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Reforms in Syria: Baath party national congress furnishes for the regional congress in June
Well informed sources in Damascus said that the 10th Regional Congress of the Baath Arab Socialist party in Syria will be held by the beginning of June and will be preceded by a national ( pan Arab) congress for the party which will be the first in 22 years.
Syria, Politics, 3/29/2005
Parliamentary elections in Qatar within one year
The Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jasem al-Thani said that this country will witness legislative elections in the period extending between June this year and June next year giving no fixed date for the voting.
Qatar, Politics, 3/29/2005
Qatar: reform will not be affected by the Doha explosion
Qatar's foreign minister and first deputy premier, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem al-Thani, said that the explosion which targeted recently a British children school in Doha will not prevent Qatar from proceeding into the series of reforms it had launched since years.
Qatar, Politics, 3/29/2005
Al-Assad: security in Lebanon was not Syria's task
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad considered that the UN report on the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri is "a political report based on views rather than evidence."
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 3/29/2005
Elyawer rejects the presidency of the parliament
Sources close to the Iraqi president, Ghazi Elwayer, whose term of office has expired, said he had rejected accepting the post of the speaker of the interim National Assembly.
Iraq, Politics, 3/29/2005
Nabil Fahmi: Egypt is not party to Bush guarantees to Sharon
Egypt has called on the US Administration to adopt a clear-cut stance towards the Israeli government plan for expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank and building more houses there.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/29/2005
Lebanese presidency rejects accusations against Lahoud
The Media Office at Lebanese Presidency on Monday dismissed some media and politicians accusations against Lebanese President Emile Lahoud's for his stance vis-a-vis the assassination crime of former Lebanese Premier Rafic Hariri.
Lebanon, Politics, 3/29/2005
Lebanese figures and parties reject foreign intervention
Lebanese national parties in Baalbek underlined rejection of foreign intervention, asserting the importance of rapprochement and dialogue based on the Taif accord and the national principles in facing all attempts to harm the national unity.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/29/2005
Number of foreign fighters among gunmen in Iraq increases
The leader of the American central leadership Gen. John AbiZaid said that the number of foreign fighters in the lines of gunmen in Iraq increased recently.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/29/2005
Continued military attacks in Iraq
The political controversy over the formation of the government in Iraq coincided with continued deterioration of the security situation as seven Iraqis were killed and other 8 injured in a suicide attack in a booby trapped car that targeted a procession heading for Karbala, in the south of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 3/29/2005
Patriarch Hazim: Selling church lands in Jerusalem unacceptable
Patriarch Ignace IV Hazim of Antioch and All East for the Roman Orthodox declared that any selling of lands that belong to the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem is unacceptable as they are endowments and nobody has a right to decide their status.
Palestine, Politics, 3/29/2005
Six Yemeni security members killed in clashes with Houthi supporters
Six Yemeni security men were killed in an attack carried out by what are believed to be followers of Sheikh Bader Eddin al-Houthi in the early hours of Monday morning in Nashour area to the northern east of Saadah province situated in the north west of Yemen.
Yemen, Local, 3/29/2005
On India's consideration for gas line from Iran or Qatar
The Iran - India gas line would run thru Pakistan, while Qatar's would run under the sea, and Turkmenistan would run thru Afghanistan, Iranian official news agency IRNA reported.
Regional-India, Economics, 3/29/2005
Sahara: Pakistan aspires for an acceptable solution
Pakistan aspires for an "acceptable solution" between Morocco and Algeria with regard to the Sahara question, affirmed Pakistan's ambassador in Rabat, Attiya Mahmoud.
Morocco-Pakistan, Politics, 3/29/2005
Developing Kuwait's oil fields requires $ 8.5 billion
The Kuwaiti minister of energy, Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah, said that the project of developing four oil fields in the north of Kuwait requires investments exceeding $ 8.5 billion.
Kuwait, Economics, 3/29/2005
Jordan tourism sector revenues increase
Revenues of the tourism sector in Jordan increased in 2004 in comparison with the earlier year, despite the recession in the number of visitors. This was because the visitors stayed for longer times.
Jordan, Economics, 3/29/2005
Nazif, Gasprom chairman probe bilateral cooperation in gas domain
Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif discussed Sunday with board chairman of Russia's Gasprom Company Aleksei Miller, currently visiting Cairo, bilateral cooperation in the gas sphere.
Egypt-Russia, Economics, 3/29/2005
Private sector dominates two thirds of Egyptian cotton exports
The national Egyptian cotton exporting companies of the private sector won 60% of exports contracts to world markets, while the private Modern Nile company alone got 32% of the exports, having exported some 41,000 tons.
Egypt, Economics, 3/29/2005
Moussa urges drawing up overall health policy in all Arab states
Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Amr Moussa called yesterday for drawing up a comprehensive health policy in all the Arab states.
Regional, Health, 3/29/2005
Businessmen delegation to accompany Rasheed during his visit to Turkey
A delegation of Egyptian businessmen and members of the Egyptian-Turkish Businessmen Association is to accompany Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed on his visit to Turkey on Tuesday.
Egypt-Turkey, Economics, 3/29/2005
Egypt signs cooperation agreement with Intel Corp
Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Monday attended in the Smart Village the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between Egypt and Intel Corporation.
Egypt-USA, Business, 3/29/2005
Two former Moroccan Guantanamo detainees released on bail
The Appellate Court of Rabat decided Monday to release on bail two Moroccans who were detained in the American base of Guantanamo before being handed to Moroccan authorities last August.
Morocco, Local, 3/29/2005
Istanbul-Casablanca first flight took off on Sunday
The first direct Istanbul-Casablanca flight, serviced by the Turk Hava Yollari (THY) carrier, took off on Sunday part of the company's schedule to ensure two trips weekly from the Bosphorus town to the Moroccan economic capital.
Morocco-Turkey, Business, 3/29/2005
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi on Monday stressed his country's desire to boost cooperation and relations with the Arab states. "Iran is determined to continue talks with the UAE to remove any misunderstanding on Greater Tumb, Lesser Tumb and Abu Musa islands as well on mechanism of implementing the understanding memorandum signed in the year 1971 in Abu Mousa island." Asefi said in a statement.
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The leader of the Socialist Progressive Party and main opposition figure, Walid Junblat had called for honoring Taif agreement "concerning protection of the resistance and to opening a new page with Syria by establishing distinguished relations with it." He also stressed that the opposition will not accept foreign forces in Lebanon, nor the expansion of the cycle of the international investigation out side the frame of the assassination of Rafic Hariri.
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The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohamad Sayyed Tantawi said men and women are fully equal in Islam. Addressing a symposium organized by the Faculty of Humanities of Al-Azhar University on Sunday, the Grand Imam said that equality between the two sexes lay in several areas, such as the right to education, work, dignity, human rights and duties.
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"Vice-Chairman of the China National People's Congress (NPC) Jiang Zhenghua on Tuesday expressed support for Iran's nuclear stance and hoped the case would be settled within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," IRNA reported today.
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The General Authority for Taxation's report revealed that Egypt is still China's fifth largest African trading partner. Januaury saw Egyptian- Chinese trade totalling at $129, this being an increase of 26.8 percent compared to the previous year. Chinese exports to Egypt werr $114 million, with an increase of 31.8 percent, against imports of $15 million, with a 2 percent fall.
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An Israeli reconnaissance plane on Sunday at dawn violated the Lebanese air-space and sovereignty.
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Moroccan tennisman, Mounir Laaraj won, in Oujda Saturday, the Oujda ATP tournament against the Spaniard, Soler Gabriel 6-1, 7-6 (7-5).
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