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Failure of the Egyptian opposition in parliamentary elections
The almost final results of the first phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections revealed the failure of several opposition members, while ministers and senior leaders of the ruling party won the elections.
Egypt, Politics, 11/12/2005
Massive demonstrations by Muslim Brothers in Cairo in protest of election results
The Egyptian police arrested seven members of the Muslim Brothers group during demonstrations that erupted in the center of Cairo after Friday's prayers, in protest of what they claimed to be falsification in the first phase of the parliamentary elections.
Egypt, Politics, 11/12/2005
The Egyptian ruling party and the elections
News reports in Cairo said that the performance of the ruling party in the parliamentary elections was much less than expected, as the party lost 20% of the circles where it is very influential, in addition to taking part in the repeated election rounds in many circles most of them against Muslim Bthe rothers.
Egypt, Politics, 11/12/2005
Dissolved Baath party in Iraq announces death of Ezzat al-Douri
News reports quoted a statement by the dissolved Baath party in Iraq said that Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the second man during the rule of the toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein died on Friday.
Iraq, Politics, 11/12/2005
Jordan interrogates suspects in Amman's explosions
the police inspected the poor quarters in the capital Amman inhabited by Iraqi workers, adding some of the detained persons were released.
Jordan, Politics, 11/12/2005
Amman explosions impact Jordanian tourism
Analysts expressed fears that the tourism sector which is vital to Jordan will be adversely affected as a result of the bloody attacks which targeted hotels in Amman, and expected that Jordan will focus its challenge in the economic development to a fight in facing terrorism.
Jordan, Economics, 11/12/2005
Syrian and world reactions on al-Assad's speech
Damascus represents the "beating heart of Arabism" and the "castle of Arab steadfastness" and "we will not allow any one to hurt this heart," Atwani concluded.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 11/12/2005
Lahoud meets with UN investigators
A Lebanese official source denied that the Lebanese President Emi Lahoud was subjected to interrogation in the international investigation of the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Lebanon-UN, Politics, 11/12/2005
Ahmadinejad says Iran to press ahead with its rights to nuclear development
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting today with the visiting Secretary General of Russia National Security Council Igor Ivanov said that Iran dose not welcome the prospect of its nuclear dossier referred to the UN National Security Council, but, it will not be intimidated by the hegemonic powers
Iran-Russia, Politics, 11/12/2005
Saudi Arabia joins WTO officially
Saudi Arabia on Friday got the official consent for joining the World Trade Organization. Its complete joining of the organization will be made by the fall of the mid December as membership WTO will be 149 countries.
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 11/12/2005
Syrian-Swedish talks over parliamentary and defense Issues
"It is important to deal in a real way with issues of the region," the Minister noted pointing out at risks posed due to the "double standard way of handling international resolutions" and said that "Israel is challenging the international legitimacy by its occupation of Arab lands and its ignoring of the international resolutions."
Syria-Sweden, Politics, 11/12/2005
Bush calls Syria for complete cooperation with UN committee
The US President George W. Bush has called on Syria to fully cooperate with the UN committee in charge of investigating in the killing of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri and to stop the attempt to frighten and destabilize the Lebanese government.
Syria-USA, Politics, 11/12/2005
Bush says Iraq is at center of fight against terrorism
In a speech that condemned the ideology of terrorism and presented a strategy for defeating it, US President George W. Bush asserted that "because free peoples believe in the future, free peoples will own the future."
Regional-USA, Politics, 11/12/2005
Forum for the future promotes democracy, job creation
Leaders from Europe, the United States and the Arab states announced November 12 the establishment of two new institutions under the auspices of the Forum for the Future to support democratic reform efforts and economic growth in the broader Middle East and North Africa.
Regional, Politics, 11/12/2005
Annan in Baghdad to express solidarity with Iraq
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Iraq this morning for a one-day visit to the capital, Baghdad, where he met with a number of top Iraqi leaders and the staff of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) while voicing support for an Arab League conference on the troubled country.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 11/12/2005
Five American soldiers killed in Iraq
Acts of violence were renewed in various parts of Iraq during which several persons were killed in the lines of the American and Iraqi forces, in a clear deterioration of the security situation there.
Iraq, Military, 11/12/2005
Arabs Gulf states invest $140 billion regionally
The International Financing Institute expected that the Arabs of the Gulf cooperation council GCC will invest not less than 140 billion dollars to found regional projects within the two and a half next years.
Gulf-Regional, Economics, 11/12/2005
Syria lament loss of famed Hollywood film director Moustafa Akkad in explosion
Al-Aqqad is considered one of the greatest international Directors. His masterpieces were the famous Al-Rissala (the Message) of the Islamic religion emergence and Omar al-Moukhtar of the famous Libyan national figure who combated Italian colonialism and was hanged by their forces of occupation. He was preparing to shoot a film of great figure in Arab history Sallahaddin.
Syria-USA, Local, 11/12/2005
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak sent a message to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Mubarak also received a phone call from Lebanese lawmaker and head of the Future Movement Saad Al-Hariri.
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President Hosni Mubarak sent a cable to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on the first anniversary of late president Yasser Arafat.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday welcomed President Bashar al-Assad's pledge to cooperate with a UN inquiry into the killing of a former Lebanese prime minister.
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Sunni engagement in Iraq's political process is one important sign of the nation's strengthening democracy, which ultimately will spell defeat for violent extremists, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared in series of interviews in Baghdad with US and Arab news media November 11.
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A lawyer revealed that his client, Lui Saqqa, a Syrian detainees at the Turkish prisons received an offer for giving a false testimony regarding Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri's assassination in exchange for a large sum of money.
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