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Syria to completely pull out its forces before the Lebanese elections
Syria said it will withdraw all its forces existing in Lebanon before the elections so as this announcement will end any speculation on the presence of 10,000 soldiers in the Bekaa plain, in the east of Lebanon.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/30/2005
Karami fails to form a government
Sources in the office of the designated Lebanese prime minister expected he will reject to form a government after he had failed to convince the opposition to take part in a national unity government.
Lebanon, Politics, 3/30/2005
Syrian forces complete first phase of withdrawal
Damascus has completed the first phase of the withdrawal plan by pulling out its forces to the Bekaa plain, in the east of Lebanon, and pulled out more than one third of its forces deployed there into inside the Syrian territories.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/30/2005
Parliament fails to choose speaker;booby trapped car in Karkouk
The Iraqi National Assembly ( parliament) held its second session on Tuesday after a two and a half hours delay without choosing a speaker for it.
Iraq, Politics, 3/30/2005
Syria licenses Islamic banks
Syria's Minister of Finance on Tuesday said the cabinet's decision to build Islamic banks in Syria will play a significant role to bring financial savings and improve banking and finance markets as well back development projects.
Syria, Economics, 3/30/2005
Golan citizens committed to their syrian identity
British newspaper of Financial Times said Tuesday that the Syrian citizens of the occupied Golan are committed to loyalty to their motherland and wished that their ordeal under the Israeli occupation would get international attention.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 3/30/2005
UN Security Council imposes sanctions on Sudan
The UN Security Council agreed to impose sanctions on the travel and assets freezing of individuals in Darfur district who violate the truce and are responsible for committing ugliest crimes against civilians, and also limiting the flow of weapons to the region.
Sudan-UN, Politics, 3/30/2005
Scores killed in clashes between Yemenis security, al-Houthi supporters
Continued clashes which erupted on Monday between the Yemeni forces and supporters and followers of Hussein Bader Eddine al-Houthi in the northern part of the country resulted in killing scores of killed persons in the two sides.
Yemen, Local, 3/30/2005
Turkish PM calls for consolidation of relations with Morocco
Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called on, in Ankara Monday, for the consolidation of cooperation with Morocco, saying different accords are due to be signed between the two countries.
Morocco-Turkey, Politics, 3/30/2005
Bush meets Iraqi voters on efforts toward democracy
President Bush said the more than 8 million Iraqis who participated in the January 30 Iraqi elections sent "a powerful signal" that they "intend to claim their liberty and build a future of freedom for their country."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/30/2005
Mortar shelling hits Green Zone in Iraq
Iraq, Military, 3/30/2005
Syria's economy is passing by significant stage, Dardari
The economy in Syria and the developing process are passing thorough a very important stage taking into consideration the need to merge into the international economy, Chairman of the State Planning Commission said today.
Syria, Economics, 3/30/2005
On the Romanian hostages in Iraq
The President of Romania Trian Basesco said that three journalists from his country disappeared on Monday in the outskirts of the Iraqi capital, and vowed to spare no efforts to solve this problem.
Iraq-Romania, Local, 3/30/2005
Annan says exoneration by Iraq Oil-for-Food report 'great relief'
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday it was a "great relief," after so "many distressing and untrue allegations," that an independent committee probing alleged misconduct and mismanagement in the United Nations Oil-for-Food program for Iraq had exonerated him of any wrongdoing in the award of a contract to a firm that employed his son.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/30/2005
Khatami inspects uranium enrichment complex
Talking to reporters, Deputy IAEO Head for International and Planning Affairs Mohammad Saeedi termed the uranium enrichment project of Natanz as the 'heart of the fuel cycle' of Iran
Iran-USA, Politics, 3/30/2005
Deportation of Sahrawi children to Cuba by 'Polisario' denounced
Two Moroccan women gave Tuesday, on the sidelines of the meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights, a moving testimony on the coercive deportation of Sahrawi children to Cuba by the "Polisario."
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/30/2005
Over 2 million disabled persons in Morocco (WHO)
Morocco counts over 2 million disabled persons, that is 7pc of the population, revealed figures released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Morocco, Health, 3/30/2005
Symposium on Damascus flower, the Jasmine
Jasmine is one of the plants Damascus is historically famous for besides the Damascene Rose, a symposium on Jasmine plantation in the Syrian capital said on Tuesday.
Syria, Local, 3/30/2005
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United Nations Secretary representative in south Lebanon Stevan De Mistora expressed concern over the Israeli ongoing airspace violations on South Lebanon border line.
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco received, in Rabat Tuesday, visiting Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister of the Republic of the Comoro Islands, Souef Mohamed El Amine.
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The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Tuesday called upon the international community to hold its responsibility in preventing Israel from carrying out its decision of expanding settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Egyptian newspaper al-Akhbar called for the U.S. to reconsider its policy in dealing with other countries according to the principles of "right and justice and to stop "the double-standards course of action as well as its violation of the international law resolutions."
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US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, David Satterfield, discussed on Tuesday with Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud developments on the regional and international yards. He renewed the US call to implement the UN Security Council decision 1559 before the parliamentary elections time.
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The director general of the Iranian foreign ministry, Muhammad Samahani, summoned the Egyptian charge de affairs in Tehran, Shawqi Ismael, deploring Cairo's convicting one Iranian and one Egyptian of spying for Iran and planning for the assassination of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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The Arab League on Tuesday criticized the American announcements regarding the issue of reform and development in the Arab states, saying "American officials don't realize the Arab achievements in the field of development and modernization."
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