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1/9/2006
Al-Assad talks with Saudi king about UN Hariri investigation
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held talks in Jeddah with the Saudi king Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz concentrated on the implications of the UN investigation into the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/9/2006
Denial of Douba, Shihabi joining Khaddam
A senior Syrian official source has mocked at tidings recently circulated by some Arab and international media means with regard to the defection of the former chief of the Syrian military security department Major General Ali Douba and former Syrian staff Lt. Gen Hikmat Shihabi in order to join former vice president Abdul Halim Khaddam in exile.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/9/2006
Al-Assad meets Mubarak on pressure Syria faces
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with his Egyptian peer Hosni Mubarak on Sunday in Sharm esh Sheikh, Egypt, in the framework of his Arab moves to contain the increasing pressures on Syria on the background of the investigation into the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 1/9/2006
Syrian mixed reaction to Khaddam as leader of opposition
The Syrian opposition has been moving to tighten the belt around the Syrian regime, as it welcomed Abdul Halim Khaddam's defection from the regime and his joining its ranks, on the ground this his defection serves its objectives which aim at introducing democratic change in the country, as this opposition alleged.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/9/2006
On the interrogation of President al-Assad
Syria has responded to the request of the UN committee into the murder of the Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri to interrogate President Bashar al-Assad and the foreign minister Farouq al-Sharaa.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/9/2006
Syria's National Progressive Front discuss current political situations
Syria's Secretary Generals of the National Progressive Front ( NPF) discussed in its regular meeting on Sunday the political situations in the region and "the fierce campaign directed against Syria's national and pan-Arab stances."
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/9/2006
Syria calls UN commission to protect Syrian under Israeli occupation from deportation
The villagers, who have been living under Israeli occupation since 1967, hold rightful property deeds to their lands in the village. Syria holds the UN Human Rights Commission responsible for pressuring Israel to abstain from partitioning the village of al-Ghajar
Syria-Israel, Politics, 1/9/2006
BBC: Blair impeachment urged for Iraq war
The BBC reported today that a former top British soldier called for impeaching Prime Minister Tony Blair for the war against Iraq.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 1/9/2006
17 US soldiers killed in helicopter crash, attacks in Iraq
Sheikh Muhammad al-Mazouri, deputy chairman of the Muslim Scholars Union in Kurdistan was killed at the hands of the American forces in Irbil city in the north of Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Military, 1/9/2006
Western embassies in Jordan close for security reasons
The two embassies of Canada and Australia in Jordan on Sunday decided to close their doors for security reasons.
Jordan-Regional, Politics, 1/9/2006
Sharon's doctors to wake him from coma today
Doctors of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon said they will start as from today to wake him up from his coma since his brain stroke and hemorrhaging.
Israel, Local, 1/9/2006
French hostage released in Iraq
French engineer Bernard Blanch was released in Iraq, one month after his kidnapping.
Iraq-France, Local, 1/9/2006
Muslim pilgrims ritual of standing on Mount Arafat; its meaning
Some 2.5 million pilgrims started since sunrise today to flow to Mount Arafat in order to perform the most important part of Islamic Haj rituals which is to stand on Mount Arafat.
Saudi Arabia-Regional, Local, 1/9/2006
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Algerian President Abdu Aziz Butaflika, member of the presidential Council of Arab Maghreb union, phoned Libya's leader and head of union, Muammar al-Qathafi, within the framework of their constant consultations and coordination, JANA reported.
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Iranian Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said today to a question about conditional acceptance of Russia's nuclear proposal by Iran in case of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, said it is being assessed and Iran will benefit from the cooperation of other countries if required "However, we will act in accordance with our principles of enrichment on the domestic scene and access to peaceful nuclear technology within the framework of the relevant treaties."
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The Egyptian government said the Sudanese who have legal visas are to stay in Egypt, while the others will be deported, and that all the Egyptian actions regaridng the recent refugee and political asylum seekers were taken within consultations with the Sudanese government and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees bureau in Egypt.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to visit Syria soon, as al-Jazeera satellite TV reported yesterday.
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Iranian Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said today in response to a question whether the government has any plans on extradition of the leader of the Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO), Masoud Rajavi, which Iran says is a terrorist kept at an Iraq-based US garrison, "Once the US troops withdraw from Iraq, we shall settle the issue with Iraq's government."
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Egyptian officials said the Suez Canal revenues in 2005 were up 12.3 % from 2004 to reach $ 3.45 billions, the highest in its 136 years of existence.
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Syria's Minister of Culture Mahmoud al-Sayyed called on Syrian writers and playwrights who direct writing to children to provide the ministry with their theatre productions as part of working together to enhance child theater as a means of education and encouraging high values and principles.
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