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Mauritania coupe leaders desolve parliament
The "military council for justice and democracy" in Mauritania desolved the parliament and announced continued work according to the constitution of July 20 of 1991, which will be complimented by the military council charter.
Mauritania, Politics, 8/5/2005
Normal life returns back to Mauritania
Normal life returned back to Mauritania and national police patrols took the streets, calling via loudspeakers on citizens to return back to their work and practice their daily life naturally.
Mauritania, Politics, 8/5/2005
Garang's body tours the south, Bashir appoints Keer vice president
The body of the Sudanese vice president and leader of the people's movement for the liberation of Sudan (SPLM), John Garang, arrived in Rumbik city, south Sudan, coming from Kourmok in the Higher Nile estate, in the course of a series of stops between the main towns in southern Sudan before his burial on Saturday in Jouba.
Sudan, Politics, 8/5/2005
African Union position on UN Security Council reforms unchanged
African Union extraordinary summit on Thursday evening wrapped up its sessions, held at the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Regional-UN, Politics, 8/5/2005
Qathafi address on Arab -African cultural relations
We Arabs, our origins were in Africa, and become Africans now, and there is no other refuge to us but in Africa. For us, our land is Africa, and our continent is Africa, even our color will change by time to the black color. You know that the black color is the dominant, when two get married a black and white, the children will be black. The black color is the dominant, this is a sign of God. After generations our skin will become brown and black.
Libya-Regional, Politics, 8/5/2005
al-Jazeera TV: Zawahiri warns Brits against the Blair policies, threatens Bush
Ayamn al-Zawahiri, the second ranking man in al-Qaida organization warned the Brits against the consequences of the policies conducted by the British prime minister Tony Blair. He said that these policies will bring them more destruction following the London explosions incidents.
Regional-UK, Politics, 8/5/2005
New al-Qaida threats will not deter United States, Bush says
US President George W. Bush said threats from al-Qaida will not deter the United States from its mission to help the Iraqi people develop a democracy, but they do show the terrorists' desire to "impose their dark vision on the world."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/5/2005
London's mayor for British pullout from Iraq
London's mayor Ken Levingstone called on Thursday for the withdrawal of the British forces form Iraq in order to protect the British capital's security.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 8/5/2005
US defends operations in west Iraq as more soldiers die
The US defended its military operations West Iraq, persisting on saying that they succeeded in minimizing the attacks of gunmen, despite the fact that 14 American soldiers were killed in a large explosion, and other four were killed in clashes with gunmen.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/5/2005
Deteriorated security conditions in Iraq
The US army on Wednesday evening admitted the death of three of its soldiers in a booby trapped car in west Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 8/5/2005
Jordan's king confers with Israeli defense minister
Jordan's King Abdullah II stressed in Amman that the only way to achieve security and peace is the full implementation of the Roadmap peace plan.
Jordan-Israel, Politics, 8/5/2005
Haaretz: 4 civilians killed by Israeli soldier opposed to Gaza withdrawal
Haaretz reported today that a Jewish Israel Defense Forces soldier, Eden Natan-Zada, "killed four people and wounded 12 in the Israeli Arab town of Shfaram on Thursday."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/5/2005
Israel detains al-Jihad spokesman
The Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank detained the spokesman for the Islamic Jihad movement, according to Palestinian security sources. The sources explained that the Israeli forces took Khuder Omran to prison after he was arrested during a raid on Ramullah.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/5/2005
New Israeli plan to expand settlements
Israel has disclosed on Thursday plans to build 72 residential units in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank in a flagrant violation of the Washington backed peace Roadmap plan, which calls for halting the expansion of settlements.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/5/2005
EU group insists on keeping Iran dependent and vulnerable to foreign interests for critical civil nuclear needs
Britain, France and Germany submitted proposals to Iran today to assist with the country's civilian nuclear program "providing it accepted that it would not exercise its right to develop its own fuel cycle," IRNA reported.
Iran-European Union, Politics, 8/5/2005
Syria, Lebanon discuss supplying Lebanon with electricity
Syria and Lebanon are to discuss supplying Lebanon with electricity according to a singed accord between the two states, Secretary General of the Syrian -Lebanese Higher Council announced on Thursday.
Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 8/5/2005
Syrian traveling to Saudi Arabia on foot
Syrian traveler Sulaiman Mu'srani will head on foot to Saudi Arabia in August 10 to express condolences on the death of King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz, and to raise the slogan of "No Paralysis, No Disability" for the handicapped.
Syria-Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/5/2005
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The Arab Journalists Union has condemned the assassination of the American Journalist Steven Vincent in the city of Basra in Iraq. In a statement issued Thursday, the Union stressed rejection to the killing, kidnapping and detention of journalists at anytime or any place regardless of their nationalities or religions.
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On behalf of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's Shura Council Speaker Safwat el-Sherif, is to take part in the funeral of late Sudanese first vice president John Garang, to be held in Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, on Saturday.
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Egypt's Minister of Interior Habib el-Adly received in Cairo Thursday a US Congress delegation led by US congressman Peter King who arrived in Cairo earlier in the day from Tel Aviv on a visit to Egypt.
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The Sudanese judiciary on Thursday issued prison sentences of life imprisonment or wipping against more than 500 persons convicted of being behind acts of violence. The persons were accused of violating general security and illegal gatherings and carrying out acts of stealing and destruction of public and private properties.
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A seminar on "freeing the Middle East and the World from Nuclear Weapons...whose responsibility is it?" will be held next Saturday at the cultural center of Abou Roumanneh in Damascus.
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Lebanese Minister of Agriculture, Talal al-Saheli, and Secretary General of the Syrian-Lebanese Higher Council, Nasri Khouri, discussed Thursday bilateral relations between the two states.
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