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Terror hits Sharm el-Sheikh, at least 75 people dead
A series of explosions including at least three car bombs struck the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh early Saturday, hitting several hotels packed with foreign and Egyptian tourists.
Egypt, Local, 7/23/2005
Sharm el-Sheikh explosions target tourist area
Egyptian police sources said that among the victims of the explosions of the Red Sea are British, Dutch, Qataris, Kuwaitis and Egyptians.
Egypt, Local, 7/23/2005
Iraqi women alarmed by reversal of rights gains in draft constitution, UNIFEM says
Iraqi women are alarmed that the National Assembly committee mandated to draft the country's new constitution is curtailing the rights of women granted them in the earlier, interim version and using Islamic Sharia Law as the main source for legislation, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) said yesterday.
Iraq, Politics, 7/23/2005
Iraqi, American women discuss constitution, women's rights
Basri explained the importance of focusing on checks and balances in the constitution. Individual rights for everyone must be protected, she said, in order to avoid a "slippery slope" that could lead to a loss of rights for many.
Iraq, Politics, 7/23/2005
Rice offers Lebanon support for reform
Lebanese Premier Fuad Sanyoura said Syria and Lebanon are neighboring countries and have fraternal relations and "We are determined to establish good and correct relations between the two countries and to boost trade and economic ties in the interest of the two sisterly states."
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 7/23/2005
Rice in surprise visit to Lebanon, calls for a single authority
The US secretary of state Condaleezza Rice urged Lebanon to implement its international obligation "precisely" as prescribed by UN resolutions and to impose its authority on it "so as to have one authority there," a reference to the military presence of Hizbullah party in the south of the country.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 7/23/2005
Rice's visit, Syria, and the Lebanese resistance
What is remarkable about the visit by Rice is that Lebanese parliamentarian Saad al-Hariri was the first to meet with Rice upon her arrival before meeting any other Lebanese official
Lebanon-Syria-USA, Politics, 7/23/2005
Syria asks UN Security Council to force Israel to abide by UN resolutions
Miqdad underlined that "the reality of the conflict is connected to Israel's refusal to end occupation of the Arab territories and its ambition for more land acquisition by force, and expelling more Palestinians from their homes and lands by spreading death, destruction and misery."
Syria-Israel-UN, Politics, 7/23/2005
Libya remembers Jamal Abdul Nasser revolution
Today marks the 53rd anniversary of July Revolution "led by the immortal leader Jamal Abdul Nasser, who devoted his life to supporting Arab and African issues
Libya-Regional, Politics, 7/23/2005
British report on Israeli violations of human rights
The British Foreign Office has underlined Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian lands, saying "this issue arouses Britain's deep concern." In its annual report on human rights issued Friday, Britain underscored that Israeli troops' practices, the racial separation wall, and Israeli settlers' conduct have caused Palestinians great pain.
Palestine-UK, Politics, 7/23/2005
Lebanese figures warn of US intervention in Lebanon's internal affairs
Qabalan reiterated rejection of foreign intervention in Lebanon's internal issues, saying "If the U.S. Secretary of States' visit to Beirut aims at intervening in the Lebanese affairs, then it is an unaccepted issue." He called on the American official to intervene and play a role in returning the Palestinians to their homeland and not to settling them in the hosting countries.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 7/23/2005
New York Times: Kurdish call for bigger territorial map
Kurdish leaders "have presented a redrawn map with a larger Kurdistan to the Iraqi National Assembly for consideration in the new constitution, a Kurdish party official said Thursday."
Iraq, Politics, 7/23/2005
Rice meets Abbas today
The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, due in August, will be at the core of Rice's talks with the Palestinian president
Palestine-USA, Politics, 7/23/2005
Iran to pipe gas to oil field shared with UAE
The 78 percent completed project will cost $ 160 million and become operational in next week going over 74 kilometers of lands.
Iran-United Arab Emirates, Economics, 7/23/2005
Despite progress towards peace, Sudan still 'utterly fragile', UN envoy
While the international community's humanitarian, political and African-led military strategy for peace and stability in Sudan was finally bearing fruit, the situation was still extremely fragile, particularly for millions of people in war-torn Darfur, and would perhaps require decades of sustained efforts to set right, the top United Nations envoy for Sudan warned yesterday.
Sudan-UN, Politics, 7/23/2005
One killed, several injured in Beirut explosions
One persons was killed and others injured in an explosion that took place on Friday evening in Mono street in al-Ashrafeyah area to the east of Beirut, according to Lebanese LBC and Future TV stations.
Lebanon, Local, 7/23/2005
Acts of stealing in Aden; cautious calm in Sanaa
Acts of theft erupted in the coastal Yemeni city of Aden on Friday, two days after acts of violence in various parts of the country in protest of the increase n the fuel price.
Yemen, Politics, 7/23/2005
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Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem on Friday conveyed to Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul a message from Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara on the critical situation in the region which necessitates intensification of consultations between the two countries.
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"About half of Iraq's new police battalions are still being established and cannot conduct operations, while the other half of the police units and two-thirds of the new army battalions are only "partially capable" of carrying out counterinsurgency missions, and only with American help, according to a newly declassified Pentagon assessment," The New York Times reported thursday.
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Syria's Information Minister, Mehdi Dakhlallah has stressed that the new information law which is currently being prepared combines the various audio-visual, printed and electronic media that are expected to reflect the reality and aspirations of the people honestly and objectively.
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The Grand Imam of AL Azhar, Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, affirmed that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism. He also said that the Islamic Nation Power does not rest mainly on its military might but rather on its economic political and social assets.
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Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi today "recommended Europeans not to use the language of threat against Iran as it would be of no use, but instead try to take the initiative of cooperation with the country.
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Iran's Expediency Council Chairman Hashemi Rafsanjani addressing the Friday prayer worshipers Friday called on the Islamic world to shoulder responsibility towards the Palestinian cause. He underlined Iran's readiness to help the Iraqis achieving security and stability expressing regret for death of innocent citizens due to the insecure situation in Iraq.
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The Palestinian representative at the UN, Sumaya al-Barghouti, accused the Israeli government of using the international efforts, to make the Israeli withdrawal a success, to change the reality on the ground and to impose illegal defacto situation, noting that this attempt aims at foiling the foundation of "a viable and independent Palestinian state, based on the 1967 borders.
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"The Libyan world champion, Abdul rahim al Zawai, got a gold medal in weight lifting of 250 kg, in the championship of people with special needs, organized in Kuala Lumpur In Malaysia," JANA reported yesterday.
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