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Lebanese parliament rejects Syrian request against Junblatt
Lebanon's parliament rejected a Syrian arrest warrants against Lebanese Druze leader and member of parliament Walid Junblatt.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 5/30/2006
Egyptian Red Crescent to pay 30% of Palestinian government salaries
The Egyptian Red Crescent's Relief Committee under Suzanne Mubarak decided Monday to pay 30 percent of the salaries of the Palestinian Authority employees, who have been unpaid the past three months due to the West aid cutoff to the Hamas government.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/30/2006
British academic boycott of Israel welcomed
Palestinian academics have cordially welcomed a decision by the largest university and college lecturer's union in the United Kingdom to boycott Israeli academics and institutions that refuse to publicly condemn Israel's decades-old occupation of the Palestinian territories
Palestine-UK, Politics, 5/30/2006
National Democratic Party secretaries reshuffle
Egypt's Secretariat of the National Democratic Party (NDP) will raise before President Hosni Mubarak tomorrow the large scale reshuffle movement of the NDP secretaries in the governorates following its approval by the NDP Secretariat Bureau.
Egypt, Politics, 5/30/2006
Iran will not accept limited uranium enrichment
Asefi today called on the representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, who are scheduled to confer on Iran's nuclear issue on Thursday, not to expect anything beyond the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT) terms
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/30/2006
Non-Aligned countries declare support to Iran nuclear rights
The ministerial meeting of the coordinating bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), composed of 114 countries, issued a statement today in Putrajaya, Malaysia defending Iran's peaceful nuclear program.
Iran-Regional, Politics, 5/30/2006
Kuwait stresses Iran great regional position
Kuwait's ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah today stressed Iran's great position in the region, reiterating his country's determination to bolster ties with Iran.
Kuwait-Iran, Politics, 5/30/2006
Iraqi educator killed, CBS crew members
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the assassination of a senior Iraqi Education Ministry official and denounced the growing number of attacks against educators in the country while also deploring the killing two CBS television crew members, the latest media professionals to die while covering the war.
Iraq, Local, 5/30/2006
Iraq neighbors needed to ensure security: Iran FM
Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki yesterday said that participation of Iraq's neighbors, as well as regional countries, is necessary in order to strengthen security and stability there.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/30/2006
Israel kills 7, bulldoze 2 Palestinian homes
Israeli occupation forces today killed seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured today, as they conducted four attacks in the Gaza and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/30/2006
Abbas condemns Israeli acts
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned today the ongoing "Israeli massacres" against the Palestinian people, which caused in few hours the death of seven citizens and the injury of dozens others in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/30/2006
Jordan supports convening Mubarak-Abbas-Olmert summit in Sharm el Sheikh
He said that the crisis between Jordan and the Palestinian government has turned into a security problem which needs to be settled by the two sides, stressing the importance of finding a solution to the security problem and sending a Palestinian delegation to Amman for getting acquainted with the last developments of the issue
Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 5/30/2006
Hamas parliamentarians warned of loosing Jerusalem residence
Israel's Interior Minister, Roni Bar-On, sent letters yesterday giving a 30 day notice to three memebers of the Palestinian parliament to end their membership in the political movement Hamas, which recently won the elections in Palestinian areas, or else face loosing their residency in Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/30/2006
Syrian imports from Iran exceed 1 billion dollars
Visiting Syrian Minister of Economy and Trade Amir Husni Lutfi conferred yesterday with Iran's Minister of Industries and Mines Ali-Reza Tahmasbi on expansion of economic cooperation between the two countries.
Syria-Iran, Economics, 5/30/2006
Bahrainis more interested to travel to Iran
He described historical sites and religious shrines as well as natural landmarks in Iran "very attractive," especially for the Arab tourists.
Bahrain-Iran, Economics, 5/30/2006
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Food rations that were recently reduced by half for more than 3 million people in Sudan will be increased to 84 per cent of minimum daily requirements from June to September in the war-torn Darfur region thanks to new donations to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) emergency operation, but more aid is still urgently needed.
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Egyps's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mahmoud Abu Zeid inaugurates today the regional meeting of the national action groups affiliated to the Eastern Nile Basin countries: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia which will discuss the programme of multi-purpose projects within the framework of the Basin's initiative for cooperation.
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Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak will take part in the events of the first international conference for inaugurating the World Feminine Network for Childhood. The conference is due to begin next June 21 and lasts for 4 days in the Dead Sea Resort, Jordan under the sponsorship of Queen Rania.
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