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Saudi Arabia might permit women to vote shortly; Straw urges reform
The Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal announced yesterday that women may be permitted to vote in the next round of municipal elections in the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/24/2005
Judicial organizations criticize Tunis's hosting of the second media summit
Judicial groups accused Tunisia of practicing torture and considered it as a venue which is not suitable for hosting a summit on the media due to be held in November under the auspices of the UN.
Tunisia-Regional, Politics, 2/24/2005
Calls to release Tunisian detainees
The "International bourse organization for the freedom of expression" called on the Tunisian government to release the chief editor of the Tunisian weekly al-Fajer( dawn) Hammadi Jabali and hundreds of detainees because of their religious and political beliefs, who never resorted to violence or advocated it.
Tunisia, Politics, 2/24/2005
Karami denies intention to resign
The Lebanese prime minister Omar Karami said he has no intention to quit the presidency of the Cabinet except in case the Lebanese parliament cast non confidence in his government.
Lebanon, Politics, 2/24/2005
Egyptian efforts to defuse the Syrian crisis in Lebanon
Egypt has started efforts with Syria to help it in dealing with the increasing pressures imposed on it by the USA and Europe after the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri.
Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 2/24/2005
Additional Arab pressure on Syria
The Jordanian King Abdullah 11 joined the campaign of Arab pressures to force Syria to accelerate the withdrawal of its forces from Lebanon following the atmospheres created by the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri.
Regional-Syria, Politics, 2/24/2005
Right body examines warding off violence as a strategy of political management
The Justice and Reconciliation commission (IER) which has held a series of hearings for victims of human rights violations organized on Tuesday a conference to debate means to ward off the use of violence as a strategy of political management.
Morocco, Politics, 2/24/2005
Morocco, Gabon sign four cooperation accords
Visiting King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Gabonese President, El Haj Omar Bongo Ondimba, co-chaired, in LibrevilleThursday, the signing of four cooperation accords in fisheries, trade and industry.
Morocco-Gabon, Politics, 2/24/2005
Patriarch Sfair: President al-Assad's statements are positive
Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfair depicted President Bashar al-Assad's statements quoted by Amr Moussa on the implementation of the Taif agreement as positive.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 2/24/2005
Lebanese people call for dialogue
Lebanese Minister of State Karam Karam called Wednesday for establishing a fast and serious investigation to uncover the responsible for Rafic Hariri assassination.
Lebanon, Politics, 2/24/2005
Arab officials stress commitment to the Taif agreement
Saudi Ambassador in Beirut Abdullaziz Khouja on Wednesday described Syrian-Saudi relations as very strong.
Regional-Lebanon, Politics, 2/24/2005
Lebanon confirms the Palestinian right to return support
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud stressed Wednesday his country's supporting for the Palestinians' "right of return" which is implied in the 194 UN resolution.
Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 2/24/2005
22 Iraqis, 2 Americans killed
One American soldier was killed in a bomb explosion that targeted a military convoy near al-Touz area to the north of Baghdad on Wednesday. A statement by the American army said that the explosion also resulted in injuring two Iraqi civilians while they were walking near the place.
Iraq, Military, 2/24/2005
Nazif: Rate of growth hits 4.8 percent in six months, 6 percent targeted
Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said yesterday that the government exerts its efforts to raise the rate of growth to 6 per cent against 4.8 percent scored in the first half of fiscal year 2004/2005.
Egypt, Economics, 2/24/2005
Sudan: some 24 persons killed in an ammunition warehouse explosion
A warehouse for ammunition went off in a military training center in Jouba town to the south of Sudan on Wednesday and this resulted in killing 24 persons with the fall of artillery shells on large parts of the city.
Sudan, Local, 2/24/2005
Fahmi: Natural gas available in 2 million homes
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy said yesterday there is a plan to supply about 6 million housing units with natural gas nationwide throughout the coming 20 years with a total cost valued at LE 30 billion.
Egypt, Economics, 2/24/2005
Morocco opens its land phone to competition
Morocco is opening to competition its land phone system which is operated currently by "Maroc Telecom."
Morocco, Economics, 2/24/2005
Qatar for oil, Shell company sign a gas deal
Qatar For Oil company and Royal Dutch Shell oil company are expected to sign a deal at a cost of $ 8 billion next Sunday in order to provide the US with natural liquid gas.
Qatar, Business, 2/24/2005
Morocco's phosphates exports rise by record 26.4pc in 2004
Morocco's state-owned phosphates company (OCP) posted in 2004 a record turnover in exports that were estimated at US $1.74 billion, i.e a 26.4pc increase compared to 2003.
Morocco, Economics, 2/24/2005
Investigations underway on discovery of 10 centuries-old currency North of Morocco
Local authorities in the Northern Moroccan town of Asilah are investigating the mysterious discovery, a month ago, of a batch of coins dating back to almost 10 centuries near a small village called Sidi-Yamani.
Morocco, Local, 2/24/2005
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Libya's African Affairs Minister, Ali Al-Turiki following his arrival in Khartoum said that there are current contacts among Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Chad and Nigeria for holding a five- party summit over the next few days on Darfur.
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Syrian sources in Damascus said that the Syrian foreign ministry of Wednesday summoned the British ambassador to Damascus Peter Form to express regret "over the statements of the British foreign office secretary Jacque Straw who said on Wednesday that there is "suspicion" on the involvement of Syria in the assassination of Rafic Hariri.
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The Saudi crown prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz discussed in a telephone call with the French President Jacque Chirac conditions in the region. The Saudi official news agency said that Chirac telephoned Abdullah and the two men discussed "developments of conditions in the region and on the international arena as well as bilateral relations between the two countries."
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad underlined on Wednesday the need to implement all the international resolutions while reviewing latest development in the Middle East and the Mideast peace process with Hungarian Speaker of Parliament Katalin Szili.
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Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos underlined on Wednesday the importance of the Arab peace initiative adopted in Beirut summit, adding that peace should include the Syrian and Lebanese tracks.
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The United Arab Emirates UAE newspaper Al-Bayan called for making the European-American understanding a step on the way of non intervention in internal affairs of Arab states, following the tour of U.S. president George W. Bush in Europe.
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A group of Italian students on Tuesday tried to stop Israel's ambassador to Italy from delivering a speech at the University of Florence by chanting anti-Israel slogans and demanding the Palestinian people's rights.
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