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Islamic summit to specify who speaks on religious issues
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal announced on Tuesday that the special Islamic summit which starts its deliberations today in Mecca will discuss developing the Islamic Fiqh ( Islamic jurisprudence ) and giving it enough power so as to become a higher reference for al-Ifta
Regional, Religion, 12/7/2005
More bodies found in Lebanese mass grave
Replying to a question on information which attributed the mass graves recently found in Anjar, Bekaa, belong to the period of the civil war in Lebanon in 1990 when the forces of Michel Aawn and Samir Jaajaa clashed, the leader of the opposition trend Michael Aawn told al-Jazeera satellite TV that "this is an irresponsible statement," noting that Anjar was far away from the battle fields.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/7/2005
Sharaa reiterates Syria's will to hold UN inquiry
Sharaa said "we are trying and exerting all possible effort as to improve ties with Lebanon and we are not imposing any conditions, but whenever we try to improve them; we find there is someone objecting inside Lebanon."
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 12/7/2005
Ghazaleh, Jame returned back after their interrogation
Two Syrian security officials returned back to Damascus on Tuesday after they were interrogated in Vienna by the UN investigators in the probe of the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 12/7/2005
US on Egypt's arrest of opposition figure Ayman Nour
US State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli was asked yesterday that "Human rights groups are reporting some widespread violations in the Egyptian elections and there's been 69 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested today, and also Mr. Nour has been detained. So I just wondered whether your assessment of the Egyptian elections so far is the same as it has been in recent weeks, or do you think so far that it is a free and fair vote? And I just wondered if you had any further comment on how it's progressing. I think it's the final round on Wednesday."
Egypt-USA, Politics, 12/7/2005
Mubarak expects Hariri murder investigation to continue
Sharaa's statement came upon the assertion made by the chairman of the parliamentary majority Saad al-Hariri that a Lebanese court may not able to assume this case. A matter which makes it imperative to establish an international court
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 12/7/2005
Al-Assad presides over economic team meeting on currency stability
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad underlined on Tuesday importance of the Syrian pound exchange rate stability at normal levels since it poses as "a priority to the government work and the monetary authority that is mandated to take necessary procedures to fulfill that goal."
Syria, Economics, 12/7/2005
Mauritania president at Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia
The chairman of the military council for the ruling Justice And Democracy Council in Mauritania Col. Ala Weld Muhammad Faal headed for Saudi Arabia in order to take part in the special summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC due on Wednesday and Thursday.
Mauritania-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/7/2005
Zawahri: Bin Laden leads al-Qaida; organization is growing
The second ranking man in the al-Qaida organization, Ayman al-Zawahiri, said that the leader of the organization Osama Bin Laden is alive and is leading the Jihad (struggle) and that al-Qaida is growing and its force is increasing, as he alleged.
Regional, Politics, 12/7/2005
Muslim Scholars Commission boycott the elections in Iraq
Kubeisi stressed that "the commission does not stand with any one side in these elections."
Iraq, Politics, 12/7/2005
US military operations in Anbar governorate, west Iraq
Iraqi Islamic Party criticized this military operation and it called on the UN and the Arab League to interfere in order to stop it.
Iraq, Politics, 12/7/2005
American kidnapped in Iraq, al-Qaida police academy attack
the media official for the Kurdistani Islamic Federation said that the supporters of the Kurdistani Democratic Party which is led by Masoud al-Barazani attacked the headquarters of the Islamic Federation in Dahouk city and burnt one of them in the downtown of the city.
Iraq, Military, 12/7/2005
Two police women behind the police academy attack in Baghdad
The Iraqi minister of the Interior Baqer Jaber Soulagh said that two police women carried out the twin suicide operation in the police academy in Baghdad and resulted in killing more than 37 sand injuring 72 of the officers and students of the academy.
Iraq, Military, 12/7/2005
Rice says rendition of suspects accused of terrorism within the law
RICE: Well, I think the war on terrorism has to be fought lawfully. And if it's not, then we're not a country of laws and that is no place to be.
Regional-USA, Politics, 12/7/2005
Some Sudanese refugees head for home
Some 12,000 internally displaced Sudanese returning home with half a million head of cattle will take a month to traverse the bridge that is the only crossing-point over the White Nile in the region and many animals risk being killed on the heavily mined road leading there, a United Nations refugee agency spokeswoman said yesterday.
Sudan, Politics, 12/7/2005
An Egyptian Copt awarded Islamic thought Prize
The Shura Council on Tuesday received message from the Moroccan Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs nominating an Egyptian Copt, Nabil Luka Babawi, for the award of King Mohammed of Morocco in Islamic thought, an Egyptian government report noted.
Egypt-Regional, Religion, 12/7/2005
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