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Aoun nominates himself for the elections, Lahoud warns against vast boycott
The leader of the free national trend, Michael Aoun, said he will nominate himself for the Lebanese parliamentary elections, at a time when each of the former prime minister Omar Karami and the Islamic groups announced their boycott of these elections as nominees and voters.
Lebanon, Politics, 5/23/2005
WIB Forum: moving business from locality to internationality
About 200 women from 27 Arab and foreign countries including 450 Syrian business women in addition to international well known politicians are taking part in the current Damascus Women in Business WIB Forum.
Syria-Regional, Business, 5/23/2005
Asma al-Assad at WIB forum: Human capital is our greatest asset
Syria's First Lady Asma al-Assad opened at Umayyad palace for conferences on Saturday morning the "Woman in Business International Forum 2005."
Syria-Regional, Business, 5/23/2005
Women In Business international forum deliberations
"Muslim woman proved capability of going along with work culture as well as Islamic traditions and morals, she could be a mother, wife and at the same time a successful business woman," Mahatir Mohammed concluded.
Syria-Regional, Business, 5/23/2005
WIB forum as viewed by participants
Syria's Minister of Expatriates Buthaina Shaaban said Sunday that the already concluded "Women in Business International Forum 2005" held in Damascus had given an idea on the Arab women ambition to play an important and effective role in society.
Syria-Regional, Business, 5/23/2005
Morocco deplores Algerian statements on Sahara issue, foreign ministry
The communique said Algeria does not merely recall principles and stances, but adopts a systematic bias against the interests of the North African Kingdom by presenting a "truncated reading of international legality and borrowing an argument that strays from the spirit and letter of recent Security Council resolutions" on the Sahara issue.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 5/23/2005
Algerian statements on Sahara issue do not encourage UMA activation, FM
Moroccan foreign minister, Mohamed Benaissa voiced "deep regret" at the Algerian statements on the Sahara issue, for they do not encourage "the activation of the mechanisms of the Arab Maghreb Union" (UMA - grouping Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania).
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 5/23/2005
Al-Sader delegates for the Muslim Scholars Commission, Zeibari meets with Bin Aleazer
In an attempt to contain the tension between the two Iraqi Sunni and Shiite sects, the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader dispatched representatives to meet members of the Muslim Scholars Commission at the commission's headquarters in Um al-Qura mosque in Baghdad.
Iraq, Politics, 5/23/2005
Muslim Brothers escalated opposition against the Egyptian government, deplore detentions
The general guide for the banned Muslim Brothers group Muhammad Mahdi Akef described the political regime in Egypt as living in a state of confusion, vacuum and is cracking.
Egypt, Politics, 5/23/2005
Al-Ahram: China supportive to Egypt's nomination to Security Council seat
China appreciates Egypt's role in the Middle East conflict and efforts to close the Palestinian ranks and build confidence between the Palestinians and Israel, said Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister for West Asia and North Africa affairs.
Egypt-China, Politics, 5/23/2005
Meetings in Tripoli to prepare for UMA Summit
Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mohamed Bena•ssa, arrived in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday evening, to take part in the Council of the foreign ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union, know by its French acronym, UMA.
Maghreb, Politics, 5/23/2005
al-Jazeera TV: Sudanese refugees on the Iraqi- Jordanian borders
Several Sudanese who were pending at the border area between Iraq and Jordan called on humanitarian organizations to move to help them in solving their problems after they have become homeless.
Sudan-Iraq, Politics, 5/23/2005
preparations done for the referendum
Egypt ministries and the state bodies have taken all preparations necessary for the referendum on the amendment of the Article No. 76 of the Constitution on the election of the President of the Republic.
Egypt, Politics, 5/23/2005
Egypt, Jordan launches regional initiative for E-education
Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and his Jordanian counterpart Adnan Badran attended on Sunday the signing of a joint regional initiative on E-education.
Egypt-Jordan, Education, 5/23/2005
Bulgarian president visits Libya before the trial of AIDS nurses
The Bulgarian presidency said that President Georgi Barvanov will visit Tripoli days before a Libyan court will give its final say in a case filed by five Bulgarian nurses who were sentenced to death because they had injected Libyan children with the HIV virus which causes AIDS.
Libya-Bulgaria, Politics, 5/23/2005
Morocco: mentor in gender equality in Arab Islamic world
The Moroccan model with regard to the reform of the Family Code (Al-Mudawana), is "extremely excellent" and should be generalized to all Arab and Islamic countries, said Amr Hamzawy, MENA region expert in the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 5/23/2005
Yemeni president calls for national dialogue and commends the war against terrorism
The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has called for establishing national dialogue in order to open a new page in Yemen.
Yemen, Politics, 5/23/2005
Several imprisonments sentences against fighters in Iraq
One Iraqi court on Baghdad issued life imprisonment sentences against two persons of a Syrian nationality convicted of committing armed acts in the country.
Iraq, Politics, 5/23/2005
Three Romanian journalists released in Iraq
Bucharest has announced the release of three of its citizens and their translator held by an armed group in Iraq, noting that they are now in the protection of the Romanian authorities.
Iraq-Romania, Local, 5/23/2005
More killings in Iraq
This came at the time when armed acts continue in Iraq. Gunmen assassinated the director general at the Iraqi ministry of trade Ali Mousa Salman. Another civilian was killed and another was injured in one explosion to the west of Karkouk.
Iraq, Military, 5/23/2005
Hizbullah bombards Shebaa in retaliation of an Israeli attack
The Lebanese Hizbullah party announced that its fighters fired shelling at targets for the Israeli occupation army in Shebaa farms to the south of Lebanon. This was in retaliation to "one Israeli aggression."
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/23/2005
Islamic scholars call for protecting, Jerusalem and al-Aqsa
Islamic scholars called Sunday for enhancing the Muslim nations unity to avoid sectarian partition and protecting the Islamic mission by stressing and boosting its firm principles in order to face all aggressive attacks against Islam.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 5/23/2005
Syria underlines importance of reviving silk road
Syria's Minister of Transport Makram Obeid underlined the necessity of reviving the Silk Road through a modern and rapid network of railway to restore Syria's pioneer role in the world trade.
Syria, Economics, 5/23/2005
Refugees, prizing education, defer return to Sudanese homeland
In a Ugandan camp run by the United Nations refugee agency, southern Sudanese women and girls acknowledge that their access to free education has caused them to delay rushing back home, even though a peace accord went into effect in the region in January.
Sudan, Education, 5/23/2005
Ain Sukhna magnesium project provided with power
Egypt's Minister of Electricity Hassan Younis witnessed yesterday the signing of the contract for a project between his ministry and a joint Egyptian-Australian company in the field of magnesium production.
Egypt-Australia, Business, 5/23/2005
A feasibility study for Dead Seas- Red Sea channel
It was announced on the sideline of the economic forum in Jordan, an official agreement was finalized on May 9th on the feasibility study for the project to construct "Bahrain channel " which would link the Red Sea to the Dead Sea in order to avoid the Dead Sea becoming a dry lake as it continuously loose water.
Jordan-Israel, Economics, 5/23/2005
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Mrs. Asma al-Assad held a reception ceremony in the Demesne hall on Sunday to honor all participants in "Women in Business International Forum 2005."
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