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Lahoud offers condolences on Hariri demise
The Lebanese President Emile Lhoud on Friday visited the house of the late former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri where he offered condolences to his two sons. This was after he did not attend the Hariri funeral.
Lebanon, Politics, 2/19/2005
Lebanon searches for 6 suspects who left for Australia
Lebanon said it is searching for 6 persons that left for Australia from Beirut airport just hours after the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri in the downtown of Beirut, leaving trace of TNT explosives on their seats in the plane.
Lebanon, Politics, 2/19/2005
Lebanon rejects international investigation of the Hariri assassination
The Lebanese prime minister Omar Karami on Friday renewed his government's rejection to opening an international investigation to the Hariri assassination.
Lebanon, Politics, 2/19/2005
Continued moves of the Lebanese opposition
The reaction of the Lebanese government to appoint a new minister of tourism came after the announcement of the Lebanese opposition on Friday in its meeting following the assassination of Hariri the launching of what it called "the peaceful and democratic uprising for independence," in reaction to the "criminal policy conducted by the Syrian and Lebanese authority."
Lebanon, Politics, 2/19/2005
Lebanese officials reaction to assassination crime
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss on Friday voiced great regret over some Lebanese to exploit the assassination of ex-prime Minister Rafic Hariri to serve flagrant political purposes.
Lebanon, Politics, 2/19/2005
Qaresli and Hariri's assassination
German MP Jamal al-Qaresli stressed Friday that all evidences indicate that there are international powers, which hate Lebanon, and are involved in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.
Lebanon-Germany, Politics, 2/19/2005
Bakradoni calls for a national conference
Head of Lebanese al-Katayeb Party, Karim Bakradoni, stressed Friday that the late Lebanese ex-Prime Minister Rafic Hariri was always careful to develop the Syrian-Lebanese relations and the state's relation with the national resistance.
Lebanon, Politics, 2/19/2005
Al-Assad appoints Asef Shawkat as chief of military intelligence
In a step which was described as to enhance his control on security departments, the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appointed his brother-in-law ( husband of his sister Bushra) Lt. gen. Asef Shawkat as chairman for the military intelligence in succession of Lt. Gen. Hassan Khalil who has retired.
Syria, Politics, 2/19/2005
A third candidate for the Egyptian presidency against Mubarak
The Egyptian businessman Muhammad Farid Hassanin has proposed himself for the parliament as a nominee for the presidency of the country. He said that his aim is not to win the presidency, rather to help establish democracy.
Egypt, Politics, 2/19/2005
Justice and Reconciliation Commission looks into fate of forced disappearance victims
IER will also organize Tuesday a meeting on "violence as a strategy of political management." It will discuss the role political and cultural elites play to face this phenomenon, and will examine means to guarantee that violence will be prevented from re-appearing in the future.
Morocco, Politics, 2/19/2005
Tripoli for more cooperation with Cairo
Egypt-Libya, Politics, 2/19/2005
Morocco, Gabon resolute to reinforce bilateral cooperation
Morocco and Gabon expressed Thursday determination to reinforce bilateral cooperation in industry, infrastructure, agriculture, housing, transports and telecommunications.
Morocco-Gabon, Politics, 2/19/2005
Rice warns Syria
The US on Friday warned Syria it will be exposed to more sanctions if it will not help in investigations in the Hariri assassination.
Syria-USA, Politics, 2/19/2005
Libya refuses extension for the final date for Lockerbie compensations
Libya has refused to extend the final date for the compensation deal of the victims of the Lockerbie plane because Libya has not been removed yet from the American list of terrorism sponsoring states. A matter which bans each member of the families of the victims, 270 persons in total, from receiving more than $ 2 million each.
Libya-USA, Politics, 2/19/2005
Only 25 percent of Moroccan children can read after primary school, WB specialist
Senior education specialist for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the World Bank (WB), Michel Welmond, said the biggest challenges Morocco has to take up is the improvement of the quality of education, noting that a study has revealed that only 25 percent of Moroccan children who have been in primary schools can read, write and count, which is alarming.
Morocco, Education, 2/19/2005
Scores killed, injured in two explosions in two mosques in Baghdad
Scores of persons were killed or injured in a huge explosion that took place near a mosque for the Shiite, to the south the Iraqi capital Baghdad, while news rumored on another explosion that targeted another mosque for the Shiite in the western suburb for Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 2/19/2005
Two Indonesian journalists kidnapped in Iraq
Iraqi gunmen on Friday detained two Indonesian journalists and their driver in al-Ramadi city which is situated to the west of Baghdad. The Indonesian embassy in Baghdad said that the two detained men ( one man and woman) were lost with their driver on the road linking between the Jordanian borders and Baghdad near al-Ramadi city.
Iraq, Local, 2/19/2005
UMA countries insist on putting on track the Magreb Union despite differences
Foreign Ministers of member states of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) made up of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania, have insisted on putting on track the Union despite differences among member countries.
Maghreb, Politics, 2/19/2005
NGO pleads for sensitizing international public opinion on Moroccan detainees in Tindouf
The London-based international Committee for support of Moroccan detainees in Tindouf called Friday for raising the awareness of the international public opinion on the inhuman conditions and the suffering of Moroccan detainees in Tindouf camps, southern Algeria.
Morocco-UK, Politics, 2/19/2005
Report on oil production export consumption
Egypt, Politics, 2/19/2005
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Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabeh Berri stressed Friday that the parliamentary elections will take place as scheduled. "Efforts will be intensified to fulfill the elections law before the end of the current month," Berri said in a statement.
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Former Deputy Chairman of the Maronite Council Wadeh al-Khazen stressed Friday that Israel's prints can be obviously seen on the awful crime of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Harri.
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco will start Sunday a three-nation African tour, including Gabon, Senegal and Burkina Faso.
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Two Qatari papers al-Sharek and al-Raya condemned Friday the US pressures on Syria and Iran, stressing that these pressures match the Israeli interests in the region. "All the extremist in the US administration are trying to mix cards regarding targeting Syria in this stage for pure colonial reasons," al-Raya said.
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Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfair has called for vigilance regarding the dangerous current stage, asserting the importance of dialogue among all Lebanese sides.
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Lebanese National Parties in Bekaa on Friday underlined that the assassination of Hariri targets Lebanon's unity and principles that Former Premier Rafik al-Hariri worked for.
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Lebanese military judicial assigned Friday to expert of the DNA Prof. Fwad Ayoub to perform a comprehensive survey in the whole area surrounding place of the explosion that killed the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.
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News reports in New York said that the UN secretary general Kofi Annan issued a statement on dispatching a UN security team to Lebanon within days in order to investigate in the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri.
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Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif will hold talks in Luxor, Upper Egypt, on Saturday with World Bank President James Wolfensohn on cooperation between Egypt and the World Bank in the coming few years, especially in the fields of transport, irrigation, education, environment, electricity, health, and training.
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Member of the Iranian Expediency Council Imam Kashani condemned Friday the Israeli practices against the Palestinian people and the American support that encourages Israel "to go too far in violating the international laws."
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Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday opened Adana International Economic Symposium with the participation of 300 Syrian businessmen and other businessmen from 13 Arab and foreign states.
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