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Iraqi newspapers, rallies, protest invasion anniversary
Iraqi newspapers were not published on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of invasion of the country.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Police assault and ban on Aljazeera correspondent in Tunisia
The International Federation of Journalists yesterday protested over the
Tunisia, Politics, 4/9/2007
Syria: activist's Kamal al-Labwani trial enters final stage
Human Rights Watch spoke Saturday about Syria's trial of human rights activist Kamal al-Labwani as being politically motivated charges.
Syria, Politics, 4/9/2007
Fight against corruption begins at Global Forum
The declaration recognized that the accomplishments of all past global anti-corruption fora serve as a platform for the exchange of best practices information.
Regional, Politics, 4/9/2007
Iran begins nuclear fuel production at industrial level
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that based on the planned timetable, the Iranian government is determined to generate at least 20,000 MWs of nuclear power and also use its nuclear capacity in the domain of medicine, agriculture and industry.
Iran-UN, Politics, 4/9/2007
Repatriation of Iran-based Iraqi refugees
An Iraqi minister said Friday Baghdad attaches special importance to the repatriation of Iraqi refugees who had fled to Iran from atrocities of Saddam Hossein's regime and did not have Iraqi birth certificate.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 4/9/2007
Three journalists killed in Iraq
Thursday saw the brutal assassination of Khamaail Mohsin, a mother of three and journalist with Radio Free Iraq, the US funded Radio station in Arabic, and the bombing of the Iraqi satellite channel Baghdad TV, killing the station's Deputy Director, Thaer Ahmad Jaber, himself the father of seven daughters, and trainee journalist Husain Nizaer.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Larijani: US unilateral measures against Iran fail
Iran's Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani said today that the US unilateral measures have failed and its attempts to liberalize Islam and control the Middle East in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine have been fruitless.
Iran-Regional-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Bush urges funding of troops in Iraq without timetables
US President George W. Bush's advisor, and National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe today urged the Cnngress to pass funding bills for US troops in Iraq without setting a timetable.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Zebari: Iran seeks meeting with kidnapped diplomats
Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said yesterday that in an official letter, Iran has called for arranging a meeting with Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped by US troops in northern Iraq.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq claims torture
After being released, the second secretary of Iran's Embassy in Iraq, Jalal Sharafi, who was kidnapped in Baghdad on February 4, 2007 disclosed details of his kidnaping
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
family of Palestinian female prisoner asking for help
A family of a Palestinian female prisoner from Nablus called Monday on human rights organizations to intervene to provide their ailing sister with medications.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/9/2007
Israeli soldiers attack guard of al-Aqsa mosque
Israeli soldiers, escorting Jewish settlers, assaulted and injured a guard of the al-Aqsa Mosque today.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/9/2007
First US senior official to visit Somalia in 10 years
US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer visited Baidoa, Somalia, Saturday to reiterate the US commitment to support the Somali people in their efforts to achieve and uphold security and stability in their country
Somalia-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Environment, energy, tourism Egypt Bahrain cooperation
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit returned home on yesterday evening from Manama, wrapping up a two-day visit to Bahrain.
Egypt-Bahrain, Politics, 4/9/2007
Iran, Lebanon's Nabatieh province economic cooperation
Iran's economic attache in Lebanon, Mehdi Bornaie and a number of Lebanese tradesmen and industrialists from Nabatieh province in a meeting on Saturday discussed the prospect of economic cooperation between Iran and this southern province.
Lebanon-Iran, Economics, 4/9/2007
Gas producing countries to hold ministerial meeting in Doha
Constant economic growth and growing demand in the energy market boosted the share of natural gas in energy basket of the consuming countries, and the process will continue requiring the countries with gas resources to launch large investments to build infrastructures for production, exploration and transfer of gas to the consumers
Regional, Economics, 4/9/2007
Braille Quran donated to Michigan Islamic Center
600 years earlier, in the 14th century, a blind Syrian scholar, Zain Din al Amidi, devised a similar method by which he could study books through touch. He was a professor at Moustansiryeh University in what is now Iraq.
Regional-USA, Culture, 4/9/2007
News from around the web:
4 Years After Hussein's Fall, Regret in Iraq - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/08/AR2007040801058.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Insider: Missteps Soured Iraqis on U.S. - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/08/AR2007040800415.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Iraqis rally, call for U.S. forces to leave - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/09/AR2007040900164.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Pope, amid Easter's joy, mourns 'continual slaughter' in Iraq - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pope8apr08,1,7688762.story?coll=la-headlines-world)
Iraq-Vatican, Politics, 4/9/2007
Patterns of War Shift in Iraq Amid U.S. Buildup - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/world/middleeast/09surge.html?ref=middleeast)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Turkey Warns Iraqi Kurds on Interference - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-turkey-iraq-kurds,1,7821175.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines)
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 4/9/2007
Iraqi insurgents recruit among U.S.-held detainees - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-prisons8apr08,1,7679575.story?coll=la-headlines-world)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Iraqi Sunni MP Denies Weapons Cache - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/09/AR2007040900200.html)
Iraq, Politics, 4/9/2007
U.S. Warplanes Attack Shiite Gunmen as Fighting Persists in City South of Baghdad - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Hussein-Qaeda Link ‘Inappropriate,’ Report Says - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/washington/06qaeda.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Marine General: Anbar Getting Better - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-anbar-outlook,1,5540029,print.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Kurdish view: Baghdad deployments - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/6404173.stm)
Iraq, Politics, 4/9/2007
Four Guard brigades to return to Iraq - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-ex-guard9apr09,0,3686476.story?coll=la-home-world)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Bin Laden faces Iraq rebels call - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6533865.stm)
Iraq, Politics, 4/9/2007
As One Syria Trip Draws Fire, Others Draw Silence - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/07/washington/07diplo.html)
Syria-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Pelosi Nudges Saudi Arabia to Give Women a Role in Politics - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/world/middleeast/06pelosi.html)
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Wave of Saudi youths challenge kingdom's conservative sway - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0410/p01s03-wome.html)
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 4/9/2007
Morocco's harder line on security challenges reforms - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0409/p07s01-wome.html)
Morocco, Politics, 4/9/2007
Guantánamo Bay inmates in mass hunger strike over new solitary cells - Guardian Unlimited
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,2053281,00.html)
Regional, Politics, 4/9/2007
In Beirut, a Crisis Settles Into a Routine - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/08/AR2007040801004.html)
Lebanon, Politics, 4/9/2007
In Jordanian Camps, A Sense of Nihilism - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/06/AR2007040602091.html)
Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/9/2007
Soldier’s Captors Say They Gave List of Demands to Israel - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/world/middleeast/09mideast.html?ref=middleeast)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/9/2007
Sudan likely to resist U.S. pressure on Darfur - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/09/AR2007040900199.html)
Sudan-USA, Politics, 4/9/2007
Firebomb attack at Yemen mosque - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6534433.stm)
Yemen, Local, 4/9/2007
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak issued a presidential decree to appoint 31 female lately. It is decided that new judges will perform legal oath in front of the Supreme Judiciary Council under chairmanship of Councilor Moqbil Shakir, Chief of the Court of Appeal and Chief of the Supreme Judiciary Council to launch their duty.
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Reporters Without Borders spoke of an Algiers appeals court's decision last Wednesday to give two journalists suspended sentences of six months in prison and a fine of 50,000 dinars (approx. 530 euros) instead of the 12-month jail terms and fine of 500,000 dinars (approx. 5,300 euros) requested by the prosecutor. The appeal court also rejected the prosecutor's request for the newspaper to be suspended for a year due to lawsuit relating to Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi.
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Substitute leader of Tehran Friday Prayers Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati noted about his recent trip to Egypt that President Ahmadi-Nejad is a very popular figure in that country and an opinion poll in Egypt showed that Ahmadi-Nejad is the second popular foreign leader only after the Lebanon's Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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Saudi Minister of Interior Amir Nayef Bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud told the al-Riyadh daily on Saturday that the level of Iran-Saudi Arabia political and security relations are quite satisfactory, adding that both countries are determined to broaden their cooperation to a great extent.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak today discussed by phone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas efforts to push forward the peace process, and the recent developments in the region.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received today a phone call from Lebanese Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora. Abbas briefed Siniora on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, the exerted efforts to end the international siege imposed on the Palestinian people and issues of common interest.
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US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will visit Sudan and neighboring countries April 11-19, focusing on the crisis in Darfur and continuing efforts to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement and Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack had said.
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Iraq's Foreign Minister in a telephone contact with his Iranian counterpart Thursday welcomed Iran's decision to release the captured Brittish marines accused by Iran of illegally entering Iranian waters and called it a wise action. Mottaki said that after failing to solve the problem via the Security Council and European Union, the British officials opted for bilateral action, adding that such approach could serve as a suitable model for tackling other issues.
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