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Lebanon remembers today Hariri's assassination
The Lebanese people celebrate today the first anniversary of the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, at a time when the occasion is expected to witness peaceful and massive marches in all parts of the country.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 2/14/2006
Daily Star: Saad Hariri: Syria sending militants to Lebanon
Saad Hariri, son of slain Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, said Monday Syria was sending militant radicals into Lebanon, and claiming they belonged to Al-Qaeda.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 2/14/2006
Saudi Shoura council unsure on women driving cars issue
Senior Saudi Muslim scholars in 1990 issued a Fatwa which prohibits woman from driving a car in the kingdom. However, the Saudi minister of information Eyad Madani said before Jeddah economic forum on Saturday that "there is nothing in the Saudi laws that prohibits women from applying to get a driving license."
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/14/2006
Consultations to form Iraqi government
Sami al-Askari, member in the United Shiite Coalition said that the Shiite and the Kurds started official consultations to form the new Iraqi government.
Iraq, Politics, 2/14/2006
Syria to have an ambassador in Iraq
Syria's Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa has informed Leader of Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, Syria's decision to reestablish diplomatic relations with Iraq and exchanging diplomatic representation on level of ambassadors after forming the new Iraqi government.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 2/14/2006
Nuclear work officially resumes at Iran's Natanz
The deputy head of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) for International Affairs, Javad Vaeidi, made the disclosure while addressing a seminar dubbed "Nuclear Knowhow: Today's Strategy, Tomorrow's Need."
Iran, Politics, 2/14/2006
Syria switches foreign currency use from dollar to euro
Syria has switched all of its state foreign currency transactions to euros from dollars amid a political challenge with the United States, head of state-owned Commercial Bank of Syria said on Monday.
Syria-USA, Politics, 2/14/2006
Sudan rules out conspiracy for Garang death
Sudan's foreign minister Laam AKool announced that the investigation committee into the murder of the former Sudanese vice president John Garang ruled out a conspiracy behind his death in July 2005.
Sudan-Uganda, Politics, 2/14/2006
Violence in Iraq continues
In one of the most violent among these explosions, eight persons were killed and other 50 were injured, when a suicide bomber detonated himself wearing an explosive belt amid a crowd of Iraqis before a bank in Baghdad
Iraq, Military, 2/14/2006
Jakarta Post: Syria's economic ties with Indonesia growing fast
Jakarta Post reported "Syria an influential regional power in the volatile Middle East -- might be facing the wrath of the Western world led by the United States due to its stance on Iraq and Israel, but its relations with the world's largest Muslim nation, Indonesia, are picking up, says the Syrian ambassador to Indonesia."
Syria-Indonesia, Economics, 2/14/2006
Syria's grand mufti meets Spanish ambassador
The Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmad Badr Hassoun, stressed that "Islam is the religion of amity and tolerance, and underscored deep friendship and cooperation between Syria and Spain."
Syria-Spain, Politics, 2/14/2006
Kuwait renews rejection of offending prophet Mohammad
Kuwaiti Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah renewed his country's rejection of offending Prophet Muhammad and religious beliefs.
Kuwait-Regional, Politics, 2/14/2006
Rumsfeld ends visit to Morocco, urges to face al-Qaeda
US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld who ended a visit to Morocco said that his country wants to strengthen military relations with the countries of the region in order to limit threats embodied by al-Qaeda organization.
Morocco-USA, Politics, 2/14/2006
Al-Thawra: Syrian businessmen to establish economic satellite channel
Syrian businessmen have asked the government to establish a political and an economic satellite channel, Al-Thawra daily said Monday.
Syria, Politics, 2/14/2006
UN Security Council gives Iraq money to UN, IAEA
The UN Security Council, the organization that debated the decision of war against Iraq, and failed to prevent the US from attacking Iraq, and a body that the US declared irrelevant if it does not agree with it on the US decision to attack Iraq, is still in charge of Iraq's money, and is dispersing money to the UN and one of its agencies responsible for past inspection of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 2/14/2006
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NYTimes.com reported yesterday that the Egyptian authorities decided to delay local elections by two years with the government saying the delay is to implement more democracy, while others noted the reason being fear of the ruling party of great gain by the Muslim Brothers as was made in recent elections, and the unexpected weak showing of the ruling party.
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Lebanese Amal Movement called upon all Lebanese Monday to stop politicizing the UN investigation into the crime that claimed the life of Lebanese ex-Premier Rafiq al-Hariri. In a statement, the Amal Movement politburo underlined that the Arab belonging of Rafiq al-Hariri constitutes a main reason for supporting the Lebanese resistance.
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Egypt Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Abul Naga yesterday held talks with the World Bank Regional Financial Adviser on programs to reform the banking and insurance systems along with the Money Market and the Real Estate and Mortgage sector.
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Thousands of Egyptian students from al-Azhar University demonstrated Monday to protest against cartoons published by some European newspapers depicting Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist, demanding Arab and Islamic countries boycott all products produced by countries allowing publishing the cartoons.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will meet today Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as part of the Egyptian consultations with regional and international parties and to be briefed on Mubarak's view concerning the latest developments, especially in light of the Palestinian legislative elections and the upcoming Israeli elections due on March 28, Presidential Spokesman Suleiman Awwad said yesterday..
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Israeli Arab Knesset member Taleb El-Sana (United Arab List) followed fellow Arab Member of Knesset MK Azmi Bishara (National Democratic Assembly) into Israel's police international criminal investigations unit for paying a recent visit to Syria, the Israeli paper Arutz Sheva said.
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