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Algerian government commends successful referendum
Reactions continued on Friday to the Algerian approval of the "peace and national reconciliation document" by a greater majority of 97.4%.
Algeria, Politics, 10/1/2005
Sunnis want constitution to be only changed under referendum; strict majority
He indicated the main points included in the paper are first: that Iraq to be one united country and the constitution to preserve this unity. Second: confirming the use of the Arabic language in Kurdistan. Third: the constitution to be only changed by a referendum, rather than getting two thirds of the votes of the parliament.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 10/1/2005
Mubarak: Upcoming parliamentary elections will be fair and free
Addressing the closing session of the National Democratic Party NDP Congress Friday, President Hosni Mubarak said that Egypt will shortly have legislative elections which will enhance the march of the political reform.
Egypt, Politics, 10/1/2005
Talibani criticizes Jaafari; Zarqawi claims Balad explosions
The Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani accused the prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari of violating the rules and taking decisions, independently.
Iraq, Politics, 10/1/2005
Lebanese sources: Syrians will be accused of assassinating Hariri
Lebanese diplomatic and political source expected that the chairman of the UN investigation committee into the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri will implicate Syrian officials of involvement in the assassination of Hariri.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 10/1/2005
Guardian Unlimited : Saudi Arabia links huge arms deal to expelling dissidents
reported that "If Downing Street bows to today's reported Saudi demands for concessions in the hope of a Eurofighter sale worth up to 40 billion (pounds), it will face dissent from the Foreign Office, the Serious Fraud Office, and British Airways. There will also be anger from such expatriate victims of Saudi behaviour as Ron Jones, who is trying to sue the regime for falsely imprisoning and torturing him."
Saudi Arabia-UK, Politics, 10/1/2005
Syria to the UN: Israel's statement on the Golan against peace
Syria has stressed that the dangerous and provocative statements of some Israeli officials in which they have stressed their determination to keep the Syrian Golan under the Israeli control forever are contradicting the international law and the relevant UN. resolutions.
Syria-Israel-UN, Politics, 10/1/2005
Mubarak's son enhances position, denied running for parliament
During the conference of the National Democratic Party conference which was concluded on Friday, Jamal Mubarak, the son of the Egyptian president who presides over the higher committee for policies enhanced his position.
Egypt, Politics, 10/1/2005
Qathafi's views on political change of power
JANA reported yesterday that the Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qathafi "analyzed the heretical sophistry and shallowness of the claims presented in the world on the socalled rotation of power and its exercise on behalf of the people and issuance of laws in the name of the people and the separation of power."
Libya, Politics, 10/1/2005
Lebanese speaker rejects pressures on Syria
Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri asserted that bids of pressure on Syria for a long time are to get at the Syrian policy principals and bases that defend Arab causes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 10/1/2005
Bilad al-Sham history at Ottoman Time concludes
Syria's Minister of Culture Mahmoud al-Sayyed called on Thursday to read history of Bilad al-Sham during the Ottoman time, in a new way that depends on objective, scientific and methodical means.
Fertile Crescent-Syria, Politics, 10/1/2005
Iraqi business optimism about Iraq's future
An international survey of more than 600 Iraqi business owners and managers suggests that a majority of them are optimistic about Iraq's economic and political future.
Iraq, Economics, 10/1/2005
12 Iraqis killed in Hella, Balad's victims increased to 100
The number of the victims of explosions in Balad city, north Baghdad, on Thursday evening, increased to 99 including 22 children and 35 women while other 124 persons were injured
Iraq, Military, 10/1/2005
Al-Ahram: Egyptian security delegation discuss with Israeli officials defusing current crisis
The Egyptian security delegation under the chairmanship of Major General Mustafa Al Behairy, Major General Mohamed Ibrahim and the membership of counselor Ahmed Abdul-Khaleq Friday had talks with Israeli officials in Jerusalem in the framework of Egypt's intensive efforts for defusing the current crisis between Israel and the Palestinians.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 10/1/2005
Al-Baath: Syria, China to build cement factory
The factory's production will reach at one million and 800,000 tones of packed and liquid cement. Its capital is about $ 200 million
Syria-China, Economics, 10/1/2005
Mauritania's new ruler: we will not review relations with Israel
The chairman of the "military council for justice and democracy" that rules Mauritania, Ali Weld Muhammad Faal, stressed in an interview for the Jeune Afrique L' Intelligence to be published on Monday, that his country will not re-consider ending diplomatic relations with Israel and Washington.
Mauritania-Israel, Politics, 10/1/2005
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Iran and Lebanon Friday issued a statement calling for dismantlement of Israel's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). The statement, issued by visiting Majlis Speaker of Iran Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel and his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri, stressed the importance of scrapping WMDs in the Middle East region, IRNA reported yesterday.
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The annual report released by the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on investment in 2005 pointed out that Egypt topped the list of African countries in terms of direct foreign investments inflow in 2004.
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Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Shiite Higher Council in Lebanon, Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan has warned against foreign intervention in the internal affairs of Lebanon.
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U. S. official denied on Friday Israeli allegations over Washington's support to maintain the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan, a UAE paper said Friday.
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"French Minister of Foreign Affairs Phillippe Douste-Blazy discussed ways to promote strategic dialogue with Egypt during his recent visit to Cairo," a French Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.
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The Mexican government will hold talks with Egyptian government to import Egyptian natural gas, said Undersecretary of the Mexico Ministry of Economy.
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The Lebanese minister of foreign affairs and expatriates received a telephone call from the Lebanese charge de affairs Hassan Hijazi notifying him on the release of the Lebanese citizen Ali Abbas who was kidnapped in Iraq.
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Europe intends to use its influence to get the Russians to vote against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency. "The Russian President Vladimir Putin will be pressed next week to back Iran's referral to the United Nations' Security Council, as the EU intensifies pressure on Tehran to halt its nuclear activities," EuropeanVoice.com reported.
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