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Arab and foreign reaction to UN resolution against Syria
Al-Sabah daily denounced the foreign ministers of great powers internationalizing the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri at a time they kept silent over Israel's prevention in 2002 of international investigators to do their job over inspecting Jenin massacre in the West Bank
Syria-Regional, Politics, 11/2/2005
Yemeni journalist Moujib Soueileh beating by police
Reporters Without Borders has noted the beating which Moujib Soueileh, a camera operator with the Arabic-language satellite TV news station Al-Arabiya, received from police in Sanaa on 20 October 2005 while filming a demonstration by textile factory workers demanding payment of wage arrears.
Yemen, Politics, 11/2/2005
Muslim Scholars Commission in Iraq announces solidarity with Damascus
The Muslim Scholars Commission in Iraq voiced solidarity with Syria before what it descried as American pressures which it considered as a scheme to destroy the Arab and Islamic states.
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/2/2005
Families of Lockerbie victims holds al-Miqrahi as not guilty
The British "Times" daily on Tuesday said that families of the victims of Lockerbie incident agreed to notify the committee in charge criminal cases in Scotland of their concern over mistakenly convicting a person in the blowing of the American plane over Lockerbie city in December 1988 that clamed the lives of 270 persons.
Libya-UK, Politics, 11/2/2005
Senator Rockefeller's seeks how officials misled US citizens into Iraq war
US Senator Jay Rockefeller had threatened last week to seek an outside investigation on how intelligence information was abused to mislead the country into a war against Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/2/2005
Iraqi minister says US and UK spies arrested in Iraq; Iran meddling
Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Baqir Jabr on Tuesday termed the allegations that Iran is meddling in Iraqi affairs as "ridiculous."
Iraq-UK, Politics, 11/2/2005
American forces release 500 prisoners from Abu Ghreib prison
al-Qaida organization in Iraq said on the Internet that it brought two of the workers for the Moroccan embassy it kidnapped in October to the legislative commission of the organization for trial. The statement showed two passports and ID cards of driver Abdul Rahim Bu'alam and Abdul Karim al-Muhafizi who were kidnapped while they were on their way from Jordan to Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/2/2005
Scores killed, injured in Iraq
Scores of Iraqis were killed or injured in new attacks in different parts of Iraq, while the American and Iraqi forces intensify their campaigns to chase gunmen and limit the number of bomb explosions.
Iraq, Military, 11/2/2005
Sudan's vice president Kiir meeting in US to focus on dialog and unity
Asked about the meeeting that Sudan's FIrst Vice President Salva Kiir will hold with US officials, in the US, Sean McCormack, the Spokesman for the Department Of State said yesterday that the focus will be on encouraging resolving problems through dialog and within a Sudan unity government.
Sudan-USA, Politics, 11/2/2005
US for creation of UN Human Rights Council as immediate priority
Passage of a resolution to establish the proposed United Nations Human Rights Council is an immediate priority for the United States, says a top State Department official.
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/2/2005
Al-Akhbar: Sharons raids on Palestinians are against peace
Rifqi Fakhri wrote that: He who follows up the raids by Israel on Gaza and the West Bank will realize the true intensions of this neighbor that was imposed on us via Belfor's promise. He will know that such people do not want peace nor do they aim to reach it.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/2/2005
Criticism from Egypt, Jordan, Venezuela, to UN international day on Holocaust
Egyptian ambassador at the UN Najid Abdul Aziz said this day should be the memorial day for victims of mass extermination "without discrimination on the base of religion or the race," and not to be confined to the victims of the Holocaust. He said "we consider that no body can monopolize sufferings."
Israel-Regional, Politics, 11/2/2005
US wants trade agreement with Egypt
US Trade Representative Rob Portman said Egypt is one of four Middle Eastern nations the United States is considering to sign free agreement with.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 11/2/2005
UN mission chief in Sudan raises questions about 'no-go' areas in western Sudan
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative to Sudan yesterday raised questions about the country's problematic security situation, which has limited the movements of United Nations personnel, during a meeting in Khartoum with the Interior Minister.
Sudan-UN, Politics, 11/2/2005
Three killed, seven injured in attacks in Algeria
Three persons were killed including one policeman and other seven injured in Algeria in various attacks attributed to Islamic members
Algeria, Local, 11/2/2005
Egyptian police killed two Bedouins trying to sneak to Israel
The Egyptian Lt. Gen. in Northern Sinai police, Ali Makhamer, said that he Egyptian security forces which guard the border area killed two Bedouins while trying to sneak on Tuesday to Israel.
Egypt-Israel, Local, 11/2/2005
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Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said the upcoming parliamentary elections will be transparent adding that the government is committed not to use government resources, facilities, worshipping places and schools in propaganda.
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At the political level in Iraq, the independent higher commission for elections officially announced the beginning of the election campaigns for parties and movements taking part in the legislative elections due in mid December. The commission council member Fred Ayar said that the campaign starts from the date of accepting the nomination and continues until the day which directly precedes the voting.
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received Tuesday evening at al-Shaab Palace the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Mohammad Al-Sabah Al- Salem Al-Sabah. Talks dealt with the report of the international investigation Committee and the UN Security Council resolution 1636.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at a meeting through video conference with NDP candidates in Minya said the whole world is following up political reform in Egypt which was launched with the presidential elections.
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At the meeting held by Governors Council Tuesday which was attended by eight ministers, Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif discussed electricity supplies to slums in implementation of President Mubarak's directives to develop these areas.
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Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmad Bin Hilli has invited Iran to attend the Solidarity Congress of Iraq, saying the league attaches special importance to Iran's presence in the congress, IRNA reported today.
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Thousands of Syrians staged a sit-in today at a main square in Damascus to protest accusations and pressures Syria is exposed to.
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Head of the Phalanges (Kataeb ) in Lebanon Karim Baqradouni voiced worry over turning the UN Security Council into authority that adopts the logic of economic sanctions and military solutions to solve disputes in the Middle East instead of finding peaceful compromises.
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A report released by the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center showed that Egypt has occupied the 14th place on the world level in terms of exporting leather products.
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Each of Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Yemen, Syria and Algeria and the court of the Sunni Waqf in Iraq announced that tomorrow ( Thursday) is the first day of Eid al-fiter, while Libya on Tuesday announced that today ( Wednesday) is the first day of the Eid.
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