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Reconciliation referendum in Algeria expected to pass
Preliminary statistics show that the rate of turnout among voters for the referendum of "national reconciliation and peace charter " in Algeria reached 17% for Thursday morning. A weak rate, amid expectation of an increased turnout after the Algerians finish their work day.
Algeria, Politics, 9/30/2005
Weakest turnout for Algerian reconciliation in Kbyle area
The lowest turnout rate for the current Algerian elections was registered in Teizi Ozo and Bejaya in Kbyle area where Tansiqeyat al- Oroush ( The largest family) called for a general strike in protest of Butaflika's rejections to introduce the Barbarian language as an official language.
Algeria, Politics, 9/30/2005
Supporters for Algerian reconciliation referendum
Supporters for the Algerian reconciliation referendum being voted on assert that approving the charter permits proceeding forward in the rebuilding of Algeria's social and economic development.
Algeria, Politics, 9/30/2005
Fatah wins municipal elections in the West bank
Preliminary results for the third phase of the Palestinian municipal elections in the occupied West Bank resulted in the winning of the Palestine liberation movement Fatah, led by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Palestine, Politics, 9/30/2005
Al-Assad emphasizes press role in voicing citizens problems
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad underscored on Thursday the "importance of the media and its role in making truth reach the public opinion and in expressing in a clear and frank way citizens concerns."
Syria, Politics, 9/30/2005
29 refugees killed in Darfur; attacks into Chad
The UN has announced that 29 Sudanese refugees were killed in an attack launched by the Janjawid militias at a camp for the refugees in Darfur, north west of Sudan.
Sudan-Chad, Politics, 9/30/2005
Parliament speaker: all activities at all Iranian facilities resume within Iran's legal right
Iran's Parliament Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said Today, "We are not willing to see Iran's nuclear dossier go to the United Nations' Security Council."
Iran-UN, Politics, 9/30/2005
Salama: Mubarak considers education as Egypt's gateway to future
Modernising education in Egypt is one of the top priorities of President Hosni Mubarak who considers education as Egypt's main gateway to the future, said Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Amr Salama.
Egypt, Education, 9/30/2005
French fm hails al Azhar role, calls for training French imams in Egypt
The Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi met on Thursday with French Foreign Minister Phillippe Douste-Blazy and his accompanying delegation which included Sheikh Dalil Abu Bakr, head of the Islamic Center in Paris.
Egypt-France, Religion, 9/30/2005
Jordan's king appeals for Muslim-Jewish cooperation
Muslims and Jews must move beyond mere tolerance to true acceptance of each other in order to honor their common heritage, reclaim their history of mutually beneficial social and intellectual interaction and confront the threat of violent extremism that wraps itself in distorted religious rhetoric, according to Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Jordan-USA, Politics, 9/30/2005
US efforts to ensure Iraq constitution referendum is adopted
McCormack said "I know that there are still -- there are ongoing discussions concerning any possible changes or amendments to the draft constitution.Ê If there is any agreement on amendments to the constitution, I think we leave it to the Iraqis to announce those."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/30/2005
Explosions kill 85 in Iraq
The number of victims of the three booby trapped cars in Iraq which were detonated on Thursday evening in Balad city, north of Baghdad, resulted in killing 85 persons and injuring other 115 with large number of them in critical health conditions.
Iraq, Military, 9/30/2005
Preacher missing in Iraq, series of attacks
Cliff Handford, archbishop of the Anglican Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East which takes Nicosia, Cyprus as a capital expected that five officials in the Anglican church in Iraq were most expectedly killed on the road between Amman and Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 9/30/2005
Five American soldiers are killed in Iraq
The commander of the American forces in Iraq George Casey admitted that conditions in Iraq might deteriorate even if the draft constitution is approved this month.
Iraq, Politics, 9/30/2005
Lebanese officials reject any US experts' role in probe
Head of Resistance bloc at the Lebanese Parliament, Mohmmad Raad, on Thursday renewed the Lebanese rejection of getting help from US military experts.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 9/30/2005
Talks between Larsen and Mubarak on the situation in Lebanon
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday held talks with the envoy of the UN secretary general to the Middle East Terry Rod Larsen on latest developments in the region.
Egypt-Lebanon-European Union, Politics, 9/30/2005
Five Moroccan killed while trying to sneak to Spain
The Moroccan- Spanish summit was overwhelmed by the death of five illegal immigrants during a mass sneaking attempt to Spain when hundreds of African immigrants launched an attack at a fence separating between Morocco and the occupied city of Sebta.
Morocco-Spain, Local, 9/30/2005
Cotton production is expected at 900,000 tones in 2005
An official of cotton marketing and ginning in Syria expected Thursday cotton production will reach at 900,000 tones this year noting that this quantity would be distributed on ginning machines according to their productive capacity.
Syria, Economics, 9/30/2005
Intensive talks to solve disagreement over Free Trade Agreement
Intensive talks between Egypt and the USA currently take place as a preliminary step toward concluding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 9/30/2005
India for boosting cooperation relations with Syria
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, E. Ahamed, on Thursday stressed that Syria has an important pivotal role in establishing just and permanent peace in the Middle East.
Syria-India, Politics, 9/30/2005
Al-Thawra: one million elderly in Syria
Chairman of the Elderly Health Department in the Health Ministry, Mohammed Isam Shabban, has stressed that the number of the elderly in Syria who are above 60 years old has reached one million, al-Thawra daily said Thursday.
Syria, Economics, 9/30/2005
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Thursday underlined his country's rejection of US pressures on Turkey regarding Syria. "Turkey will continue boosting relations with Syria and other neighbouring countries.. Turkey is not concerned with the US position towards these countries," Gul said in a press conference.
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Chairman of the Iranian Consultative Council Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said Thursday that his visit to Lebanon aims at enhancing relations between Iran and the two countries.
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Committee of the Foreign Affairs in the Spanish Parliament called on the Spanish Socialist Government to freeze cooperation with Israel and to take measures on the illegality of the racial separation wall Israel is building on the occupied Palestinian territories, a wall that is illegal according the International Court of Justice.
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The Spanish prime minister Jose Louis Thabatearo and the Moroccan peer Idris Jetto met in Eshbelya, southern Spain in a summit overwhelmed by the files of illegal migration and the situation in the Western Sahara.
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The Tunisian prime minister Muhammad al-Ghanoushi said in a press conference on the sideline of his visit to Dubai on Thursday that there is no direct difference between Tunis and Israel, and that his country is completely ready to recognize Israel and establish natural relations with it if the Palestinian people are offered their rights within the context of Arab principles.
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