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Political tension in Iraq, call for unity government
Reactions continued in Iraq regarding the rejection expressed by the Iraqi political forces to the announced partial results of the legislative elections which took place last week in Iraq, and according to which the Shiite coalition seems to have received the greater majority, while the Iraqi Tawafuq Sunni list came second.
Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2005
Continued split inside the Lebanese government
Concerning the differences inside the Lebanese government, chairman of the Hizbullah bloc in the Lebanese parliament, Muhammad Raad, said that the ministers who represent his party and the Amal Movement will continue their boycott of the sessions of the Cabinet.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/23/2005
Junblat accuses Damascus of terrorism
The Lebanese Druze leader Walid Junblat escalated his campaign started by his bloc and the Lebanese parliamentary majority on Thursday against the mission carried out by the secretary general of the Arab League Amr moussa since December 14, calling on him to go to Damascus instead of Lebanon, in order to stop what Junblat called the political killing practiced by Syria in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/23/2005
Junblat political bloc criticizes AL chief mission in Lebanon
The bloc of the Druz leader Walid Junblat strongly criticized the mission carried out by the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa in Lebanon, and warned against what it called attempts to hide the facts.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/23/2005
UN criticizes Israel's exploitation of occupied lands in Palestine, the Golan
The UN General Assembly on Thursday demanded Israel in a resolution under the title "permanent supremacy for the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem and to the Arab people in the occupied Syrian Golan heights over their natural resources," to stop exploiting natural resources in the whole occupied Palestinian lands and in the occupied Golan Heights, in disposing of these resources and endangering them.
Israel-UN, Politics, 12/23/2005
Saddam on Washington and lying
The toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yesterday accused during his trial the American administration of lying when it denied that he was beaten "the same way the US lied over Iraq's owning mass destruction weapons."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
Saddam engages his accusers with questions
The special court in the trial of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and seven of his companions listened yesterday to a new group of witnesses in the 7th session concerning the case of killing 148 persons in the Dajil city.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
Iran adamant on full and complete rights to nuclear development: Khatami
Tehran's substitute Friday Prayers Leader Ahmad Khatami said today the Iranian nation will defend its inalienable nuclear rights to last drop of its blood.
Iran-European Union, Politics, 12/23/2005
US Congress bans inhuman treatment of detainees
The US Congress yesterday approved a law outlawing the use of torture, or cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees being held by the US military and civilian federal agencies
Regional-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
Pentagon still investigation its interference in Iraq press
US Marine Lieutenant General James Conway, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that there are no results yet from the investigation it is carrying into Pentagon interference with the Iraq press.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
American forces to reduce two contingents in Iraq
The US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced that his country decided to reduce the number of its forces in Iraq by two contingents, at a time when it will reinforce the number of forces training the Iraqi army.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
Rumsfeld, Blair in unannounced visits to Iraq
The US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Baghdad coming from Afghanistan in an unannounced visit aiming to meet the American forces in Iraq and Iraqi officials.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 12/23/2005
12 Iraqis killed in new attacks
Some 14 Iraqis were killed on Thursday including four police members and four cleaning workers in various attacks in Iraq on Thursday.
Iraq, Military, 12/23/2005
Fatah said to run united in Palestinian elections
Egypt's Minister Omar Suleiman has managed at his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah to narrow the gap of disagreements inside Fatah Movement, Palestinian sources said yesterday.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 12/23/2005
Israeli begins reparations to Palestinians in Gaza
With a $25 million grant to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Israeli government made its first donation to a UN agency that will give the Palestinian territories an economic boost following Israel's withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2005
Syrian Peace Tree expected to enter guinness world records book
The Musical Charity Institute has sponsored the 'building' of Syria's Peace Tree on the occasion of Christmas in which about 700 Syrian families took part using millions of beads to give the tree its final shape.
Syria, Local, 12/23/2005
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The Libyan Court of Cassation specified January 31 as a date for announcing the verdict in the case of the Muslim Brothers group in Libya, in which some 85 persons are being tried, accused of being members in the illegal group, among other 152 persons convicted in 2002 before the People's Court which was dissolved in December 2004.
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Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, Chairperson of the National Council for Women (NCW), who attended on Thursday the closing session of a workshop on Eradicating All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, said that Egyptian women and their children enjoyed all rights, saying "we insisted on making use of all means to a better life for our people."
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has written to Paul Volcker, chair of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) into the scandal-ridden Iraq Oil-for-Food Program, to agree to Volcker's request to extend the Commission's follow-up operations until the end of March 2006.
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