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Seistani supported list advances the elections in Iraq
The Independent Higher Commission Of Elections in Iraq announced the completion of counting some 1.6 million voting cards and that the list which is sponsored by the religious clergy Ayatullah Ali al-Seisatni got 72% of these votes.
Iraq, Politics, 2/4/2005
Four were sentenced to life imprisonment over Mauritania coupe
Following two days of deliberations, the criminal court in Nouakchott on Thursday gave final sentences on 100 civilian and military men accused of being involved in two failed coupe attempts against the government of President Mu'aweya Wedl Seidi Ahmad al-Taye'.
Mauritania, Politics, 2/4/2005
Former detainee Skounti: we aspire to real democracy that fights corruption and guarantees equality
Ali Skounti said that he and his companions of fight aspire to "a real democracy that fights against corruption and guarantees equality."
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Mrs Merrou Hammi: 'We lived in suffering, only'
"We lived in suffering, only" said Mrs Merrou Hammi of the March 1973 events when her husband, Zayed Bassou, was arrested, telling of her hardships at the time, at a public hearing on past human rights violations held on Wednesday in the Southern town of Errachidia.
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Mohamed Ghacha describes his sufferings in the late 80s and early 90s
Mohamed Ghacha, one of the victims of past human rights abuses, reports the suffering and humiliation he and his family endured during his detention in the late 1980s.
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Former rights abuse victim relates his plight in several prisons
As part of Wednesday's public hearing session held in this central Moroccan city, Mohamed Fadili, related the sufferings of his painful journey through several detention centers in the Kingdom.
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Ben Khou: Tazmamart was an ordeal for a whole village
President of the Tazmamart Association for Culture and Development, Brahim Ben Khou, affirmed Wednesday that Tazmamart was not only a secret detention center, but also "an ordeal for the inhabitants of a whole village who have been besieged for several years."
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Former detainee Melkaoui: I was jailed 10 years because I loved my country
Former detainee, Alla Melkaoui, said Wednesday at the 4th session of hearings into past human rights violations (committed from 1956 to 1999), that he was condemned to ten years in jail because he loved his country and wished it would advance in terms of democracy and prosperity.
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Aicha Ouharfou: My sister died in a detention center
Former detainee, Aicha Ouharfou, gave Wednesday a moving testimony about her arrest, along with her family members, in Goulmima (southern-central Morocco) following the events of March 1973, deploring that her sister died in a secret detention center.
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Rkia Ahabou: I did not have means to cure my son who died because of torture
Rkia Ahabou, spouse of former detainee Said Boudrik, affirmed, here Wednesday that her son perished because she did not have the means to cure him from the wounds he was inflicted under torture.
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Former detainee Laaraj recounts atrocities he lived in detention centers
Former detainee, Addi Laaraj, described Wednesday at the 4th session of hearings into human rights violations committed from 1956 to 1999, his multiple arrests in the prisons of Goulmima, Fes, Corbis and Derb Moulay Cherif, and the atrocities he witnessed in those penitentiaries.
Morocco, Politics, 2/4/2005
Information Minister: Mu'allem mission in Lebanon has no link to UN resolution 1559
Syria's Information Minister Mehdi Dakhlallah on Thursday stressed that the recent visit of Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed al-Mu'alem to Lebanon had no relation to the coming report by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan of the UN Security Council regarding resolution no. 1559.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 2/4/2005
Junblat criticizes Damascus, Karami threatens opposers of the Syrian presence
The leader of the Lebanese democratic socialist party Walid Junblat has strongly criticized Syria and accused for the first time, in open, the pro Syria's Baath party in Lebanon of standing behind the assassination of his father Kamal Junblat in 1977.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 2/4/2005
Lebanese opposition intensified against Syria
The Lebanese opposition forces has been unifying their ranks against Syria demanding complete withdrawal of the Syrian forces and non- interference in the Lebanese internal affairs in implementation of UN Security Council resolutions.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 2/4/2005
Syria's ambassador rebuffs untrue image on Syria
Syria's ambassador to Britain rejected on Wednesday the image depicted by some Western and US media circles of Syria saying it has no basis in reality.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 2/4/2005
Iran's ambassador denies any interfering in Iraq
Iran's ambassador to Syria categorically denied on Wednesday talks about Tehran's interference in Iraq and said Iran is keen on Iraq's unity.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 2/4/2005
Italian opposition calls for withdrawal from Iraq
Italian opposition parties demanded once again on Thursday withdrawal of the Italian troops from Iraq, pointing out that the situation is still dangerous in spite of performing the Iraqi elections.
Iraq-Italy, Politics, 2/4/2005
Escalation of attacks in Iraq
Attacks renewed in Iraq eliminating thereby the state of optimism of decreased pace of attacks following the elections. Scores were killed or injured among members of the Iraqi army and police as a result of attacks targeting them.
Iraq, Military, 2/4/2005
Israel studies initiatives, rules out negotiations in Sharm al-Sheikh
The Israeli mini security council discussed on Thursday what is called the series of initiatives towards the Palestinians at a time when it ruled out negotiations with the Palestinians in Sharm al-Sheikh which will be held next Tuesday between the leaders of Israel, the Palestinian authority and Egypt in addition to Jordan.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/4/2005
Six Israeli soldiers injured by Palestinian attacks
Six Palestinian soldiers were injured on late Thursday evening in two separate attacks in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/4/2005
Oman: continued detention for 10 Islamists
Western citizens in Muscat yesterday announced that 10 Islamists are still detained by the Omani authorities accused of forming an organization aiming to destabilize the national security.
Oman, Politics, 2/4/2005
Israeli expectations for the return back of Jordan, Egypt ambassadors to Tel Aviv
Regional-Israel, Politics, 2/4/2005
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Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa called on Wednesday upon the United States of America to reconsider its policy against Syria through the adoption of understanding and dialogue language to solve pending issues.
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The Palestinian negotiations affairs minister Saeb Oreikat announced that the Palestinian and Israeli sides held on Thursday a security and political meeting in preparation for the forthcoming summit which will be held in addition to the Egyptian president by the King of Jordan Abdullah II, the chairman of the Palestinian authority Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Arab Jerusalem Newspaper on Thursday described President Bashar al-Assad's visit to Russia last month as historic, adding it was very important on the Arab and international levels.
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Syria's Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara reviewed on Wednesday with Cyprus Deputy Foreign Minister Sotos Zackheos latest development in the region mainly those related to the situation in Cyprus and bilateral relations.
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Arab Tourism conference called upon council of Arab Ministers for Tourism to boost the project of establishing an Arab financing fund for tourism investment as it urged Arab banks to give credit facilities to investors in tourism.
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The Sudanese authorities have attributed the fall of the Russian- made shipping plane ( elushion type) in al-Haj Youssef area to the north east of Khartoum to drastic shortage in fuels, according to lt. gen. Ibrahim Ismael, the director of air operations in the Sudanese air forces. The incident resulted in killing all members of the plane crew composed of seven persons: 6 Russians and one Sudanese working as a translator.
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