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Jaafari for comprehensive cooperation with Iran
The Iraqi prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari is today in Tehran in a visit which is his first held by an Iraqi leader for the neighboring state since decades. Iran's population is mostly Shi'a and has close connections to the southern part of the country.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 7/16/2005
Sanyoura presented new government excludes Aoun
Designated Lebanese prime minister Fouad Sanyoura said that the new formation which he had submitted to the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud on Friday is composed of 24 ministers including parliamentarians and politicians, leaving behind the idea of the government which is free from members in the parliament and the political parties.
Lebanon, Politics, 7/16/2005
Akhbar El Yom: NDP insists on nominating Mubarak for presidential elections
Sherif said the coming few days will witness a partisan move at all levels in preparation for the presidential elections and the next people's Assembly elections, stressing that there will be full distinction between the government move and the partisan activity.
Egypt, Politics, 7/16/2005
Younesi: Iran will defend its right to nuclear technology
Iran's Intelligence Minister Ali Younesi today said that "change of the government and state administrators will not have any major effect on Iran's nuclear issue and consensus is expected to be reached on it jointly by the government, the nation and officials in charge as was the case so far,"
Iran, Politics, 7/16/2005
Syria gears to ink accord with EU
The minister warned that modernizing legislative taxes that has been made would not contribute to tax and finance sector reform unless it was accompanied by an organizational and administrative reform at the ministry.
Syria-European Union, Politics, 7/16/2005
Guardian: Robin Cook on London explosions: our troops are part of the problem
Cook wrote "I do not draw a parallel between London and Baghdad to diminish the pain and horror caused by the crime on our own shores, but because that appalling experience should give us some insight into the violence that is now a daily occurrence in Iraq
Iraq-UK, Politics, 7/16/2005
Iraqi forces assume greater solo responsibilities, US general says
Iraqi military and police forces are providing security for increasingly larger swaths of the country and are commanding more respect daily, says a U.S. military officer with knowledge of their operations.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 7/16/2005
29 persons killed in Baghdad attacks
Some 29 persons were killed and other 100 injured in a series of suicide attacks and armed operations that took place in Baghdad and targeted the American forces and the Iraqi police forces.
Iraq, Military, 7/16/2005
China: Israeli Apatheid wall violates UN resolutions
China underlined rejection of the Israeli Apatheid wall in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, asserting that it violates UN relevant Resolutions and the land-for-peace formula.
Palestine-China, Politics, 7/16/2005
Syria expresses deep concern over incidents in Gaza strip
Syria expressed Friday deep concern and regret over the recent incidents of conflict between Palestinian groups that took place in Gaza Strip at a time when the Strip is facing ongoing Israeli aggression.
Syria-Palestine, Politics, 7/16/2005
Rice visits Palestine, Israel next week
A spokesman for the US Department Of State said on Friday that the US secretary of state Condaleezza Rice will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories within the few next days in order to help in completing the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in its due time.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 7/16/2005
Israeli forces bombards Gaza, Hamas vows revenge
Israeli helicopters today early morning bombarded several sites in Gaza city, Khan Younis, hours following similar attacks that resulted in killing 6 activists of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas.
Israel-Palestine, Military, 7/16/2005
Egypt holds parallel talks with Israel, Palestinian government
Egypt is in touch with Israel in a bid to convince Tel Aviv to exercise self-restraint and desist from complicating the situation in light of raging clashes between Israeli military troops and Palestinian factions, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 7/16/2005
Egypt disturbed by African moves on UNSC enlargement
Egypt has expressed concerns over moves by some other African countries to handle the enlargement of Security Council membership individually.
Regional-Egypt, Politics, 7/16/2005
Tourism in Syria sees major increase
Tourism Ministry announced that tourists number in Syria have reached 1.41 million during the first half of this year in comparison with 1.18 million of the same period last year. This to increase tourists number by about 20% in comparison with last year.
Syria, Economics, 7/16/2005
Two Lebanese obstruct Syrian buses on border area
A number of Lebanese youth stood in the way of a Syrian bus last evening and threw stones at it in the Lebanese region of al-Menieh near the Syrian-Lebanese borderline.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 7/16/2005
Egyptian chemist has no link to al-Qaeda, Interior Minister
Egyptian Chemist Magdi Mahmoud Mustafa El-Nashar, arrested on suspicions of being involved in the July 7 London bombings, had no link to Al-Qaeda organization, said Interior Minister Habib Al-Adli on Friday.
Egypt-UK, Local, 7/16/2005
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Several Iraqi Sunni scholars and politicians called for vast participation in the next elections being an opportunity that allows for playing a greater political role in Iraq.
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Egypt's Mufti Ali Gomaa and deputy Sheikh of Al-Azhar for dialogue of religions Fawzi el-Zafzaf will attend a commemoration ceremony at Cairo's Episcopal Church of the London bombing victims.
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In response to Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qathafi's call to the Ayar Liberation front in northern Niger, "to put an end to violence disarm, and resort to dialogue, the leader of the military wing of the Front, that comprise armed group of some Tuareg tribes in Niger, Mohammed Abulla, handed over weapons of the front, and put all its fighters and cadres at the disposal of the leader of the revolution,JANA repoterd yesterday.
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Iranian President Mohammed Khatami criticized the UN 1559 resolution "which is seeking to disarm Hizbollah from its weapon." "There is a Lebanese consensus that Hizbollah's weapons are a pure national matter as long as Israel is still occupying a Lebanese land," Khatami said in an interview broadcast by al-Arabia TV Thursday.
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"A suicide bomber driving a petrol tanker killed at least 60 Iraqi Shias yesterday as the vehicle caught fire and exploded, engulfing scores of people in flames near a mosque and market south of Baghdad" The Guardian reported today.
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"India has earmarked dlrs 1.5 billion in lines of credit to help Africa fight HIV-AIDS and other pandemic diseases, reports 'The Hindu'. This was revealed by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in a message to the July 4-5 African Union summit in Sirte, Libya."
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Members of the Egyptian diplomatic mission in Iraq left Baghdad Friday on their way home. The mission includes five diplomats and six administrators.
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Iran's Minister of Information Ali Younesi said that US is involved in forming networks for sabotage against Iran citing Abdul Malik terrorist networks as an example. "We have evidences to support link between Abdul Malik terrorist group with US and Israeli intelligence services," he said, IRNA reported today.
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