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Al-Assad interview on internal and regional issues
Syria has agreed that five Syrian citizens could be interviewed by commissioner Mehlis in Vienna. What do you expect of this interrogation? And what in fact do you expect from the Mehlis report
Syria-Regional, Politics, 12/6/2005
Two Syrian officials interrogated in Vienna
Al-Jazeera satellite TV in Vienna said that investigations were completed with two of the Syrian officials in the case of the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafi al-Hariri. They are the former chief of the Syrian intelligence in Lebanon Roustom Ghazaleh and his assistant Jame Jame.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 12/6/2005
Saad al-Hariri accuses Syria of obstructing his father's murder investigation
The chairman of the Lebanese al-Mustaqbal (future) parliamentary group, Saad al-Hariri, accused Syria of trying to affect the UN investigation to the murder of his father.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 12/6/2005
Saddam prevented from having pen and paper at trial
The trial of the former toppled Iraqi President and seven of his Aides will resume today over the killing of 148 persons from the town of al-Dajil in 1982. This was following a contentious session for witnesses in which tension and disorder overwhelmed the court.
Iraq, Politics, 12/6/2005
Former Iraqi official died in prison
The American army announced in a statement that Muhammad Hamza al-Zubeidi, the former Iraqi prime minister died in prison.
Iraq, Politics, 12/6/2005
Rumsfeld says Iraqis are better off
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told students and faculty at the Johns Hopkins University yesterday in a speech about the future of Iraq that success in Iraq should not be defined as an absence of terrorist attacks.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/6/2005
Palestinian groups claim unity over resistance of occupation
Several Palestinian groups announced their stand in support of the Jihad movement which claimed responsibility for Nathania explosion in Israel by one of its members.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/6/2005
Mofaz order resumption of assassination, Palestinian resistance vows to escalate
Palestinian sources in Gaza said that the Israeli warplanes continue flying in the airspace of the sector, amid reports of the readiness of the occupation forces to attack Gaza during the coming hours, after the end of Nathania operation which resulted in killing five persons and injuring other 40, an operation which was claimed by the Islamic Jihad movement.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/6/2005
US condemns Nathania attack
The US has condemned Nathania Israeli attack operation. The spokesman for the US state department Adam Early called on the Palestinian authority to take measures immediately in order to prevent the occurrence of "similar" operations and put an "end to violence and to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism."
Palestine-USA, Politics, 12/6/2005
Rice: US does not torture detained terrorists
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States does not permit or tolerate the torture of any terrorists detained in its custody.
Regional-USA, Politics, 12/6/2005
Efforts to release western hostages in Iraq
Scholars and intellectuals from the Arab and Islamic worlds, in a statement, appealed the kidnappers of the four western hostages to release them quickly, because they affiliate, according to the statement to a peaceful organization known for its support to the causes of oppressed peoples.
Iraq-UK, Local, 12/6/2005
Water increasingly important to the region
Fares, pointed out in an opening speech to the increasing importance of waters and its becoming a political issue in the next decade, particularly in the Middle East as the most sensitive part of the world that suffers from this phenomena.
Regional, Economics, 12/6/2005
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Civic societies and associations on Monday staged a sit- in at the "tent of the homeland" in al-Rawda Square in Damascus to show support to Syria's national and pan-Arab stances and rejection of the campaigns and pressures on the country. The participants in the sit-in carried national flags and photos of President Bashar al-Assad as well as banners that express condemnation of threats against Syria.
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Syria's Minister of Expatriates Buthaina Shaaban on Monday appealed to western states to change strategy towards Muslim immigrants, stop issuing laws and put an end to some stances that increase discrimination and provocation against expatriates.
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"The biggest 7 international oil companies operating in Egypt said they would double their investments in the field of prospecting for oil and natural gas," said Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi.
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