004
Pope Shenouda ends his isolation
Pope of Alexandria Shenouda III returned back to Cairo yesterday ending a "seclusion" he had started on December 8th demanding the solution of problems relating to Copts and releasing young men detained by the police.
Egypt, Politics, 12/23/2004
Victims of Human rights deliver poignant testimonies of sufferings
The first testimony was made by Fatma A•t Ettajer whose son Hassan Semlali was detained in 1974 among the Serfati group. The woman, aged over 70, recounted how families of victims of arbitrary detention have experienced a moral and material plight, after their sons and daughters were kidnapped and transferred from one detention center to another.
Morocco, Politics, 12/23/2004
Hearings of HR abuses victims: Morocco starts unique experience in Arab-Islamic world
On his part president of the human rights documentation center, Habib Belkouch, said he was deeply moved by "the historic moment," stressing that the unique way in which the issue of human rights is addressed in Morocco is an evidence to a political will to move forward in the democratic construction.
Morocco, Politics, 12/23/2004
ICTJ welcomes start of public hearings for victims of human rights abuses in Morocco
The IER is the first truth commission to be established in the Middle East and North Africa region and the public hearings will provide victims with the "opportunity -- unprecedented in the region --to tell their stories before an official body," said the New York-based ICTJ in a release
Morocco, Politics, 12/23/2004
Seven Iraqis killed, Washington investigates Musil attack
The governor of Musil, in the north of Iraq, announced the closure of the five bridges on the Tigris which link the two parts of the city, following the explosion which targeted the food hall in an American base in the city and resulted in killing and wounding scores, most of them Americans.
Iraq-USA, Military, 12/23/2004
Continued attacks in Iraq
During the few past hours, attacks and explosions continued in various parts of Iraq. News reports quoted medical sources in Abu Ghreib area hospital to the west of Baghdad that five Iraqis from one family were killed and other two injured in this area when the car they were riding ran over an explosive that was implanted on an agricultural land.
Iraq, Military, 12/23/2004
Big celebration in France over the release of the two kidnapped journalists
The two French journalists Christian Shino and George Malbrono on Wednesday arrived in their country amid large celebrations after a detention crisis in Iraq lasted for 4 months.
Iraq-France, Politics, 12/23/2004
Blair to Sharon: Syria takes part in the operations against us in Iraq
The British prime minister Tony Blair said before his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon in occupied Jerusalem yesterday that Syria is working against the occupation forces in Iraq "and directly takes part in the operations against us."
Syria-UK, Politics, 12/23/2004
Blair visits the Palestinian territories
The British prime minister Tony Blair continued his tour in the Palestinian territories after his meeting with the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.
Palestine-UK, Politics, 12/23/2004
Fahmi: Technology boosts crude oil, output increase
Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi said yesterday that oil and petrochemical industries depend highly on hi-tech and the technological applications that could boost output of oil and natural gas.
Egypt, Economics, 12/23/2004
Madrid attacks: Moroccan charged with 191 murders
A Spanish judge ordered on Tuesday night that Moroccan national, Hassan El Haski, arrested last Friday in the Canary Islands, be put under provisional detention for suspicion of participating in last March's terrorist attacks in Madrid.
Morocco-Spain, Local, 12/23/2004
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As for reports on a plan to divide Iraq, he said there are fears that Iraq would be ruled by political religion, asserting that. Iraq's Arabism should be protected as it comprises the Shiites and the Sunnis, Jordan's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul -Gheit said in Egypt.
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The "Right of Return and Rejection of Settling the Palestinians Meeting" held in Beirut condemned the U.S. President's pledges to Israel's Ariel Sharon to annul the Palestinian people "right of return" home.
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Iraqi Interim prime minister Eyad Allawi paid yesterday a short visit to Amman during which he met with the Jordanian King Abdullah II. One official at the Jordanian Royal court said that Allawi and Andullah will discuss the issue of the forthcoming elections in Iraq on January 30th, 2005.
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British writer and analyst David Herst has said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is a real block on the way for peace between the Palestinians and Israel.
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