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Lifting banking secrecy from eight Lebanese officials
A banking official said that the banking committee in charge of fighting money laundry chaired by the governor of the Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh, decided to lift the banking secrecy protection off the accounts of 8 Syrian figures and Lebanese figures close to Syria.
Lebanon, Politics, 9/16/2005
Syria ready to finalize association agreement with the EU
Syria announced on Thursday full readiness to finalize the association agreement with the European Union and to merge with the world economy.
Syria-European Union, Economics, 9/16/2005
Differences between government, People's Movement over energy ministry
The leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and first Vice President, Sylva Kiir, said that the difference over the ministry of energy is still delaying the formation of the Sudanese interim government.
Sudan, Politics, 9/16/2005
US threats against syria are due to US failure in Iraq, papers
The USA is increasing pressure on Syria in order to escape blame from the impasse in Iraq, the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi paper said Thursday.
Syria-USA, Politics, 9/16/2005
The Independent: Occupation instigate sedition for excuse to stay in Iraq
Internationally recognized British Journalist Robert Fisk accused the US and Britain of instigating sedition and civil war in Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/16/2005
Arab organizations condemn Iraq bombs
General Secretariat of International Federation for Arab Trade Unions on Thursday strongly condemned the latest acts of terror which took place in several Iraqi cities and claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent people yesterday.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 9/16/2005
Scores killed in explosions against policemen in Baghdad
Scores of Iraqis were killed on Thursday in a series of new explosions that shook the Iraqi capital Baghdad and targeted in particular members of the Iraqi policemen.
Iraq, Military, 9/16/2005
Nearby American attacks on Iraqi cities, 200 Iraqis killed in 48 hours
The US forces are preparing to launch air raids and land attacks at cities in the west of Iraq. This was in the course of its search for the leader of al-Qaida organization in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who vowed to expand his bloody attacks which inflected during the past 48 hours in killing more than 200 persons and injuring 600 just in Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Military, 9/16/2005
Fox News: Rice calls for continued pressures on Syria
The US secretary of state Condaleezza Rice called on Thursday on the international community to pressure Syria "because it might have known of what had taken place in Lebanon," in remarks to the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-USA, Politics, 9/16/2005
US on Israeli Supreme Court decision on the seperation wall
Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman for the US Department Of State was asked "within the last day the Israeli Supreme Court has just issued a ruling unanimously, which says that the barrier wall on the West Bank must be rerouted to help the Palestinians gain some control over their lives.Ê But also in the Gaza strip there's been other anarchy and apparently Hamas has blown a hole in the wall -- the fence there.Ê And have you spoken to President Mubarek as far Egyptian troops to gain control there?"
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/16/2005
Suez Canal $304 million in August income
Fadel was speaking at a ceremony marking the 49th anniversary of the Egyptian pilots Day. He put at a total of 1.2 billion dollars the cost of an operation to deepen the major waterway to 66 feet.
Egypt, Economics, 9/16/2005
Qatar's foreign minister meets with Israeli peer
Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jaber al-Thani held talks with his Israeli peer Silvan Shalom, on the sideline of the meetings of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Qatar-Israel, Politics, 9/16/2005
Egypt to mechanize rice cultivation
Egypt and South Korea have inked a technical cooperation protocol to mechanize rice cultivation and harvest in Egypt.
Egypt-South Korea, Economics, 9/16/2005
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Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, chairperson of the National Council for Women (NCW), opens on Saturday the new premises of the NCW in Minya for empowering women economically, socially, politically and culturally.
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Norway's labor party leader on Thursday notified the American President George W. Bush that Norway will withdraw its forces from Iraq. Norway did not approve of the invasion of the coalition forces led by the USA of Iraq, considering that the UN did not issue an authorization to this effect, but Norway sent 20 soldiers to join the British, Polish and the NATO forces after the USA announced the end of the war.
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UK's Prime Minister Tony Blair was under renewed pressure to withdraw British troops from Iraq from almost 100 public figures, describing the war as an "unmitigated disaster," IRNA reported today. A personal letter signed by celebrities, academics, musicians, MPs and activists was handed in Blair's office by British actress Julie Christie, saying that many soldiers, who did not want to serve in Iraq, had been killed, wounded or maimed.
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Syria on Thursday signed international agreement related to so-called nuclear terrorism on the occasion of the UN Summit Meeting which started deliberations yesterday at the International Organization in New York.
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