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Tunisia to free some political prisoners
Tunisia announced that it has freed 1,298 prisoners and granted conditional parole to 359 others. Some of these 1657 prisoners, including 70 members of the banned An-Nahda party, the editor of the Islamist newspaper Al-Fajr.
Tunisia, Politics, 3/2/2006
Maronite Church on need for Lahoud's resignation
The Maronite patriarchs council in Lebanon may have hinted that it is joining the ranks of those calling on President Emil Lahoud to resign.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/2/2006
Minister: Syria is moving ahead with reform
Syria's Minister of Information Mohsen Bilal underlined on Wednesday that the government is going ahead with the reform process in all fields noting the importance of making use of the Spanish government experience in this respect.
Syria-Spain, Politics, 3/2/2006
Sudan complains of Security Council leaks on Darfur crimes
Al-Jazeera satellite TV said that the Sudanese government submitted a strong complaint to the UN Security Council over leaks of internal documents concerning a UN work teams as it relates to the conflict in Darfur.
Sudan-UN, Politics, 3/2/2006
Egypt: A Darfur solution should be acceptable to all
Egypt's Foreign minister said that "Any solution of the Darfur crisis should be based on a political settlement that is acceptable to all the parties concerned, and widely backed by the public."
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 3/2/2006
Ahmadinejad: Iran's rights will not yield to threats
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in charge of monitoring the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, Mohamed ElBaradei, has said that while IAEA inspectors have not found evidence that Iran is pursuing such an arsenal, the agency also cannot affirm positively that it is not doing so.
Iran, Politics, 3/2/2006
Syrian-Jordanian technical committee on agriculture starts meetings
Syria and Jordan discussed on Wednesday cooperation in field of fighting animal disease in addition to obstacles facing agrarian exports in both sides.
Syria-Jordan, Economics, 3/2/2006
Saddam accuses the attorney general of bias
The toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein accused the chairman of the attorney commission Jaafar al-Musawi of making premature assessment about the case before a conclusion and conviction in the case of those persons accused of killing 148 persons in al-Dajil city.
Iraq, Politics, 3/2/2006
Acts of detention continued in Iraq
the Iraqi central criminal court said it sentences to imprisonment some 36 Iraqis over committing what it called terrorist acts. It also convicted one Saudi Arabian citizen to 20 year imprisonment under the same charge.
Iraq, Military, 3/2/2006
45 Iraqis killed in attacks
Some 45 persons were killed at least during almost 36 past hours in Iraq as a result of a booby trapped car explosions and the fall of shells and blowing up of bombs.
Iraq, Military, 3/2/2006
Jordan foils a suicide operation by al-Qaida
The Jordanian authorities announced that its intelligence services were able on Wednesday to foil a "terrorist plan" prepared by al-Qaida organization to blow up one of the vital installations in the kingdom with the participation of persons of Iraqi, Libyan and Saudi nationalities.
Jordan, Local, 3/2/2006
Development in Syria is not restricted to one Domain
Syria's minister of economy and trade Amer Lutfi Hosni said Wednesday that the concept of development in Syria is not restricted to one domain, but it is a national plan that tackles all issues.
Syria, Economics, 3/2/2006
US diplomat assassination related hostages released in Jordanian prison
The Jordanian ministry of interior announced that it had completed the operation of seizing hostages in al-Jweidah jail after Islamists prisoners released all detainees they held including the director of prisons col. Saad al-Ajrami and the director of the prison Shaker al-Ajrami after promises that they will not be punished over this outbreak incident.
Jordan-USA, Local, 3/2/2006
US government on UAE port management company controversy
Deputy Spokesman at the US Department Of State, Adam Ereli, was asked yesterday that "A lot of lawmakers on Congress, particularly in the Democratic Party, yesterday raised a lot of objections about the deal, specifically that the United Arab Emirates enforces an Arab boycott of Israel. Is this country really an ally if it's enforcing a boycott against a major US ally?"
United Arab Emirates-USA, Politics, 3/2/2006
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Egypt's prime minister Ahmed Nazif said that there is intent to prohibit the sale of live poultry in stores to prevent spread of bird flue, and is offering assistance in loans to businesses harmed from this decision.
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