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Damascus rejects al-Assad meet UN investigators
Syria has officially rejected the request of the UN investigator committee into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri to meet with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, information minister Mahdi Dakhlalluah said.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/12/2006
Assafir: Syria's Ghazali in Vienna for Hariri investigation
The Lebanese daily Assafir said in its today's issue that the former chairman of the security department of the Syrian forces in Lebanon, Maj. Gen. Rustoum Ghazali, will once again be brought today to Vienna before UN investigation into the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 1/12/2006
Hakim opposes changes to Iraq's constitution
The leader of the United Iraqi Coalition, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, said that the Shiite list will not accept fundamental changes to the Iraqi constitution which was approved in mid October.
Iraq, Politics, 1/12/2006
Jordan detains Islamic liberation party members
The Jordanian authorities detained ten members of the banned Islamic Liberation Party during the two past days.
Jordan, Politics, 1/12/2006
Ahmadinejad: Big powers want to control Persian Gulf
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that big powers intend to dominate the strategic region of the Persian Gulf
Iran-Regional, Politics, 1/12/2006
Rafsanjani: Iran will break down colonial taboos
Rafsanjani: "They plan to deprive the Third World countries particularly the Islamic states of nuclear technology, keeping them always some steps behind."
Iran-Regional, Politics, 1/12/2006
Al-Hurra: Qathafi: absence of old guards in Israel, Palestine is better for peace
Libya's leader Muammar al-Qathafi considered on Monday that the old guards from both the Israeli and Palestinian political system are an obstacle to the peace process in the Middle East.
Libya-Palestine, Politics, 1/12/2006
Belgian to head UN Lebanon-Syria Hariri probe
A Belgian prosecutor with the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be the new head of a UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, the United Nations announced on Wednesday.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 1/12/2006
Saudi king confers with Muqtada al-Sader
Saudi Arabia's king Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz received the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader in his first open appearance in the region for this controversial Shiite Iraqi leader.
Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 1/12/2006
UN's Iraq envoy says rule of law must prevail
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's senior envoy to Iraq today decried recent bloodshed in the country and called on its people to demand that their leaders focus on protecting civilians and fostering a lawful society.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 1/12/2006
Germany denies its secret service assisted US in Iraq war
Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency actively aided US troops during its Iraq war in spring 2003 despite Berlin's repeated remarks it had no role in the conflict, the German media said Thursday, IRNA reported.
Iraq-Germany, Politics, 1/12/2006
Continued fighting in Iraq
Iraqi security sources said that unidentified gunmen killed four persons including a member of the Baath Party in Musil city.
Iraq, Military, 1/12/2006
UN urges ME states to fight bird flu
Nations of the Middle East need to brace themselves for the possibility of bird flu outbreaks, according to a top UN official monitoring avian influenza, now that the disease appears to have been found in Turkey.
Regional-Turkey, Economics, 1/12/2006
General Assembly resumes talks on Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly yesterday resumed closed-door talks on setting up the new UN Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights, as called for by leaders meeting at the 2005 World Summit last September.
Regional-UN, Politics, 1/12/2006
Gulfsands Petroleum complete oil data study in Syria
The oil company Gulfsands Petroleum PLC has completed the acquisition of approximately 1,155 line kilometers of 2D seismic data within Block 26 in Syria.
Syria-USA, Business, 1/12/2006
Egypt Cotton production in 2005
Egypt, Economics, 1/12/2006
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has welcomed a statement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Palestinian legislative elections will be held on schedule and another statement by Israeli acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he will recommend to his Cabinet that Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem be allowed to vote.
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Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan a member of CENSAD Presidential Council conducted a phone call with Libya's leader yesterday within the pattern of ongoing consultations and coordination, and preparations for holding the 6th ordinary session of the African Union Summit in Sudan, JANA reported.
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The US, thru its secretary of state Condaleezza Rice, threatened Syria to bring its file to the UN Security Council unless it fully and unconditionally cooperates with the UN investigation into the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri.
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US President George W. Bush signed the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act into law January 11, opening the way for tariff-free bilateral trade in all industrial and consumer goods and creating new opportunities for trade in services and agricultural goods.
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US military commission proceedings against detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were expected to resume yesterday the US said. Two "enemy combatants" as designated by the US governmet, Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul, a Yemeni accused of making propaganda videos for the terrorist group al-Qaida, and Canadian teenager Omar Ahmed Khadr, who is accused of killing a US serviceman while fighting for al-Qaida in Afghanistan, are the first detainees to be tried by military commission since President Bush established them after the September 2001 attacks on the United States.
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During the International Organization for Public Relationships forum, Lula Zaqlama head of International Relationship Association is become new head of this organization, as the first Egyptian woman to assume this chair.
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Tension on the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has eased, the United Nations said yesterday, although restrictions on the movement of UN personnel and the Eritrean ban on UN helicopters remains.
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