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Great election victory for Mubarak, very low participation
Chairman of the higher committee for the Presidential elections in Egypt advisor Mamdouh Meree announced that the candidate of the ruling democratic national party, President Hosni Mubarak, won a fifth term of office for 6 years at a rate of 88.6% of the votes. Only 23 % of the those eligible to vote voted.
Egypt, Politics, 9/10/2005
Mubarak gains wider authority for reform
The Egyptian minister of investment Mahmoud Mohey Eddine said that the win of President Mubarak for the first multi-candidate Presidential elections in the country gives him a wider authority to make change at the economic and political levels.
Egypt, Politics, 9/10/2005
Siniora hails Mubarak's efforts to rebuild Lebanon
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora hailed efforts exerted by President Hosni Mubarak in support of the Lebanese government and people for rebuilding modern Lebanon.
Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 9/10/2005
Iraq's president sees Iraqi society united
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says the vocal disagreement between different ethnic and religious communities in Iraq should not be interpreted as a sign of civil discord but, rather, an indication of a healthy political environment.
Iraq, Politics, 9/10/2005
Sunnis seek to desolve the Iraqi parliament
At a time when the US played down the importance of the call made by the Muslim Scholars Commission in Iraq, the largest Sunni commission in the country, to desolve the Iraqi parliament, in protest on the draft constitution, noting that he Iraqi voters are the ones who will decide this issue.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005
Polisario demands protection of prisoners observing hunger strike in Morocco
The Polisario Front called on the UN secretary general Kofi Annan to interfere in order to prevent the worsening of the situation of prisoners in the Western Sahara who continue a hunger strike since one month.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 9/10/2005
Speaker rebuffs unilateral sanctions on syria
People's Assembly in Syria has denounced overnight unilateral sanctions against Syria imposed by, "certain countries on many other states among them is Syria."
Syria-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005
Iran will not give up right to nuclear technology: Rafsanjani
Chairman of Expediency Council in Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has stressed the necessity of realizating security and stability in Iraq calling upon the Iraqi people to unify ranks to face their problems.
Iran-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005
Garang plane crash not due to technical problems
A senior Russian experts taking part in the investigation into the plane crash in which the Sudanese First Vice President and leader of southern Sudan People Liberation movement, John Garang, was killed, said that the accident was not a result of any technical failure in the Ugandan helicopter which was carrying him.
Sudan-Uganda, Politics, 9/10/2005
Four kidnapped Iranians diplomats are in Israel; former prisoner
One Iranian prisoner who spent 17 months in al-Khayyam jail, in south Lebanon, said on Friday that he saw in his own eye the four Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped in Lebanon during the Israeli invasion in 1982, alive in one of the Israeli jails.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 9/10/2005
US army blocks the Iraqi army from Iraq's airport
A British company which is in charge of Baghdad's airport said it closed on Friday Baghdad's airport over a difference on its contract with the Iraqi government and the company.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005
Syria works to prevent infiltration to Iraq, Castello says
The Syrian authorities are cooperating and working to prevent infiltration of the armed personnel to Iraq through its borders, Commander-in-Chief of US Central Command Brig. Gen. John Castello said yesterday, hoping for more efforts in this regard.
Syria-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005
Attack against American base in Karkouk
The source which asked to be anonymous said that "unidentified gunmen detonated al-Rasoul ( the prophet) mosque and Huseinieh. The source explained that the gunmen planted explosives around the mosque and this resulted in the collapse of large part of the building and the burning of all its content.
Iraq, Military, 9/10/2005
Bush sidesteps Lahoud in NY
US President George W. Bush excluded his Lebanese counterpart Emil Lahoud from attending a reception in New York for leaders taking part in the UN summit next week.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005
Official eulogy, people's absence for Moussa Arafat's funeral
A veiled spokesman on the name of the people's resistance committee said that Manhal was released after Palestinian authority negotiators promised to deal with consequences of "crimes of the collaborator Moussa Arafat."
Palestine, Politics, 9/10/2005
Egypt, Turkey boost tourist cooperation
The coming stage will witness an increase in the tourist field between Egypt and Turkey especially following the rise in tourist influx between the two countries.
Egypt-Turkey, Economics, 9/10/2005
Fahmy: Liquefied gas project records $128m profits
Egypt has made $128 million in additional profits after running a new liquefied gas unit nine months ahead of the scheduled date of operation, petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy said on Thursday.
Egypt, Economics, 9/10/2005
Qatari airlines buys 60 Airbuses at $ 10.6 billion
The Qatari airlines signed in Paris intent with the European Airbus company to buy 60 planes for long air flights of A-350 type at a cost estimated at $ 10.6 billion in a deal announced earlier initially in June.
Qatar-France, Economics, 9/10/2005
Washington against Hamas in the government
The White House announced prior rejection to any contacts with representatives for the Islamic resistance movement Hamas who might win the next legislative elections in the Palestinian territories due on January 25th, 2006.
Palestine-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005
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Chief UN investigator into the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafiq Hariri, Detlev Mehlis, will not be able to visit Damascus on Saturday Sept. 10, an official source at Syrian Foreign Ministry announced Friday.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak received a telephone call on Thursday from Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi on the Arab and African developments, and expressed appreciations for Qathafi's decision to pardon some Egyptians who were serving sentence in Libya
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Lebanese interest requires enhancing relations with Arab and Islamic countries particularly Syria, Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Shiite Higher Council in Lebanon, Sheikh Abdulamir Kabalan said Thursday.
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The United States and Saudi Arabia have concluded a bilateral market access agreement, paving the way for Saudi Arabia to complete its accession bid to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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