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Sahhaf calls for in-depth discussion to deal with crisis
Sahhaf said Iraqi claims that the US is trying to maintain sanctions against Iraq indefinitely in order to "topple the... political system of Iraq and replace it with an American puppet regime." Diplomatic negotiation is the "right way" to resolve the crisis, Sahhaf added.
Iraq, Politics, 11/15/1997
Israel security and Iraq crisis with Egypt center stage
Two days ago, there was a meeting between President Hosni Mubarak and his top aids to launch intensive consultation with the Iraqi government and the UN with the aim of defusing the showdown between Baghdad and the world organization.
Iraq-Israel, Analysis, 11/15/1997
Islamic scholars ask Islamic countries to confront US and help Iraq
The Egyptian Mufti, Nasr Al Din Farid, criticized the US practices against the Arabs and the Muslims and added that it is trying to impose its policies by force.
Regional, Religion, 11/15/1997
Heavy participation in Moroccan election
The three Saharan provinces are participating in this election to nominate their representatives to the parliament while they are preparing for the referendum which will be held under the UN auspices in December 1998.
Morocco, Politics, 11/15/1997
MENA conference opens in Doha tommorow
"No parking", "road closed", "no access", "police checkpoint" and many
other signs are to be seen all around Qatar's capital Doha less than 12 hours before MENA conference.
Regional-Qatar, Economics, 11/15/1997
Organization works to end kidnappings and murders by tribesmen
The Yemeni Arbitration Organization which is a non-governmental organization founded on July 20 this year is preparing a charter of honor which will be signed by all Yemeni tribes to decrease the number of wars between them and to decrease the retaliatory accidents.
Yemen, Politics, 11/15/1997
EU president calls for Israeli withdrawal, security
"We are in favor of an Israeli withdrawal as long as security guarantees are provided and there is complete control of the Lebanese territories by the army to prohibit any operation outside the borders in the south," Poos said.
Lebanon, Politics, 11/15/1997
Extensive Iraqi-Jordanian cooperation in upcoming months
Abu Hassan confirmed that the volume of the trade exchange between Jordan and Iraq exceeded $1 billion
Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 11/15/1997
Oman buys 20 British Challenger tanks
Oman signed a contract with the British Vickers company to buy 20 Challenger-2 tanks. The contract will also supply Oman with the accompanying support, spare parts and training of personnel.
Oman, Military, 11/15/1997
Palestinian demonstrations support Saddam Hussein
Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in the Gaza Strip, expressing their support for Iraq. They repeated slogans insulting Israel and the USA and called on the Iraqi President to pound Tel Aviv with missiles.
Palestine-Iraq, Politics, 11/15/1997
Lebanon rejects Canadian call land mine ban treaty
"We know that there are always good reasons given to the military use of land mines. But we forget that 90 percent of victims are civilians, mainly children, women, farmers and workers. They're the ones who pay the price," Axworthy said.
Lebanon, Military, 11/15/1997
Gulf ministers of interior discuss terrorism and extremism
The ministers will discuss the recommendations made during their previous meetings last week which dealt with facilitating the procedures for the movement of citizens and cargo among the six GCC countries and also facilitating customs procedures at the ports.
Gulf Region, Politics, 11/15/1997
Meguid inaugurates 4th conference of the Arab Tongue
Experts in the Arabic language from the Arab world will attend the conference, which is going to discuss the status of the Arabic language in the upcoming century.
Regional, Culture, 11/15/1997
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The Egyptian ambassador returned to Qatar, one week after he was recalled in the wake of Egypt's announcement that it would not attend the MENA conference, Gulf Times reported.
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Jordan's King Hussein met yesterday with US President Bill Clinton in Washington, where the two discussed the peace process, according to a Jordan Times report. King Hussein called to involved parties to honor agreements and refrain from unilateral action, the report said.
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US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in London yesterday in an effort to speed up the Middle East peace process.
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Moroccan elections ended in a virtual tie between pro-government parties and opposition parties, the Nando Times reported.
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A Sudanese daily yesterday urged more efforts to reconcile the damaged relations between Egypt and Sudan. Al Rai Al-Aam daily said that the deterioration in the Egyptain-Sudanese ties "would render great damage to the two countries' security," Al Khartoum daily reported today.
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