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Iraq and Lebanon should declare bankruptcy
There is something improper about a dictator who is not elected by the true will of the people burdening the citizens with problems that are his creation and not theirs.
Regional, Analysis, 5/1/2007
Mubarak supports freedom of expression with limits
In Egypt, freedom of the press is obvious and it says a lot about social life, the prescient said in statements to El-Helal magazine.
Egypt, Politics, 5/1/2007
Jordan blocks newspaper over story on 'secret' Palestinian plan
The Committee to Protect Journalists spoke yesterday of Fahd al-Rimawi, editor of the weekly Al-Majd, telling CPJ that security agents moved Sunday to prevent printing of the edition because of a front-page story about a "secret plan" to oust the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
Jordan, Politics, 5/1/2007
Jordan information law limits access instead of facilitating it
Arab Archives Institute (AAI), Amman, said that on 25 April 2007, the Lower House of Parliament endorsed a draft access to information law that gives government wide powers to control information flow and deprives citizens of access to basic information.
Jordan, Politics, 5/1/2007
Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel is manifestation of state terrorism
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that the Israel is manifestation of state terrorism, genocide and crimes.
Israel-Iran, Politics, 5/1/2007
Egypt welcomes cooperation with Iran
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Sunday in Cairo said his country welcomes cooperation with Iran to ease tension and settle regional problems including ongoing developments in Iraq and Lebanon.
Egypt-Iran, Politics, 5/1/2007
Middle East is defining challenge of our time: US envoy
The Middle East is "the defining challenge of our time," says Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the new US permanent representative to the United Nations and the president of the UN Security Council for the month of May.
Regional-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
US sees Iraq neighbor meeting aimed at Iraqi integration
The May 3 launch of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) and the May 4 Expanded Ministerial Conference of the Neighbors of Iraq in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, are intended to facilitate Iraq's dialogue and better economic and political integration with its neighbors, a senior State Department official said April 30.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Bush vetoes Iraq war supplemental, rejects deadline
US President George W. Bush rejected a Congressional bill with military spending for Iraq but which also set a deadline for US troops in Iraq.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Iran urges world states to support Iraq
Iran's Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani said today that the world and regional countries have no option but to support the Iraqi government.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/1/2007
Larijani: US engaged in secret talks with terrorists
Iran's Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani said today that, based on information obtained, the Americans are engaged in secret talks with terrorists in Iraq and the US ambassador to the country held negotiations with terrorist groups a couple of months ago.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Syria to declare views on Iraq at conference
"Our message to the international Sharm el-Sheikh conference will be that the Iraqi problem can hardly be solved through force and that attempts should be made to come up with a broad-based political solution that will prepare the ground to materialize national reconciliation in this country.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/1/2007
UK urged to promote human rights in Iraq
The UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee Sunday urged the British government help address the further grave deterioration in respect for human rights in Iraq, which it said was "in large part caused by the worsening security situation."
Iraq-UK, Politics, 5/1/2007
Iran says Iraq pressure has changed US tone towards it
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini today in reaction to the remarks of US President George w. Bush, said that given its ancient civilization and culture, Iran has always selected its own approach to national progress independently and without the need to seek foreigners' advice.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Blair's 10 years in office soured by Iraq war
UK's Prime Minister Tony Blair set a new milestone today by becoming Britain's first Labor leader to serve 10 years in office.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 5/1/2007
Iran consulate blockade in Iraq denied
An official at Iran's embassy in Baghdad denied speculation on Iran consulate blockade in the holy city of Karbala.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/1/2007
UN refugee agency to re-establish international presence in Baghdad
To better serve the urgent needs of the 2 million Iraqis who have fled their home regions to other areas of the violence-torn country, the United Nations refugee agency has decided to again station international officials in Baghdad, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres said today.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 5/1/2007
Israeli seizure of land in Izbat at-Tabib Village
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) has called on International and Israeli solidarity activists to take actions against land seizure in the village of Izbat at-Tabib in the West Bank city of Qalqilya district.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/1/2007
Israeli forces attack peaceful Palestinian demonstration
Karim voiced today deep concern at the use of occupation forces gas, sound bombs and batons to suppress the demonstrators
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/1/2007
Egypt ready to meet Palestine's needs of energy
Talks took up means of promoting bilateral cooperation in the fields of oil and natural gas along with ways of allowing the Palestinian side to benefit from Egypt's expertise in the natural gas domain
Egypt-Palestine, Economics, 5/1/2007
Larijani-Solana discuss new proposals on nuclear issue
Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh today criticized the countries possessing nuclear weapons for violating the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Article 6.
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/1/2007
Amnesty International calls on EU to urge US to shut Guantanamo
NGOs have been lobbying for EU action against US extra-judicial or quasi-judicial detention for years, but the Guantanamo Bay prison camp - which houses up to 400 inmates - has remained open since 2002
Regional-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Iran, Dubai electricity network link
Iran and Dubai on Sunday agreed to cooperate in linking electricity networks through underwater cables.
United Arab Emirates-Iran, Economics, 5/1/2007
US terrorism report highlights global challenge
International counterterrorism cooperation is improving, but new terrorist tactics and a spike in Iraqi violence led to a 25 percent increase in terrorist incidents worldwide in 2006, according to an annual State Department report on global terrorism.
Regional-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
News from around the web:
Somalis warily returning to their battered capital - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-somalia30apr30,1,5018968.story?coll=la-headlines-world)
Somalia, Politics, 5/1/2007
Tenet Details Efforts to Justify Invading Iraq: Former CIA Director Says White House Focused on the Idea Long Before 9/11 - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042700550.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Maliki's Office Is Seen Behind Purge in Forces: Some Commanders Had Pursued Militias - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042901728.html)
Iraq, Politics, 5/1/2007
Sunni Ministers Threaten to Quit Cabinet in Iraq - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/world/middleeast/01iraq.html?ref=middleeast)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Inspectors Find Rebuilt Projects Crumbling in Iraq - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/world/middleeast/29reconstruct.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Army Officer Accuses Generals of 'Intellectual and Moral Failures' - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/26/AR2007042602230.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Saudi King Declines to Receive Iraqi Leader - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/28/AR2007042801163.html)
Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 5/1/2007
Officer Testifies Against U.S. Military Jailer in Iraq - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/world/middleeast/01steele.html?ref=middleeast)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Iraqi broadcaster survives assassination attempt - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq30apr30,1,702812.story?coll=la-headlines-world)
Iraq, Politics, 5/1/2007
Troop Toll in Iraq Highest in April - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043001929.html?hpid=topnews)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Iraq civilian deaths down in April: govt figures - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050100432.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Soldier is sentenced for war crime - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs1.1may01,1,7663353.story?coll=la-headlines-world)
Iraq-UK, Politics, 5/1/2007
Islamic Democrats? - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/magazine/29Brotherhood.t.html?ref=middleeast)
Egypt, Politics, 5/1/2007
A Saudi Prince Tied to Bush Is Sounding Off-Key - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/washington/29saudi.html)
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Saudis Say They Broke Up Suicide Plots: 172 Arrested From Al-Qaeda Cells Reportedly Planning Strikes on Oil Industry, Royal Family - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042700649.html)
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/1/2007
Al Qaeda calls for Hamas 'revenge' - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs30.1apr30,1,3743809.story?coll=la-headlines-world)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/1/2007
Darfur talks unlikely before July: Southern Sudan - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050100850.html)
Sudan, Politics, 5/1/2007
Darfur protests draw thousands in London, Washington - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-darfur30apr30,1,3054025.story?coll=la-headlines-world)
Sudan, Politics, 5/1/2007
CIA Held Al-Qaeda Suspect Secretly: Officials Disclose That Use of Overseas Prisons Resumed - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042700729.html)
Regional-USA, Politics, 5/1/2007
Israeli leader resists calls to resign - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-isreport1may01220920,0,186433.story?coll=la-home-world)
Israel, Politics, 5/1/2007
Prince Harry definitely going to Iraq -- unless he's not - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-prince1may01,0,4101544.story?coll=la-home-world)
Iraq-UK, Politics, 5/1/2007
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Palestinian Foreign Minster Zyad Abu-Amr called today on the European Union to adopt a clear and final stance that meets the Palestinian demands and ends embargo imposed on the Palestinian people.
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak received phone call from Libya's Leader Muammar al-Gathafi on yesterday on the latest Arab and African developments.
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The United Nation's top humanitarian official in Sudan today strongly condemned the hijacking of two of the Organization's vehicles by unknown armed men in strife-torn West Darfur, along with the abduction of six aid workers who were later released.
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Asked if the reported death of al-Qaida leader al-Masri is true, US Department of State Spokesman Sean McCormack said today that he cannot confirm this, but if true then this "means that you have a member of their senior leadership that is taken out of the game. And that doesn't mean that the threat goes away or that the organization won't generate another leader, but what's important, as you've heard from many people involved in the fight against terrorism, counterterrorism officials, you hear from them is that it's important to degrade the experience level of their leadership, the capabilities of their leadership. That doesn't mean that they regenerate. But it -- what it means perhaps they start to operate at a less effective level because they don't -- their leadership isn't as good. But it doesn't mean that the threat goes away."
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