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Shiite progress in the Iraqi elections
Preliminary results of the Iraqi elections showed advancement of the United Iraqi Coalition which is led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and supported by the Shiite religious figure Ayatullah Ali al-Seistani in ten governorates
Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2005
Iraqi Sunni disapprove elections partial results
The Sunni forces in Iraq disapproved the partial results of the parliamentary elections which took place last week and showed progress of the Shiite United Iraqi Coalition, describing it as false and as "playing with fire."
Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2005
Al-Assad, Mubarak discussed relations between Syria, Lebanon
The issue of the Syrian- Lebanon relations overwhelmed the talks the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held in Cairo yesterday with his Egyptian peer Hosni Mubarak.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 12/21/2005
Inter- Lebanese differences continue
The pace of differences between the Lebanese government, on the one hand, and each of the Hizbullah party and the Free National Trend led by Michel Aawn, on the other.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/21/2005
Fears Jordan's new intelligence director will obstruct political reform
The Jordanian King Abdullah II appointed a new director for the intelligence departments in the framework of security changes taking place in the Kingdom following the occurrence of three suicide attacks in November that resulted in the death of more than 60 persons.
Jordan, Politics, 12/21/2005
Jordan refuses to receive released former Iraqi officials
Al-Jazeera satellite TV quoted a Jordanian official source saying that Amman refused to receive the former Iraqi officials who were released by the American forces on Monday.
Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2005
Iran rules out preconditions in nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said today there can be no pre-conditions to Iran entering into nuclear talks with the European countries, adding that Iran's stand has been well defined, IRNA reported.
Iran-European Union, Politics, 12/21/2005
Saudi Arabia builds King Abdullah city for $26 billion
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday the foundation of a new city on the western coast with investments exceeding 26.6 billion dollars. A matter which reflects the prosperity the kingdom has been witnessing, due to the oil revenues as well as its desire to open to foreign investment.
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 12/21/2005
Ismael: we try to contain Lebanese Syrian tension by Arab means
Mustafa Othman Ismael, the advisor of the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, said following a meeting with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Tuesday that Khartoum is moving within an Arab framework to contain the tension in the Lebanese- Syrian relations.
Sudan-Regional, Politics, 12/21/2005
Nueimi receives death threats for defending Saddam Hussein
Najib al-Nueimi, Qatar's former minister of justice and one of the defense lawyers of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, said that he has been harassed and threatened to be killed by some workers at Baghdad airport upon his arrival to take part in the trial session which will be resumed today.
Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2005
US National Security Advisor Hadley views on the Iraq war
US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says broad agreement is emerging between President Bush and his domestic critics about how to deal with the Iraq war.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/21/2005
EU's Solana: 1,000 people a day use Gaza border crossing
A senior European diplomat says more than 1,000 people a day are now traveling between Egypt and the Palestinian Territories using the historic border crossing negotiated in November by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 12/21/2005
Annan condemns Darfur village vicious attack
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan strongly condemned what he called a vicious attack on a village in West Darfur, Sudan yesterday, in which 20 people, including women and children, are reported to have been murdered by several hundred militia who also burned huts and looted livestock.
Sudan, Politics, 12/21/2005
Journalist arrested briefly for writing about mustaches
Reporters Without Borders said freelance journalist V. M. Sathish's passport that was confiscated when he was briefly arrested in Dubai on 13 December 2005 for allegedly libeling a jewelry chain by reporting that it ordered its employees to shave off their beards and mustaches.
United Arab Emirates, Politics, 12/21/2005
Algeria evacuates 556 African immigrants
The Algerian foreign minister Muhammad Bajawi said that his country evacuated 556 south Sahara African immigrants "in the framework of the efforts made by the country to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants to Europe."
Algeria-European Union, Politics, 12/21/2005
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Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud has called on all Lebanese parties to involve in a dialogue on all issues of disagreements without exception, in order to reach results and solutions that satisfy all Lebanese.
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Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has warned against politicizing the issue of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri in order to put pressures on Syria and to find pretexts to foreign interference in the region.
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The American ambassador in Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad criticized for the second time within one week, the Iraqi ministry of interior and minister Bayan Jaber Soulagh. He said that the Iraqi police has to win the confidence of all social strata.
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Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Suliman Awwad said US Vice President Dick Cheney told President Hosni Mubarak he had to cut short his current Mideast tour to attend Senate vote on the extension of the so-called Patriot Act on Wednesday, Egypt said.
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IBM is planning to establish a center in Egypt to train Egyptian programmers and IT experts, a government reported noted.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and his wife are to witness the cultural evening held by Culture Ministry on the occasion of the opening of Mohamed Ali Pasha Palace in Shubra, Cairo due in next Monday, the government noted.
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