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Morocco adopts UN convention criminalizing corruption
The Moroccan Government Council adopted Thursday the United Nations convention against corruption signed by Rabat on October 31, 2003 when it was adopted in New York.
Morocco, Politics, 4/1/2005
UN Security Council votes for Darfur trials in International Criminal Court
Washington had asked the UN Security Council to postpone voting on a French draft resolution over trying accused persons of committing crimes in Darfur, amid the escalation of conflicts around it.
Sudan-UN, Politics, 4/1/2005
Morocco good example of political transition and democratic experience, academic
Morocco is a good example of political transition and democratic experience in the Arab states, for it discarded at the outset of independence monopartism to adopt multipartism, said Professor Kamal Al-Sayyid of the Cairo University.
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 4/1/2005
UN Security Council discusses an international investigation on the assassination of Hariri
The UN Security Council at the experts level started consultations to study the draft project supported by Washington, Paris and London to form an international committee to reconsider the implications of the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri.
Lebanon-UN, Politics, 4/1/2005
Lebanese personalities warns of plans targeting Lebanese economy
Deputy Chairman of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council Sheikh Abdulamir Qabalan and Sheikh Mohammad Hussein Fadlullah warned against the dangerous current stage, asserting that it requires vigilance and wisdom, particularly in dealing with the foreign campaign against Syria and Lebanon.
Lebanon, Politics, 4/1/2005
Syrian official protest against false accusations from Iraq
The Bureau of the Syrian Interests Section in Baghdad has sent an official protest to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry against the "unfounded allegations" recently broadcast by the state-run Iraqi satellite television station on confessions by two Syrians detainees who were forced under intimidation to present themselves as Syrian army intelligence officers.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 4/1/2005
Lebanese traders strike in denunciation of explosions
Trade sectors in Beirut and the Mount of Lebanon on Wednesday observed a one day strike in denunciation for the explosions that took place in Lebanon following the assassination of the Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri.
Lebanon, Politics, 4/1/2005
Nasrullah and Muslim Scholars Gathering statement
Secretary General of Hizbullah Party in Lebanon Hassan Nasrullah discussed with the Muslim Scholars Gathering in Lebanon the suitable steps that might be adopted at this critical stage in the country.
Lebanon, Politics, 4/1/2005
Baz: Egypt is qualified to get a permanent seat in the UNSC seat
"Egypt is qualified to get a permanent seat in the UN Security Council to represent Africa, thanks to its time-honored civilization and its prestigious status," presidential political advisor Osama El-Baz said yesterday.
Egypt-UN, Politics, 4/1/2005
Solving Sahara issue is in Algeria's interest, former UN representative
Former special representative of the UN Secretary general for the Sahara, Erik Jensen, said Wednesday solving the Sahara issue is in the interest of Algeria, adding that if a large autonomy is given to Sahrawi provinces it would help solve this question.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 4/1/2005
Morocco, Turkey sign several cooperation agreements
Morocco and Turkey signed, in Rabat on Wednesday, four agreements in health, vegetal and veterinary health as well as in road infrastructure. The agreements were signed at a meeting between the two countries Premiers, Driss jettou and visiting Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Morocco-Turkey, Economics, 4/1/2005
El-Sherif: Mubarak to announce decision on running for Presidency after approving Constitution amendement
"President Hosni Mubarak will announce his decision on running for the coming presidential elections after a referendum on the amendment of Article 76 of the Constitution allowing multi-candidate presidential elections," said Safwat Al-Sherif, the Secretary General of the National Democratic Party yesterday.
Egypt, Politics, 4/1/2005
Lebanese general debt increases to $ 33 billion
The Lebanese Central Bank announced the increase in Lebanon's general debt to $ 33 billion by the end of 2004 in comparison with $ 31.3 billion in 2003.
Lebanon, Economics, 4/1/2005
Qatar spends $ 15 billion to buy liquid gas tankers
The second envoy for the prime minister and minister of energy and industry in Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Ateyah, sad that his country will spend $15 billion during the five coming years in order to add 70 new tankers to its fleets of liquid natural gas tankers.
Qatar, Economics, 4/1/2005
International community convinced of need to reach negotiated political solution for Sahara, USFP party
The international community is convinced of the need to find a negotiated political settlement to the Sahara dispute that opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario front which claims the separation of Morocco's southern provinces (Sahara) from the rest of the country, said first secretary of the Socialist Union for Popular Forces (USFP- party in government).
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 4/1/2005
Fahmi calls for more oil investments
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum, Sameh Fahmi, yesterday called for increasing efforts to attract investment in oil and natural gas prospecting in the Southern Valley.
Egypt, Economics, 4/1/2005
First oil wildcat wells in Upper Egypt soon
Two Canadian companies that operate in oil and natural gas exploration in Upper Egypt decided to dig the first two wildcat wells in Komombo and Al-Naqra.
Egypt, Economics, 4/1/2005
Europe said to reject Iran proposal on uranium enrichment
"Europe has rejected an Iranian proposal to keep a limited uranium enrichment program and demanded once again a permanent cessation of Tehran's uranium enrichment activities, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said Friday," IRNA reported.
Iran-European Union, Politics, 4/1/2005
Train agreement with Canada soon
An agreement is underway with a major Canadian company to manufacture trains in Egypt and export the surplus to Asia and Africa.
Egypt-Canada, Economics, 4/1/2005
Belgium to extradite Moroccan Madrid bomb suspect to Spain
Moroccan Youssef Belhadj suspected of involvement in March 11 attacks in Madrid that claimed the lives of 191 people will be extradited from Belgium to Spain either on Thursday or Friday, announced a spokesman of the Belgian federal prosecutor. The Belgian Court of Cassation confirmed on March 23 a European arrest warrant that Spain issued for the extradition of Belhadj.
Morocco-Belgium, Local, 4/1/2005
Egyptian tourism revenues estimated at $ 6 billion in 2004
Revenues of Egyptian tourism in 2004 were estimated at six billion dollars, Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Maghrabi said yesterday.
Egypt, Economics, 4/1/2005
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An Israeli reconnaissance plane on Wednesday dawn violated the Lebanese air-space and sovereignty.
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Kuwaiti newspaper 'al-Rai' warned against American intervention in the Lebanese internal affairs and its repercussions on the country's civic peace. In an article published Wednesday, the newspaper said the UN resolution 1559 and disarming the resistance were the reaction to Israeli defeat in south Lebanon.
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Former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss renewed his rejection of the foreign intervention in his country's internal affairs. In a statement published Wednesday, al-Hoss called for speeding up forming a new government to supervise Lebanese forthcoming parliamentary elections.
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Syria's Foreign Minister, Farouk al-Shara, and Chairman of the Norwegian Labor Party, Jens Stoltenberg, on Wednesday discussed the latest developments on the international and regional scenes and prospects of the peace process in the region.
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Egypt's ambassador to Libya, Refaa Al Tahtawi, said that the Egyptian-Libyan relations are developing at the economic and trade levels in a way coping with the "brotherly relations between Egypt and Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gathafi."
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco received Thursday Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, leader of the Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party.
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Kuwait on Wednesday appointed a new minister of information, just two months following the resignation of the former Minister of information, Muhammad al-Hassan, after parliamentarians in the Kuwaiti parliament asked for questioning him in an issue permitting holding singing concerts considered immoral in Kuwait.
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The 3rd Special Needs Children Festival will take place on April 1-3 in Casablanca. Under the auspices of King Mohammed VI, 50 national associations and 3,000 children will take part in the festival part of Morocco's celebration of the International Day of Disabled Persons (March 30th).
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Mrs Suzanne Mubarak is to start on Thursday a 3-day visit to Denmark to attend the celebration of Hans Christian Andersen's bicentenary anniversary. Mrs. Mubarak is to be honored through nominating her as an honorary ambassadress to Hans Christian Andersen Institution for children's book.
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Romanian ambassador to Egypt Marcel Dinu hailed the development and efficiency of the Egyptian pharmaceutical industry. He expressed his country's desire to increase cooperation between Egypt and Romania in pharmaceutical domains through establishing joint projects for producing medicine in Romania with increasing products of the registered Egyptian formulas.
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