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Zeibari indicates Iraq needs wide governing coalition
With the tense political situation in Iraq, the pace of attacks and acts of violence resulted in killing 11 Iraqis including one colonel in the army and another one in the police, as well as kidnapping 8 persons including a female doctor working in Tikrit hospital.
Iraq, Politics, 12/29/2005

Results of Iraqi elections to be canceled in certain areas
The higher commission for the elections in Iraq decided to cancel certain election circles if it is proved that there is a cheating in various parts of the country.
Iraq, Politics, 12/29/2005

Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to conclude today
Saleh called on Eritrea and Ethiopia to embark on the policy of dialogue in order to settle bilateral differences so as to avert the two countries to resort to power for settling their differences.
Yemen-Sudan, Politics, 12/29/2005

Sharaa underlines Syria's cooperation with new UN investigator to Hariri murder
"What is contrived against Lebanon is also manufactured against Syria. There is no contradiction in interests with Lebanon where most Lebanese support building good ties with Syria. These ties are not linked neither to an army presence nor to security but rather to history and geography as well to human extension and they are stronger than any other considerations," Sharaa said.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 12/29/2005

Washington Post: UN asks Belgian to head investigation of Hariri assassination
The United Nations has asked a Belgian prosecutor to take over its investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, according to a spokesman for the prosecutor and senior UN officials, the Washington Post reported yesterday.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 12/29/2005

Berri: Pressure on Syria, Lebanon are not new
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri underlined Wednesday that the current pressures on Syria and Lebanon are not new; pointing out that the US campaign against Syria began before the assassination that claimed the life of Lebanese ex-Premiere Rafiq al-Hariri.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/29/2005

Arab Transitional Parliament meeting concludes deliberations
Arab Transitional Parliament (ATP) on Wednesday wrapped up deliberations of its first session held at the Cairo-based Arab League in the presence of the Syrian Peoples Assembly delegation headed by its Speaker Mahmoud al-Abrash.
Regional-Syria, Politics, 12/29/2005

20 Iraqi prisoners killed by police
Some 20 Iraqi prisoners were killed in bloody clashes with the police forces in a military base, called "justice camp", in the capital Baghdad.
Iraq, Politics, 12/29/2005

Seminar on Islam and Muslims in Non-Islamic countries
Minister of Awqaf or Islamic Trusts said on Wednesday that Muslims are considered an effective and a gathering element in their societies as well in their new motherlands because Islam is the religion of openness, freedom, mercy and unity.
Regional-Syria, Religion, 12/29/2005

Egypt seeks effective car industry
Egypt's Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed received Thursday industry investors from the car assembly and suppliers.
Egypt, Economics, 12/29/2005

German kidnap negotiator, is himself kidnapped in Yemen
The German foreign ministry said that the former deputy foreign minister Yurgun Shrouburg and his family are the five kidnapped members in Yemen.
Yemen-Germany, Local, 12/29/2005


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Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak will today swear in a new government that has 8 new ministers in it. Go

Asked about a proposal by the Nigerian President on holding a five-way summit grouping the leaders of Egypt, Libya, Chad, Sudan and Nigeria to solve the conflict between Chad and Sudan, Egypt referred to one such proposal on holding a meeting in Tripoli on January 4, saying, however, there were no responses to the proposal yet. Go

Russian Foreign Minister Sergie Lavrov emphasized on Tuesday importance of the situation stability in the Middle East and not allowing emergence of new centers of tension. Go

The Iraqi police said it found a new mass grave including 31 bodies date back to 1991. Go

An international conference on Development and Removing landmines from the northwestern coast of Egypt asked for international help Egypt to remove the landmines, a process estimated to cost $250 million. Go


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