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Normal turnout for the parliamentary elections in Beirut
Tweini said that the call to boycott the elections is a call to marginalize the Christian areas. He questioned the reason behind the Michael Aoun's boycotting for the elections in Beirut while calling for their participation in these elections in the mount of Lebanon area.
Lebanon, Politics, 5/30/2005
A sectarian mosaics for the Lebanese elections
Some 780 ballot centers were installed in Beirut to elect 19 parliamentarians of whom 19 won unopposed before the beginning of the voting because of the absence of the competition while 26 candidates are competing over the ten remaining seats.
Lebanon, Politics, 5/30/2005
Former exile Benomar returns home
Moroccan former exile Jamal Eddine Benomar returned Sunday to the kingdom after 20 years.
Morocco, Politics, 5/30/2005
Libya postpones release of Muslim Brothers detainees
News reports in Libya said that the Libyan authorities had postponed the release of Muslim Brothers members detained by it, due Sunday. This, however, was due to reasons pertinent to special arrangements.
Libya, Politics, 5/30/2005
Al- Sherif: Mubarak lays down pillars of modern state
Egypt's Speaker of the Shura Council Safwat Al-Sherif said at the beginning of the session for discussing the draft budget and plan of the FY 2005/2006 that President Hosni Mubarak is laying down the pillars of a modern state which is based on participation, political and economic freedoms.
Egypt, Politics, 5/30/2005
Rasheed: Egypt-Saudi Arabia new stage towards mature economic ties
"Egypt and Saudi Arabia have started a new stage of mature ties to promote their economic and investment cooperation," Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed said Saturday.
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 5/30/2005
Syria closes the file of debts with Russia
Syria and Russia on Sunday signed in Damascus an agreement provided for ending the file of the Russian debts that tolled USD 13.4 billion accumulated in Syria since 30 years.
Syria-Russia, Economics, 5/30/2005
President of Bulgaria meets Qathafi, Shalqam expects solution for nurses crisis
The Bulgarian president Georgi Barvanov met with the Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qathafi in Tripoli in an attempt to end the crisis of the Bulgarian nurses who are accused of injecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV virus.
Libya-Bulgaria, Politics, 5/30/2005
Annan in southern Sudan, discusses UN support with Garang
The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has visited southern Sudan in the course of the UN efforts to support the peace agreement.
Sudan-UN, Politics, 5/30/2005
Rifaat al-Assad is ready to cooperate with Washington
Syrian former Vice President, Rifaat al-Assad, expressed his readiness to cooperate with the administration of the American President George Bush in order to topple the regime in Syria to which he announced he will be returning to bring in democracy and economic prosperity.
Syria-USA, Politics, 5/30/2005
Europe succeeds in delaying Iran's Uranium enrichment start date
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Yesterday that Tehran would continue suspension of its uranium enrichment activities, if the EU latest proposal was accepted by the Iranian senior officials.
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/30/2005
Gulf states supports Iraq's independence, Lebanon's unity
Leaders of the Gulf cooperation council (GCC) states expressed in their consultation summit which was held on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, their support for the political process in Iraq and the independence of this country.
Gulf-Regional, Politics, 5/30/2005
Lebanon is committed to UN resolutions, Hammoud
Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud on Sunday said his country is committed to the UN resolutions regarding the Middle East peace process based on the Land-for-Peace formula and "Madrid terms of reference".
Lebanon-European Union, Politics, 5/30/2005
'Polisario' publicly threatens to resort to terror against Morocco
The separatist "Polisario" movement openly threatened to resort to terror acts against Morocco according to the menaces made public by Ali Salem Tamek and run Sunday by the Spanish "El Mondo" daily.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 5/30/2005
Major security operation in Baghdad
An official source at the Iraqi ministry of defense said that a major security operation of 40,000 Iraqi policemen and soldiers started in Baghdad and its surrounding in the course of chasing gunmen.
Iraq, Military, 5/30/2005
Some 23 Iraqis killed in attacks in new campaign in Baghdad
one police officer was killed together with his driver and other four members of the Iraqi police were injured in a booby trapped car led by a suicidor at a police vehicle in Zeyouna area to the east of Baghdad near the headquarters of the Assurian democratic Movement
Iraq, Military, 5/30/2005
King Mohammed reiterates support to Palestinian cause
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Qods Committee, renewed Saturday to the Palestinian President His support to the Palestinian cause and to the "brotherly Palestinian people."
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 5/30/2005
Egypt manages to contain crisis among Palestinian factions
Official Palestinian sources said that Egypt has managed to contain the crisis among Palestinian factions especially those which flared between Fatah and Hamas movements following the municipal elections held on May 5.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/30/2005
Princesses Lalla Salma and Lalla Hasna preside diner banquet on rehabilitation of ex-inmates
Morocco's Princesses Lalla Salma and Lalla Hasna presided Sunday a diner banquet on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the national days for the rehabilitation of ex-inmates
Morocco, Culture, 5/30/2005
Fragments of a Syrian missile fell in the Turkish territories
The Turkish foreign ministry announced on Saturday it had summoned the Syrian ambassador to Turkey, Khaled Raad, asking for clarifications after a military verification and witnesses said that the fragments which were found in a field near the borders with Syria are for a missile fired from the Syrian territories.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 5/30/2005
Syrian, Iranian relations highlighted
Sayed stressed Syria's keenness on bolstering bilateral relations with Iran, particularly in the cultural field, pointing out that dialogue among the Islamic peoples is the best way to deal with the problems.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 5/30/2005
Saint Paul-Unveiled in Damascus countryside
The Russian Ambassador in Damascus, Robert Makrian underlined the historical relations between Russia and Syria and those between the Russian Church and the Church of Antioch since the arrival of Saint Paul the Messenger in Syria and his call for Christianity in the world.
Syria, Religion, 5/30/2005
Yemen: death penalty for a supporter to al-Houthi over contacting Iran
The state security court in Yemen on Sunday sentenced to death a Zeidi man of religion and sentencing another 8 years after they were found guilty in contacting with Iran to support the rebellion of the Zeidi scholar Hussein Bader Eddine al-Houthi in the north of Yemen.
Yemen-Iran, Politics, 5/30/2005
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While no security incidents were registered in the Lebanese elections in which the rate of turnout was the preoccupation of members of al-Hariri bloc, with nine of its members who ran unopposed in the elections.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak phoned yesterday Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qathafi. The conversation tackled African Union efforts in Darfur and Arab joint action.
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday received at the People's Palace Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on the latest regional and international developments and all aspects of the Arab situation and the Euro-Med Foreign Ministers Association Conference in Luxembourg.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak telephoned King Abdullah II of Jordan yesterday. Presidential spokesman Ambassador Suleiman Awwad said that the conversation dwelt on the situation on the Arab arena and ways to promote Egyptian-Jordanian relations.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak sent yesterday a verbal message to Amir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani on cooperation between the two states and the latest developments in the region.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is expected to open today the exported liquefied gas project in Damietta whose product is exported to Spain and Italy.
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"Around 40 Internet technology institutions and companies from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar will take part in the exhibition," said Fady Qotishat, director of the organizing company of the three-day WEBEX 2005 Exhibition in the Jordanian capital of Amman yesterday.
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